ChristKing
11-16-2003, 09:54 PM
After 40 years of complete frustration and exhaustion with Christian Contemporary Music and "church music", God has been pleased to answer this prayer.
I asked Him if I could hear what His music sounded like when He sang over us:
HEB 2:12 saying, "I will proclaim Your name to My brethren, In the midst of the congregation I will sing Your praise."---Jesus Christ
ZEP 3:17 The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
The following music was composed by composers who for the substantial most part represented the Reformed faith. They were strong Christians who were zealous about their faith. They were either Lutheran (Bach, Schultz, and Buxtehude) or Anglican (who embraced the Calvinistic 39 Articles—Handel, Purcell) or other reformed denominations. Their stated purpose was to Glorify Jesus Christ in music!
In English
Bach’s Passion of St Matthew
Bach’s Passion of St. John
Brahms Requiem
Handel’s Chandos Anthems (complete)---Psalms and other scripture
Handel’s Te Deum for the Victory of Dettingen ---the Psalms in English
Handel: Judas Maccabaeus
Handel: Israel in Egypt
Handel: Joshua
Handel: Solomon
Handel: Theodora
Handel: Saul
Handel: Belshazzar
Handel: Deborah
Handel: Nabal
Handel: Samson
Handel: Joseph and his Brethren
Handel: Esther
Haydn’s Creation
Mendelssohn’s Elijah
The Complete Sacred Music of Henry Purcell, Tallis’ Complete English Anthems—12
CD set of Psalms and other scripture
Walton: Belshazzar's Feast; Coronation Te Deum; Gloria
Early American Choral Music, Vol. 1 and 2
Vaughan Williams: The Pilgrim's Progress
Boyce: David's Lamentation
John Rutter: Te Deum and other church music
America Sings, Volume I: The Founding Years
The Psalms of David—12 Disc CD set---St. Paul’s
Willem de Fesch: Joseph
William Boyce: Solomon, A Serenata---Song of Songs
William Byrd: The Great Service: Anthems
My Only Comfort: Death, Deliverance, and Discipleship in the Music of Bach by Stapert. This is a book with a Reformational interpretation of the biblical-theological themes that lie at the core of Bach’s work. It compares the similarity of Bach’s Lutheran theology with the Calvinistic Heidelberg Catechism. If you read this book it will help you understand Bach in German until the Lord is pleased to translate the rest of his works into English.
In German—Unfortunately
Bach 200 Cantata’s 60 CD’s---Lutheran Hymns composed by reformers
Bach: Motet No3; Motet No1
Bach: Mass in B Minor
Schultz: The Christmas Story, Cantiones Sacrae, Psalm 100
Dietrich Buxtehude: 6 Cantatas—All Lutheran Hymns, mostly composed by Martin Luther
I have found a remnant of reformed Contemporary Christian CD's:
Steve Camp---Desiring God
David – Ordinary Man---Various artists including Camp
Celtic Cry---Voice of the Martyrs
Does anyone join me in this frustration?
Does anyone have anything else to add to the English list above?
I asked Him if I could hear what His music sounded like when He sang over us:
HEB 2:12 saying, "I will proclaim Your name to My brethren, In the midst of the congregation I will sing Your praise."---Jesus Christ
ZEP 3:17 The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
The following music was composed by composers who for the substantial most part represented the Reformed faith. They were strong Christians who were zealous about their faith. They were either Lutheran (Bach, Schultz, and Buxtehude) or Anglican (who embraced the Calvinistic 39 Articles—Handel, Purcell) or other reformed denominations. Their stated purpose was to Glorify Jesus Christ in music!
In English
Bach’s Passion of St Matthew
Bach’s Passion of St. John
Brahms Requiem
Handel’s Chandos Anthems (complete)---Psalms and other scripture
Handel’s Te Deum for the Victory of Dettingen ---the Psalms in English
Handel: Judas Maccabaeus
Handel: Israel in Egypt
Handel: Joshua
Handel: Solomon
Handel: Theodora
Handel: Saul
Handel: Belshazzar
Handel: Deborah
Handel: Nabal
Handel: Samson
Handel: Joseph and his Brethren
Handel: Esther
Haydn’s Creation
Mendelssohn’s Elijah
The Complete Sacred Music of Henry Purcell, Tallis’ Complete English Anthems—12
CD set of Psalms and other scripture
Walton: Belshazzar's Feast; Coronation Te Deum; Gloria
Early American Choral Music, Vol. 1 and 2
Vaughan Williams: The Pilgrim's Progress
Boyce: David's Lamentation
John Rutter: Te Deum and other church music
America Sings, Volume I: The Founding Years
The Psalms of David—12 Disc CD set---St. Paul’s
Willem de Fesch: Joseph
William Boyce: Solomon, A Serenata---Song of Songs
William Byrd: The Great Service: Anthems
My Only Comfort: Death, Deliverance, and Discipleship in the Music of Bach by Stapert. This is a book with a Reformational interpretation of the biblical-theological themes that lie at the core of Bach’s work. It compares the similarity of Bach’s Lutheran theology with the Calvinistic Heidelberg Catechism. If you read this book it will help you understand Bach in German until the Lord is pleased to translate the rest of his works into English.
In German—Unfortunately
Bach 200 Cantata’s 60 CD’s---Lutheran Hymns composed by reformers
Bach: Motet No3; Motet No1
Bach: Mass in B Minor
Schultz: The Christmas Story, Cantiones Sacrae, Psalm 100
Dietrich Buxtehude: 6 Cantatas—All Lutheran Hymns, mostly composed by Martin Luther
I have found a remnant of reformed Contemporary Christian CD's:
Steve Camp---Desiring God
David – Ordinary Man---Various artists including Camp
Celtic Cry---Voice of the Martyrs
Does anyone join me in this frustration?
Does anyone have anything else to add to the English list above?