Item description for Spirit of America; Orchestra at Temple Square by Mormon Tabernacle Choir...
TRACK LIST:
* America The Beautiful
* Bound For The Promised Land
* This Land Is Your Land
* Shenandoah
* Battle Hymn Of The Republic
* Distant Land
* They, The Builders Of The Nation
* House I Live In, The
* America, The Dream Goes On
* Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor
* God Of Our Fathers, Whose Almighty Hand
* Hymn For America
* Pledge Of Allegiance, The
* Cohan's Big Three
* Goin' Home
* God Bless America
* Star-Spangled Banner, The
* Call Of The Champions
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Item Specifications...
Studio: Mormon Tabernacle
Record Label Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Dimensions: Length: 4.46" Width: 6.18" Height: 0.39" Weight: 0.23 lbs.
Binding CD
Release Date Jun 24, 2003
Publisher Bookworld Companies #880
ISBN 0012237817 ISBN13 0783027567229 UPC 783027567229
Availability 0 units.
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beautiful patriotic music Nov 30, 1999
This is an excellent CD. The music, both voices and orchestra, is superb. The content of the lyrics is inspiring. It reminds me of so many reasons I'm proud to be American.
All new recordings, with a strong patriotric theme Nov 30, 1999
Surprised that no one has reviewed this yet. this site.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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