Music for Advent II: The Scvhola Cantorum of St. Peter's in the Loop, Chicago

Music for Advent II captures something of that air of anticipation that is Advent. Like the first recording, some of the songs are very familiar (O Come, O Come, Emmanuel); others were written for this very recording (Bethlehem, Make Ready). All advance the themes of the Advent season: prophecy, anticipation, annunciation. The recording includes Gregorian chant from the Middle Ages of the Western Church and Carpatho-Rusyn chant from the Slavic Byzantine Church. An outstanding selection of songs from the African-American Church experience and other new hymns round out the collection. Selections are Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending; Long Is Our Winter; O Quickly Come, Great Judge of All; O Heavenly Word, Eternal Light; The Bridegroom Will Be Coming; Behold, the Bridegroom Comes; E'en so, Lord Jesus, Quickly Come; There's a Voice in the Wilderness Crying; Regnatem Sempiterna; Yonder Come Day; Throughout a World in Shadow; Jerusalem, Surge; Vox Clamantis in Deserto; The Desert Shall Rejoice; Soon and Very Soon; O Come, O Come, Emmanuel; O House of Ephratha; Rejoice in the Lord Alway; Tell Out, My Soul; Qui Regis Sceptra; Bethlehem, Make Ready; To a Maid Engaged to Joseph; Ecce Virgo Concipiet; and Ecce Virgo Concipiet (setting by Jacobus Gallus).