Mormon Tabernacle Choir's recordings, awards and honors

Deseret News

Published: Saturday, June 12 2010 6:24 p.m. MDT

Recordings released since the formation of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir label in 2003:

"Consider the Lilies"

"Spirit of America"

"Peace Like a River"

"America's Choir"

"Sing, Choirs of Angels"

"Choose Something Like a Star"

"Love Is Spoken Here"

"Then Sings My Soul"

"Now Let Us Rejoice"

"The Wonder of Christmas"

"Showtime!"

"Spirit of the Season" (with Sissel)

"Requiem," by Mack Wilberg

"Called to Serve"

"Rejoice and Be Merry!" (with the King's Singers)

"Praise to the Man"

"Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing"

"Ring, Christmas Bells" (with Brian Stokes Mitchell)

"Heavensong"

Among the recording awards and honors received by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir:

1944: Peabody Award for "Music and the Spoken Word"

1959: Grammy Award for "Lord's Prayer" album, which contained "The Battle Hymn of the Republic"

1964: Gold record for "Handel's Messiah," with Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra

1980: Gold record for "The Joy of Christmas" (released in 1962)

1967: Grammy nomination for "Bless This House"

1981: George Washington Award from Freedom Foundation at Valley Forge

1985: Gold Record for "Joy to the World"

1987: Emmy Award for "Christmas Sampler" with soprano Shirley Verrett

1991: Platinum record for "Carols of Christmas"

1992: Platinum record for "Celebrate Christmas"

2004: Grammy award for Telarc producer Robert Woods, who produced five CDs that year, including the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's "Sound of Glory"

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