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There Lies the Home (2006)

“... one of the most irresistible releases in recent memory.” - American Record Guide

Cantus proudly presents, "There Lies the Home," a song cycle based on man’s journey across the sea. This exciting and heartfelt album features works by Stanford, Tormis, Beach and Sting, and includes the world premiere recording of “A True Heart is Waiting” by Edie Hill. Art songs, folksongs, new commissions, modern masterworks, and pop songs come together to weave the tale of one man’s journey across the waters in a way that has become the hallmark of Cantus.

Reviews of There Lies the Home

Classics Today
American Record Guide
New York Public Radio (audio review)

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There Lies the Home (album)	Cantus	$9.99
1. Prelude (Before Dawn)	Edie Hill	$0.99
2. Sea Fever	Amy Beach	$0.99
3. Break, Break, Break	Brian Arreola	$0.99
Songs of the Sea	C. Villiers Stanford
4. Drake's Drum		$0.99
5. Outward Bound		$0.99
6. Devon, O Devon		$0.99
7. Homeward Bound		$0.99
8. The Old Superb		$0.99
9. Jonah's Song	Peter Schickele	$0.99
10. Shenandoah	arr. Bartholomew	$0.99
11. Lowlands	arr. Alice Parker/Robert Shaw	$0.99
12. Muistse mere laulud	Veljo Tormis	$0.99
13. Incantatio maris aestuosi	Veljo Tormis	$0.99
14. Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald	Gordon Lightfoot	$0.99
15. Valparaiso	Sting	$0.99
16. A True Heart is Waiting	Edie Hill	$0.99