Rock of Ages

~ Release by Mormon Tabernacle Choir (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1Onward, Christian Soldiers
engineer:
Bud Graham (classical sound engineer) and Ed Michalski (engineer)
producer:
Thomas Frost (classical music producer)
choir vocals:
Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
recorded at:
Salt Lake Tabernacle (Mormon Tabernacle) in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (from 1969-09-05 until 1969-09-09)
recording of:
Onward, Christian Soldiers
lyricist:
Sabine Baring‐Gould (in 1865)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer) (in 1871)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: V26738)
3:05
2Abide With Me
engineer:
Bud Graham (classical sound engineer) and Ed Michalski (engineer)
producer:
Thomas Frost (classical music producer)
choir vocals:
Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
recorded at:
Salt Lake Tabernacle (Mormon Tabernacle) in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (from 1969-09-05 until 1969-09-09)
recording of:
Abide With Me (set to tune ‘Eventide’)
lyricist:
Henry Francis Lyte (in 1847)
composer:
William Henry Monk (in 1861)
is based on:
Abide With Me (hymn without specified tune)
3:53
3Bringing in the Sheaves
engineer:
Bud Graham (classical sound engineer) and Ed Michalski (engineer)
producer:
Thomas Frost (classical music producer)
choir vocals:
Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
recorded at:
Salt Lake Tabernacle (Mormon Tabernacle) in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (from 1969-09-05 until 1969-09-09)
recording of:
Bringing in the Sheaves (Gospel song)
lyricist:
Knowles Shaw (American author and composer)
composer:
George Minor (American composer)
2:25
4Rock of Ages
engineer:
Bud Graham (classical sound engineer) and Ed Michalski (engineer)
producer:
Thomas Frost (classical music producer)
choir vocals:
Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
recorded at:
Salt Lake Tabernacle (Mormon Tabernacle) in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (from 1969-09-05 until 1969-09-09)
recording of:
Rock of Ages
publisher:
Reverend Augustus Montague Toplady (in 1775)
additional lyricist:
Reverend Augustus Montague Toplady (in 1763)
lyricist:
Charles Wesley (hymn writer) (in 1745)
additional composer:
Thomas Hastings (in 1830)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
3:35
5Now the Day is Over
engineer:
Bud Graham (classical sound engineer) and Ed Michalski (engineer)
producer:
Thomas Frost (classical music producer)
choir vocals:
Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
recorded at:
Salt Lake Tabernacle (Mormon Tabernacle) in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (from 1969-09-05 until 1969-09-09)
recording of:
Now the Day Is Over (Hymn)
lyricist:
Sabine Baring‐Gould
composer:
Sir Joseph Barnby (English composer and conductor) (in 1868)
2:49
6The Church in the Wildwood
engineer:
Bud Graham (classical sound engineer) and Ed Michalski (engineer)
producer:
Thomas Frost (classical music producer)
choir vocals:
Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
recorded at:
Salt Lake Tabernacle (Mormon Tabernacle) in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (from 1969-09-05 until 1969-09-09)
recording of:
The Church in the Wildwood
lyricist and composer:
William S. Pitts
2:45
7Softly Now the Light of Day
engineer:
Bud Graham (classical sound engineer) and Ed Michalski (engineer)
producer:
Thomas Frost (classical music producer)
choir vocals:
Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
recorded at:
Salt Lake Tabernacle (Mormon Tabernacle) in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (from 1969-09-05 until 1969-09-09)
recording of:
Softly now the light of day (The Night Cometh)
lyricist:
George Doane (Writer) (in 1824)
composer:
Carl Maria von Weber (composer) (in 1826)
3:09
8A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
engineer:
Bud Graham (classical sound engineer) and Ed Michalski (engineer)
producer:
Thomas Frost (classical music producer)
organ:
Frank W. Asper (American organist and composer) and Alexander Schreiner
choir vocals:
Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
recorded at:
Salt Lake Tabernacle (Mormon Tabernacle) in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (from 1969-09-05 until 1969-09-09)
recording of:
