Gould, Morton > A Lincoln Legend

The American Spirit: Roots & Transformations - Thomson, Boyer, Lokumbe, Ives, Harris [5 CDs]

5 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-10-30

Works: Peter Boyer: Ellis Island; Charles Ives: Lincoln, the Great Commoner, for chorus & orchestra, S. 184 (K. 5B5); Vincent Persichetti: A Lincoln Address, Op. 124; Roy Harris: Abraham Lincoln Walks at Mi...
Performers: Chandler Eteme, Janice; Deas, Kevin; Gardner, Taylor [vocals]; LaMarchina, Anthony; Mabry, Sharon; Steele, Jevetta; Vanosdale, Mary Kathryn; Wiesmeyer, Roger
Conductors: Boyer, Peter; Slatkin, Leonard; Gil-Ordóñez, Angel; Wilkins, Thomas
Ensemble: ; Post-Classical Ensemble

These four Naxos American Classics releases selected for this Americana collection... focus on some of the defining moments of that history. First... a panorama of...continue...

American Classics - Abraham Lincoln Portraits

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-02-24

Works: Charles Ives: Lincoln, the Great Commoner, for chorus & orchestra, S. 184 (K. 5B5); Vincent Persichetti: A Lincoln Address, Op. 124; Roy Harris: Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight, for mezzo-soprano &...
Performers: LaMarchina, Anthony; Mabry, Sharon; Vanosdale, Mary Kathryn; Wiesmeyer, Roger
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: Nashville Symphony Chorus; Nashville Symphony Orchestra

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), sixteenth President of the United States, has inspired many works of literature, art and music. To celebrate the bicentennial of Lincoln's birth,...continue...

All-American - Gershwin, Loeffler, et al / Toscanini, et al

2 CD / Guild / 2004-08-01

Works: Spoken Word: Broadcast Commentary; Charles Martin Loeffler: Memories of My Childhood, tone poem (Life in a Russian Village); Paul Creston: Choric Dances (2) for orchestra, Op. 17; Morton Gould: A Lin...
Performers: Goodman, Benny; Levant, Oscar [Piano]; Wild, Earl [Piano]
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo