America's 25 Favorite Praise & Worship Choruses, Vol. 1

Compiled especially for use in the church, America's 25 Favorite Praise & Worship Choruses is a stellar volume in a series of Brentwood Music recordings for this purpose. Graceful and soothing or zippily rhythmic, these brief choruses make wonderful invocation, offertory, or postlude hymns, and will be enjoyed at home or in the car as well as at the sanctuary. Each piece features the rich unified sound of a large four-part choir, with clean production that amplifies well over any system. Don Marsh's choral harmony and orchestral arrangements include superb renditions of Rich Mullins's "Awesome God," the inspirational "He Is Exalted," and the mystically powerful "Seek Ye First." It is little wonder that these pleasing melodies are beloved standbys in congregations across the nation. --Joe Ben Amanda