A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
composer:
Martin Luther (German theologian of the Reformation)
translated version of:
Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott
1:45
9How Firm a Foundation
engineer:
Bud Graham (classical sound engineer) and Ed Michalski (engineer)
producer:
Thomas Frost (classical music producer)
organ:
Frank W. Asper (American organist and composer) and Alexander Schreiner
choir vocals:
Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
recorded at:
Salt Lake Tabernacle (Mormon Tabernacle) in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (from 1969-09-05 until 1969-09-09)
recording of:
How Firm a Foundation
publisher:
John Rippon
lyricist:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
composer:
Joseph Funk
1:45
10Behold the Great Redeemer Die
engineer:
Bud Graham (classical sound engineer) and Ed Michalski (engineer)
producer:
Thomas Frost (classical music producer)
organ:
Frank W. Asper (American organist and composer) and Alexander Schreiner
choir vocals:
Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
recorded at:
Salt Lake Tabernacle (Mormon Tabernacle) in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (on 1960-03-10)
recording of:
Behold the great redeemer die
lyricist:
Eliza R. Snow
composer:
George Careless
2:01
11More Holiness Give Me
engineer:
Bud Graham (classical sound engineer) and Ed Michalski (engineer)
producer:
Thomas Frost (classical music producer)
organ:
Frank W. Asper (American organist and composer) and Alexander Schreiner
choir vocals:
Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
recorded at:
Salt Lake Tabernacle (Mormon Tabernacle) in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (on 1960-03-10)
recording of:
More Holiness Give Me
lyricist and composer:
Philip Paul Bliss (Composer, hymn writer and gospel singer)
part of:
Hymns of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1985 Hymnal) (number: 131)
1:59
12The Lord is My Shepherd
engineer:
Bud Graham (classical sound engineer) and Ed Michalski (engineer)
producer:
Thomas Frost (classical music producer)
organ:
Frank W. Asper (American organist and composer) and Alexander Schreiner
choir vocals:
Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
recorded at:
Salt Lake Tabernacle (Mormon Tabernacle) in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (on 1960-03-10)
recording of:
The Lord is My Shepherd (tune: Poland)
lyricist:
James Montgomery (hymnwriter, poet)
composer:
Thomas Koschat
part of:
Hymns of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1985 Hymnal) (number: 108)
2:35
13O God, Our Help in Ages Past
engineer:
Bud Graham (classical sound engineer) and Ed Michalski (engineer)
producer:
Thomas Frost (classical music producer)
organ:
Frank W. Asper (American organist and composer) and Alexander Schreiner
choir vocals:
Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
recorded at:
Salt Lake Tabernacle (Mormon Tabernacle) in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (on 1960-03-10)
recording of:
O God, our help in ages past (hymn to tune St. Anne)
lyricist:
Isaac Watts (hymn writer)
composer:
William Croft (English composer & organist) (in 1708)
2:00
14Come, Come, Ye Saints
engineer:
Bud Graham (classical sound engineer) and Ed Michalski (engineer)
producer:
Thomas Frost (classical music producer)
organ:
Frank W. Asper (American organist and composer) and Alexander Schreiner
choir vocals:
Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
recorded at:
Salt Lake Tabernacle (Mormon Tabernacle) in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (on 1960-03-10)
recording of:
Come, Come Ye Saints
lyricist:
William Clayton
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:29
15I Know That My Redeemer Lives
engineer:
Bud Graham (classical sound engineer) and Ed Michalski (engineer)
producer:
Thomas Frost (classical music producer)
organ:
Frank W. Asper (American organist and composer) and Alexander Schreiner
choir vocals:
Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
recorded at:
Salt Lake Tabernacle (Mormon Tabernacle) in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (on 1960-03-10)
recording of:
I Know that My Redeemer Lives
lyricist:
Samuel Medley (hymn writer)
composer:
Lewis D. Edwards
part of:
Hymns of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1985 Hymnal) (number: 136)
