The Gregg Smith Singers, assisted by The Rooke Chapel Choir of Bucknell Uiversity, conducted by Gregg Smith create the first complete recording of this exceptionally fascinating and moving choral work…by concentrating and sampling only certain aspects –rhythm, a single gesture, etc.–of shaped-note (“sacred harp”) singing, a style of the rural South, the interior nature of these hymns is brought to the surface…a very different idea than merely “setting” the hymns with new harmonies. – “Blue” Gene Tyranny