Song of America
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Composer: Thomas HampsonPerformer: Tony Trischka
Performer: Molly Mason
Performer: Anonymous
Performer: Leonard Bernstein
Performer: Harry T. (Henry) Burleigh
Performer: Walter Damrosch
Performer: John Woods Duke
Performer: Stephen Foster
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2005-11-08
Music Label: Angel Records
Soundtracks:
- As Adam Early In The Morning
- Ah! May The Red Rose Live Alway (1850)
- Shenandoah (Traditional)
- Beautiful Dreamer (1864)
- Danny Deever
- Roses Of Picardy
- Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair (1854)
- Hard Times Come Again No More (1854)
- Molly, Do You Love Me? (1850)
- An Old Song Resung
- Tomorrow (When You Are Gone)
- The Erie Canal (Traditional)
- We Two
- The Nightingale (Traditional)
- Comrades, Fill No Glass For Me (1855)
- Luke Havergal
- To What You Said
- Look Down Fair Moon
- Dirge For Two Veterans
- Ethiopia Saluting The Colors
Music reviews of Song of America
Music Review: It's lovely - But not newly recorded!
Rating: 3 Stars
I don't think this recording deserves One Star ratings or that the artist deserves such crude bashing. And re: Hampson's eye-colour.... Uh, these aren't lenses? He has blue eyes. I met him many times and...indeed, they are dark blue.
Anyhow, this is what Hampson is focusing on right now, American song. While those aren't exactly my thing I have to say that he sings them beautifully. I wish he'd stick to that rather than heavy Verdi and Wagner which his voice isn't right for.
Description of Song of America
Thomas Hampson is a persuasive advocate for these treasures from the Library of Congress' vast collections, so this CD's generous sampling leaves you wanting more. It covers the American songbook in all its variety, from traditional "folk" items like Shenandoah to Stephen Foster to the immigrants Erich Korngold and Kurt Weill to Leonard Bernstein and contemporary composers. Hampson adjusts his flexible, light baritone to fit each song. The voice is full and resonant on Danny Deever, simple and direct in 19th-century traditional songs and ballads, and nuanced in songs like Ned Rorem's "As Adam Early in the Morning," one of several on the disc with texts by Walt Whitman. A standout is the last song in this recital, one that leaves you with thoughts about music, history, and our nation's continuing issues, "Ethiopia Saluting the Colors," by Henry Burleigh. Most of the selections are performed with piano accompaniment, but several are with a small ensemble of traditional instruments. A word of caution: everything was recorded in the 1990s and presumably was available piecemeal on previous releases, although few are likely to have more than a handful of these 20 gems. --Dan DavisGeneral CDs
- Styles > Classical
- Featured Composers, A-Z > ( B ) > Bernstein, Leonard
- ( F ) > Foster, Stephen
- ( G ) > Griffes, Charles T.
- ( K ) > Korngold, Erich Wolfgang
- ( W ) > Weill, Kurt > All Works by Weill
- Featured Performers, A-Z > ( H ) > Hampson, Thomas
- Historical Periods > Modern, 20th, & 21st Century > Composers > Korngold, Erich Wolfgang
- Forms & Genres > Chamber Music
- Vocal & Song
- Romantic (c.1820-1910) > Forms & Genres > Chamber Music
- Vocal & Song
- Opera & Vocal > General
- Vocal Non-Opera > Songs & Lieder > Folk Songs
- Folk > General
- Bernstein, Leonard - Works by Bernstein
- Griffes, Charles T. - Works by Griffes
- Classical - Historical Periods - Modern, 20th, & 21st Century - Composers - Korngold, Erich Wolfgang - General
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