Jesusfreakhideout.com Music News, June 2011: KINGSWAY RELEASES THREE THE HYMN MAKERS COLLECTIONS JULY 12

KINGSWAY RELEASES THREE THE HYMN MAKERS COLLECTIONS JULY 12

Collections Unite Songs Of Substance Around Themes Of Redemption, Discipleship, Faithfulness

NEWS SOURCE: Hoganson Media
June 30, 2011

The Hymn Makers series features the best-known hymns of all time, and calls to mind the magnificent heritage of music found in the Christian church. Kingsway will release three projects in this series simultaneously through EMI CMG Distribution July 12: Hymns of Redemption, Hymns of Discipleship and Hymns of Faithfulness. All value priced at $7.99, the recordings feature 10 hymns with choral vocals and classically styled instrumentation that hearken back to the great choirs that led the worship at the D. L. Moody and the later Billy Graham crusades.

“The remarkable songs in The Hymn Makers series have literally touched the lives of hundreds of millions over three centuries of Christian hymnody,” says Steve Nicolle, Kingsway Music VP, North America. “Grouping the hymns into themes encourage listeners to dive deep – Hymns of Redemption resonates with the sound of hope restored and lives transformed, Hymns of Discipleship features classics that have helped build and encourage the church, and Hymns of Faithfulness will strengthen faith with themes of God’s enduring nature.”

With all three collections drawing together songs of substance that unite around a particular theme, Hymns of Discipleship features such well-known faith-building classics as “Be Thou My Vision,” “In Christ Alone,” “Onward Christian Soldiers” and “Just As I Am,” “Shine Jesus Shine” and “Abide With Me.”

Hymns of Faithfulness draws from hymns sung across multiple generations that call attention to God’s unending faithfulness across time itself. The recording includes such timeless anthems as “Great Is Thy Faithfulness,” “Blessed Assurance,” “Love Divine” and “Rock Of Ages.”

Hymns of Redemption’s features “When I Survey,” “Here Is Love,” “To God Be The Glory,” “Joy To The World,” and “Amazing Grace,” with each song reflecting on the theme of how Jesus’ death and resurrection has redeemed us.

The full track listing for each The Hymn Makers recording follows:

Hymns of Redemption
1) Joy To The World
2) When I Survey
3) To God Be The Glory
4) Here Is Love
5) There Is A Name I Love To Hear
6) I Will Sing The Wondrous Story
7) Man Of Sorrows
8) Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory
9) O Sacred Head! Sore Wounded
10) Amazing Grace

Hymns of Discipleship
1) Shine Jesus Shine
2) All The Way My Saviour Leads Me
3) Stand Up For Jesus
4) Follow Follow, I Would Follow Jesus
5) Just As I Am
6) Abide With Me
7) OnWard Christian Soldier
8) Brother Sister Let Me Serve You
9) Be Thou My Vision
10) In Christ Alone

Hymns of Faithfulness
1) Blessed Assurance
2) O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go
3) The King Of Love My Shepherd Is
4) How Deep The Father’s Love For Us
5) I Am Trusting Thee Lord Jesus
6) What A Friend We Have In Jesus
7) And Can It Be
8) Rock Of Ages
9) Great Is Thy Faithfulness
10) Love Divine

About Kingsway:
Tracing its music heritage to 1969, Kingsway today is known as a leader in Worship Music. As the creator of Thank You Music, and later in partnership with EMI, its catalogue includes songs such as “Here I Am to Worship,” “In Christ Alone,” “Everlasting God” and “Blessed Be Your Name” to name a few.

Kingsway’s songs are sung in more than 300,000 churches worldwide accounting for over 30% of CCLI’s (Church Copyright Licensing International) bestseller list. With writers and artists like Tim Hughes, Matt Redman, Delirious?, Graham Kendrick and Stuart Townend, Kingsway is dedicated to feeding the Church with songs that will change the world. As the music arm of David C Cook, a non-profit organization located in Colorado Springs, CO, a significant portion of the profits that Kingsway and David C Cook generate are used to provide discipleship and music materials free of charge to church leaders in developing parts of the world who wouldn’t be able to get them any other way.

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