Dale Warland Singers archive

In 1980, when Saint Paul Sunday began to record programs in the studio for its premiere season, we did not have to go far to look for a wonderful choir to feature. Based in St. Paul, the Dale Warland Singers were America's premier a cappella choir. With Dale Warland at its head, the choir began a recording relationship with us that lasted over a quarter century. No one is more committed to the art of choral singing than Dale—we could always count on him to bring us a program that was deeply thought out and full of musical treasures. We're happy to have collected these works from our archive and to make them available here for you for the first time in many years. You will have your personal favorites, but we encourage you to listen to some of Dale's "specialties": folk songs, and his beautifully programmed "Eclectic Masses." And above all, we hope that you enjoy the unique and exquisite sound of the Dale Warland Singers.

Mary Lee
Executive Producer,
Saint Paul Sunday

Recorded on November 10, 1980 Stephen Paulus: Sing We At Pleasure Stephen Paulus: And Must I Now Depart Then? Paul Fetler: Madman's Song Paul Fetler: Wild Swans James Walker: The Electronic Alice, Part I 20th Century American Eclectic Mass (movements by Randall Thompson, Vincent Persichetti, Leonard Bernstein, Joseph Ott, Dale Warland)   Recorded on November 16, 1981 Claudio Monteverdi: Sestina (Lagrime d'amante al sepolcro dell'amata) Frank Martin: Mass for Double Choir   Recorded on November 23, 1982 Virgil Thomson: My Shepherd Will Supply My Need Alfred Janson: Nocturne Ralph Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor Ingvar Lidholm: ...a Riveder le Stelle   Recorded on December 12, 1982 Benjamin Britten: A Shepherd's Carol Benjamin Britten: Chorale Alfred Burt: All on a Christmas Morning arr. Stephen Paulus: The First Noel arr. John Rutter: Cradle Song Elizabeth Poston: Jesus Christ the Apple Tree   Recorded on June 11, 1985 Samuel Barber: Reincarnations Thomas Tallis: The Lamentation of Jeremiah, Part I arr. James Erb: Shenandoah Ralph Vaughan Williams: Three Shakespeare Songs-Full Fathom Five Ralph Vaughan Williams: Three Shakespeare Songs-The Cloud-Capp'd Towers Ralph Vaughan Williams: Three Shakespeare Songs-Over Hill, Over Dale     Recorded on June 17, 1986 Jean Berger: It is Good to Be Merry Irving Fine: The Hour-Glass (excerpts from) Luca Marenzio: Giá torna a rallegrar (Now Once More to All the Earth) Ildebrando Pizzetti: Due Composizione Corali (Two Choral Compositions) Gioacchino Rossini: Toast pour le nouvel an (Toast for the New Year) arr. Gail Kubik: Oh, dear! What can the matter be?

Recorded on June 2, 1988 Lars Johan Werle: trees Sven-David Sandström: Agnus Dei arr. Gail Kubik: Oh, Dear, What Can the Matter Be? arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Springtime of the Year Wilhelm Stenhammar: The Garden of the Seraglio (from Three Choral Ballads)   Recorded on March 27, 1995 Rachmaninoff: All Night Vigil, Op. 37 (Vespers): 8. Praise the Name of the Lord Rachmaninoff: All Night Vigil, Op. 37 (Vespers): 14. Thou Didst Rise Frank Martin: Mass: Gloria Frank Martin: Mass: Agnus Dei Gregorio Allegri: Miserere mei, Deus (Psalm 91) Veljo Tormis: Jaanilaul (St. John's Song) Herbert Howells: Requiem (excerpts from) Randall Thompson: Alleluia   Recorded on November 4, 1996 John Corigliano: L'Invitation au Voyage arr. Carol Barnett: Oh, Yes arr. John Rutter: Black Sheep   Recorded on March 25, 2004 Howard Hanson: A Prayer of the Middle Ages Eric Whitacre: Lux Aurumque Herbert Howells: Take Him, Earth, for Cherishing John Rutter: Hymn to the Creator of Light Vytautus Miskínis: O sacrum convivium Nikolai Golovanov: Otche Nash (Our Father) Morten Lauridsen: O Magnum Mysterium Carol Barnett: McKay (from An American Thanksgiving)