Energizing, deep, intimate and joyful worship music in richly-textured styles and artists take your heart higher toward Love.

12 MP3 Songs
GOSPEL: Contemporary Gospel, CLASSICAL: Contemporary



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Be drawn to God by this energizing and deep album, "Taken by Love." With it find your heart stirred and taken higher toward Love. This intimate yet joyful collection in wide-ranging styles within the Christian worship music tradition is performed by the gifted soloists and artists of Songs In His Presence. Well-crafted woodwinds, strings, guitar, piano, and percussion fittingly render the inspired songwriting of its seven composers. The CD's twelve richly-textured arrangements include seven songs for worship, four Psalms in responsorial style, and an instrumental meditation.

This album has taken many by surpriseâ¦from trade shows to nationwide radio, people stop and listen. âI canât get away from this musicâ¦there is something about it that draws me.â The prayerful surrender of each songwriter and singer to Christ and the collaborative aspect of its recording process come out powerfully and infectiously. With Zack Stachowskiâs masterful violin and Inez Gavrilides's first words of Ed Conlinâs âOur Hearts Will Rise,â so will your heart rise. Following the energizing worship of that first track you are drawn into Edâs setting of the contemplative "Prayer of Augustine" interpreted by Adam Plomaritas of the band âChristopher Adam.â Your journey soars with Sr. Stacy Whitfieldâs majestic âPsalm 42: Like a Deerâ then steps lightly to âIn Your Lightâ by John Keating. A contemporary Israeli-style setting of âPsalm 16: You are My Inheritanceâ by Mike Giszczak invites celebration with soloist, choir, klezmer clarinet and tambourine. "Taken by Love" often hints toward Advent (e.g., "Like a Son of Man"), expressing our heart's longings for the coming of Christ and of Heaven, our home, themes to inspire at any time of year. Soloists and choir lend to the excitement of the Incarnation with âHis Name Will Be Calledâ and âGlory Cry the Angel Choirs.â In the opening minute of that piece, a flock of angels in ethereal chant gather above the Christ Child. Heavenly choirs reverberate again in the âHymn of Heaven,â tenderly introduced by Christina Thomashefski. The album nears its end with the jubilant gospel-style âPsalm 122: Let Us Go Rejoicingâ proclaimed by Amy Righi, David White and choir. The closing instrumental meditation features oboe, guitar, and cello.

"Taken by Love" appeals to a trans-generational and trans-denominational audience, even touching hearts unfamiliar with the Love it conveys. A piano/guitar/vocal songbook and octavos are also available from the publisher at www.SongsInHisPresence.com, making its unique songs accessible both in recorded and printed forms.