2:29
16Though in the Outward Church
engineer:
Bud Graham (classical sound engineer) and Ed Michalski (engineer)
producer:
Thomas Frost (classical music producer)
organ:
Frank W. Asper (American organist and composer) and Alexander Schreiner
choir vocals:
Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
recorded at:
Salt Lake Tabernacle (Mormon Tabernacle) in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (on 1960-03-10)
recording of:
Though in the Outward Church Below
lyricist:
John Newton (English poet)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
1:15
17God of Our Fathers
engineer:
Bud Graham (classical sound engineer) and Ed Michalski (engineer)
producer:
Thomas Frost (classical music producer)
choir vocals:
Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
conductor:
Richard P. Condie (conductor)
recorded at:
Salt Lake Tabernacle (Mormon Tabernacle) in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (on 1960-03-10)
recording of:
God of Our Fathers, Whose Almighty Hand
lyricist:
Rev. Daniel Crane Roberts (in 1876)
composer:
George W. Warren (in 1892)
part of:
Hymns of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1985 Hymnal) (number: 78)
2:16
18I Need Thee Every Hour
engineer:
Bud Graham (classical sound engineer) and Ed Michalski (engineer)
producer:
Thomas Frost (classical music producer)
choir vocals:
Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
recorded at:
Salt Lake Tabernacle (Mormon Tabernacle) in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (on 1960-03-10)
recording of:
I Need Thee Every Hour
lyricist:
Annie S. Hawks (American poet and gospel hymnist) (in 1872)
composer:
Robert Lowry (American hymn writer, 1826-1899)
5:12
19Ten Thousand Times Ten Thousand
engineer:
Bud Graham (classical sound engineer) and Ed Michalski (engineer)
producer:
Thomas Frost (classical music producer)
choir vocals:
Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
recorded at:
Salt Lake Tabernacle (Mormon Tabernacle) in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (on 1960-03-10)
recording of:
Ten Thousand Times Ten Thousand
lyricist:
Henry Alford (in 1867)
composer:
John Bacchus Dykes (UK hymn writer) (in 1875)
3:07
20Nearer, My God, to Thee
engineer:
Bud Graham (classical sound engineer) and Ed Michalski (engineer)
producer:
Thomas Frost (classical music producer)
choir vocals:
Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
recorded at:
Salt Lake Tabernacle (Mormon Tabernacle) in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (on 1960-03-10)
recording of:
Nearer, My God, to Thee (Bethany)
lyricist:
Sarah Flower Adams (English poet, and notably lyricist of the hymn "Nearer, My God, to Thee") (in 1841)
composer:
Lowell Mason (in 1856)
publisher:
TCF Music Publishing, Inc. (Twentieth Century Fox Music Publishing, Inc.; ASCAP) and Skyhill Music (in 1971)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 28881)
3:07
21Holy, Holy, Holy
engineer:
Bud Graham (classical sound engineer) and Ed Michalski (engineer)
producer:
Thomas Frost (classical music producer)
choir vocals:
Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
recorded at:
Salt Lake Tabernacle (Mormon Tabernacle) in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (on 1960-03-10)
recording of:
Holy, Holy, Holy (tune Nicaea)
lyricist:
Reginald Heber (Hymn-writer) (in 1926)
composer:
John Bacchus Dykes (UK hymn writer) (in 1861)
3:46
22God Be With You Till We Meet Again
engineer:
Bud Graham (classical sound engineer) and Ed Michalski (engineer)
producer:
Thomas Frost (classical music producer)
choir vocals:
Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
recorded at:
Salt Lake Tabernacle (Mormon Tabernacle) in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (on 1960-03-10)
recording of:
God Be With You
lyricist:
Jeremiah Rankin (American hymn writer)
composer:
William G. Tomer
is based on:
God Be With You Till We Meet Again (parent work for arrangements)
1:28
23Father In Heaven
engineer:
Bud Graham (classical sound engineer) and Ed Michalski (engineer)
producer:
Thomas Frost (classical music producer)
organ:
Frank W. Asper (American organist and composer) and Alexander Schreiner
choir vocals:
Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
recorded at:
Salt Lake Tabernacle (Mormon Tabernacle) in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (from 1969-09-05 until 1969-09-09)
