A Nation of Song - Gymanfa Ganu + Rhos & Treorchy Male Voice Choirs

Nostalgia is what draws Welsh North Americans to their annual “Gymanfa Ganus” in places as diverse as Canada, Chicago and Cleveland, where they reconnect with the harmonies of their homeland. Alto’s newest anthology of Welsh choral music features recordings of massed Welsh choirs made during the golden age of stereo, restored and remastered by Gene Gaudette and Paul Arden-Taylor.

A Nation of Song
1 Diadem 4:02 
2 Trewen 3:43 
3 Aberystwyth 3:11 A I Need Thee Every Hour 4:18
4 Llef (Cry) 3:06 B Bryn Calfaria (Calvary Hill) 2:19
5 Calon Lan (Guileless Heart) 3:29 C Rhyd y Groes 5:28
6 Sanctus 4:19 D Crimond 2:48
7 Cwm Rhondda 3:38

8 Builth 3:02

9 Rachie 3:36
Emyr Jones, reader

'Gymfada Ganu' 5000 Voices
Terry James, conductor • Cyril Anthony, organ
E J.S. Bach: Zion Hears the Watchmen Singing (Wachet auf, BWV180) 5:03
F O Bone Jesu 2:03
G A Russian Hymn 2:28
H Come Let Us to the Lord Our God 2:14
Treorchy Male Voice ChoirJohn Haydn Davies (E-G), John Cynan Jones(H), conductors
D.J. Rees, organ

I Ave Verum 3:43
J Ar Doriad Dydd (At Break of Day) 2:20
K Myfanwy 3:31
L Tydi A Roddaist (Thou Gavest) 3:22
M Hiraeth (Exiles Longing) 4:04
N Franz Schubert: Psalm 23 6:26
O Hen Wlad Fy Nhadru (Welsh National Anthem) 1:47
Rhos Male Voice Choir
Edward Jones, conductor • John Tudor Davies, organ