This page contains a brief overview on the album COLINDATORII: Birth and Rebirth: Romanian Carols and Hymns for Christmas and Easter. Learn more about the artist and explore the track lists and website. If you find any information that needs to be corrected, please let us know.

 
Birth and Rebirth, an extraordinary release into the world of religious music, is performed by Colindãtorii, a group of eleven professional American singers from the Choral Arts Society of Washington, DC. This recording is a singularly unique exhibition of Romanian Christmas and Easter music.

What Colindãtorii shares with the Romanian community is a love of the subtleties and poetic qualities of Romanian music; something that shines through on every track. It is a love that is sure to spread to many communities.

There are few recordings that have so completely captured the essence of Romanian religious holiday music, and that so clearly manifest the terrain of the Romanian soul. Birth and Rebirth is a milestone in the catalogue of sacred music.

100% of the proceeds from sales of Birth and Rebirth benefit a non-profit, private center for abandoned infants in Romania. Music director Larisa Lucaci-Vashee and her two daughters, Maya and Lina, volunteer their time each summer at this safe haven in Târgoviºte. See our website (link at left) for more information and opportunities to contribute.

American parents of adopted Romanian children will love this recording, as a way to introduce their children to their own cultural legacy through the power of music.

Check out the artist's website:
http://www.colindatorii.com

Track List:
1. Holy God
2. Axion: For the Nativity of Our Lord
3. Holy Day so Bright
4. Today Christ is Born
5. Concert: For the Lord's Nativity
6. Christmas Troparion
7. This is the Day, Psalm 1
8. In the Town of Bethlehem
9. Christmas Song
10. Gently, Gently
11. The Star is Rising
12. Have You Heard the Tidings Wondrous
13. Snow White Flowers
14. Star Song
15. Look, the Carolers are Coming
16. Rise, O Ye Gentlemen!
17. Three Shepherds
18. Lamentations, to be sung on Good Friday
19. Concert: For Easter
20. Thy Resurrection, O Christ
21. Easter Troparion
22. Axion for Easter: The Angel Has Proclaimed
23. Holy God

Suggested CDs:

• Keith Hampton
• Vox Clamantis
• Rockefeller Chapel Choir

Other Genres:

• WORLD: Eastern European
• CLASSICAL: Traditional
• TYPE: VOCAL