Search - Various, Francis Conlon, Randye Jones :: Come Down Angels

This recording of Negro spiritual includes settings by: H. T. Burleigh, R. Nathaniel Dett, Edward Boatner, Hall Johnson, Julia Perry, Hale Smith, Margaret Bonds, Maria Corley, John Carter, Roland Hayes, Undine Smith Moore, Robert MacGimsey and Betty Jackson King. Recorded during three live recitals held in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area, the songs express the gamut of emotions conveyed by the slaves who originally created them. A short history of the development of spirituals into the art song format presented on the compact disc is included.