Spirit of America
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Brand: PBSComposer: Alfred M. Durham
Composer: Antonin Dvorak
Composer: Woody Guthrie
Composer: Charles Osgood
Composer: Stephen Harrison Paulus
Composer: Earl Hawley Robinson
Composer: John Rutter
Composer: John Stafford Smith
Composer: William Steffe
Performer: Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2003-06-24
Music Label: Mormon Tabernacle
Soundtracks:
- America the Beautiful (original title "Materna")
- Bound for the Promised Land, folk hymn
- This Land Is Your Land
- Shenandoah, folk song
- The Battle Hymn of the Republic ("Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory," words by
- Distant Land (A Prayer for Freedom), for chorus
- They, the Builders of the Nation, for chorus
- The House I Live In
- America, the Dream Goes On, for voice, chorus & orchestra
- Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, song (from "Miss Liberty")
- God of Our Fathers (The National Hymn)
- Hymn for America, for double mixed chorus
- The Pledge of Allegiance
- Cohan's Big Three, for chorus
- Goin' Home, song for voice & piano or orchestra (theme from 2nd mov't,
- God Bless America, song
- The Star-Spangled Banner (National Anthem, USA), for orchestra & voice/chor
- Call of the Champions, for chorus & orchestra (The Official Theme of th
Music reviews of Spirit of America
Music Review: All new recordings, with a strong patriotric theme
Rating: 5 Stars
Surprised that no one has reviewed this yet. Amazon.com doesn't give much info on this release, so I thought I'd rectify that. This is the second brand-new release on the "Mormon Tabernacle Choir" label, following their April 2003 release of "Consider the Lilies." Again, several of the arrangements are by Mack Wilberg, with direction by Craig Jessop and accompianment by the Orchestra at Temple Square. The track list is as follows:1 America the Beautiful
Music: Samuel A. Ward
Text: Katherine Lee Bates
Arrangement: Mack Wilberg (Oxford University Press) 4:30
2 Bound for the Promised Land
Music: American folk hymn.
Arrangement: Mack Wilberg (Oxford University Press) 2:35
3 This Land is Your Land
Music: Woody Guthrie
Text: Woody Guthrie
Arrangement: Percy Faith & Michael Davis 2:40
4 Shenandoah
Music: American folk song.
Arrangement: Mack Wilberg (Oxford University Press) 4:48
5 Battle Hymn of the Republic
Music: William Steffe
Text: Julia Ward Howe
Arrangement: Peter J. Wilhousky (Carl Fischer, Inc.) 5:19
6 Distant Land
Music: John Rutter
Text: John Rutter
Arrangement: John Rutter (Hinshaw Music, Inc - ASCAP) 4:41
7 They, the Builders of the Nation
Music: Alfred M. Durham
Text: Ida R. Alldredge
Arrangement: Mack Wilberg (Deseret Book Co.) 3:28
8 The House I Live In
Music: Earl Robinson
Text: Lewis Allen
Arrangement: Michael Davis 3:26
9 America, the Dream Goes On
Music: John Williams
Text: Alan and Marilyn Bergman 3:18
10 Give My Your Tired, Your Poor
Music: Irving Berlin
Text: Emma Lazarus
Arrangement: Roy Ringwald (Shawnee Press, Inc. - ASCAP)
Orchestration: Michael Davis 3:01
11 God of Our Fathers, Whose Almighty Hand
Music: George W. Warren
Text: Daniel C. Roberts
Arrangement: Mack Wilberg (Oxford University Press) 4:12
12 Hymn for America
Music: Stephen Paulus (Paulus Publications)
Text: Michael Dennis Browne 3:08
13 The Pledge of Allegiance
Music: Charles Osgood
Text: Francis Bellamy
Arrangement: Michael Davis 2:39
14 Cohan's Big Three (Yankee Doodle Dandy, +below)
Music: George M. Cohan
Text: George M. Cohan
Arrangement: Floyd E. Werle
+Give My Regards/Brdway, You're a Grand Old Flag 3:53
15 Goin' Home
Music: Antonin Dvorak
Text: William Arms Fischer
Arrangement: Jay Welch 4:36
16 God Bless America
Music: Irving Berlin
Text: Irving Berlin
Arrangement: Roy Ringwald (Shawnee Press, Inc. - ASCAP)
Orchestration: Michael Davis 3:44
17 The Star-Spangled Banner
Music: John Stafford Smith
Text: Francis Scott Key
Arrangement: Robert Russell Bennett 2:21
18 Call of the Champions
Music: John Williams
Text: Olympic Motto 4:47
The sound on this release is, if anything, even cleaner than the previous release, with the Choir and orchestra very evenly balanced. The programming includes a mix of both traditional and brand new songs, a couple of which (Stephen Paulus's "Hymn For America," and Charles Osgood's "The Pledge of Allegiance") were commissioned especially for this recording. Additional note: several of these songs were included on the Choir's 2003 Northeastern States tour, which was a huge success. I highly recommend this recording!
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