recording of:
Father in heaven, in thy love abounding
lyricist:
Angus S. Hibbard
composer:
Friedrich Ferdinand Flemming (in 1811)
1:47
24Abide With Me; Tis Eventide
engineer:
Bud Graham (classical sound engineer) and Ed Michalski (engineer)
producer:
Thomas Frost (classical music producer)
organ:
Frank W. Asper (American organist and composer) and Alexander Schreiner
choir vocals:
Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
recorded at:
Salt Lake Tabernacle (Mormon Tabernacle) in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (from 1969-09-05 until 1969-09-09)
recording of:
Abide With Me; 'Tis Eventide
lyricist:
Martin Lowrie Hofford
composer:
Harrison Millard
2:28
25Come, Follow Me
engineer:
Bud Graham (classical sound engineer) and Ed Michalski (engineer)
producer:
Thomas Frost (classical music producer)
organ:
Frank W. Asper (American organist and composer) and Alexander Schreiner
choir vocals:
Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
recorded at:
Salt Lake Tabernacle (Mormon Tabernacle) in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (from 1969-09-05 until 1969-09-09)
recording of:
Come, follow me, the Savior said
lyricist:
John Nicholson (hymn-writer)
composer:
Samuel McBurney
1:35
26Lead, Kindly Light
engineer:
Bud Graham (classical sound engineer) and Ed Michalski (engineer)
producer:
Thomas Frost (classical music producer)
organ:
Frank W. Asper (American organist and composer) and Alexander Schreiner
choir vocals:
Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
recorded at:
Salt Lake Tabernacle (Mormon Tabernacle) in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (from 1969-09-05 until 1969-09-09)
recording of:
Lead, Kindly Light
lyricist:
John Henry Newman
composer:
John Bacchus Dykes (UK hymn writer)
1:55
27Guide Us, O Thou Great Jehovah
engineer:
Bud Graham (classical sound engineer) and Ed Michalski (engineer)
producer:
Thomas Frost (classical music producer)
organ:
Frank W. Asper (American organist and composer) and Alexander Schreiner
choir vocals:
Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
recorded at:
Salt Lake Tabernacle (Mormon Tabernacle) in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (from 1969-09-05 until 1969-09-09)
recording of:
Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah (lyrics by William Williams, music by John Hughes)
lyricist:
William Williams (Welsh hymn writer) (in 1745)
composer:
John Hughes (Welsh composer of hymns (including "Cwm Rhondda"), 1873–1932) (in 1907)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 368)
is based on:
Cwm Rhondda (1907 hymn tune, no lyrics)
2:11
28The Morning Breaks; The Shadows Flee
engineer:
Bud Graham (classical sound engineer) and Ed Michalski (engineer)
producer:
Thomas Frost (classical music producer)
organ:
Frank W. Asper (American organist and composer) and Alexander Schreiner
choir vocals:
Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
recorded at:
Salt Lake Tabernacle (Mormon Tabernacle) in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (from 1969-09-05 until 1969-09-09)
recording of:
The Morning Breaks, the Shadows Flee
lyricist:
Parley Parker Pratt
composer:
George Careless
1:37
29Come, Thou Glorious Day of Promise
engineer:
Bud Graham (classical sound engineer) and Ed Michalski (engineer)
producer:
Thomas Frost (classical music producer)
organ:
Frank W. Asper (American organist and composer) and Alexander Schreiner
choir vocals:
Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
recorded at:
Salt Lake Tabernacle (Mormon Tabernacle) in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (from 1969-09-05 until 1969-09-09)
recording of:
Come, thou glorious day of promise
lyricist:
Alex Neibaur
composer:
A. C. Smyth
1:47
30All Creatures of Our God and King
engineer:
Bud Graham (classical sound engineer) and Ed Michalski (engineer)
producer:
Thomas Frost (classical music producer)
organ:
Frank W. Asper (American organist and composer) and Alexander Schreiner
choir vocals:
Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
recorded at:
Salt Lake Tabernacle (Mormon Tabernacle) in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (from 1969-09-05 until 1969-09-09)
recording of:
All Creatures Of Our God and King
lyricist:
Francesco d’Assisi (Francis of Assisi)
composer and translator:
William Henry Draper (Hymnist)
2:22