Monday, April 26, 2010

New Release: America the Beautiful from the Washington National Cathedral

America the Beautiful
The Choirs of Washington National Cathedral
Washington Symphonic Brass


Michael McCarthy, conductor

Recorded at Washington National Cathedral on October 7-8 and November 11-12, 2004, this CD weaves a tapestry of the American musical experience, broadly articulating the triumphs and travails, the emerging growth and diversity of the Nation, and defines a healthy sense of what is good about patriotism.

America - arr. David Willcocks
America the Beautiful - Samuel A. Ward, arr. Michael McCarthy
Washington Post March - John Philip Sousa, arr. Joseph M. Linger
Steal Away - arr. Michael Tippett
My Shepherd will supply my need - Joseph Funk, arr. Virgil Thompsen
There is a balm in Gilead - William L. Dawson
Deep river - arr. Michael Tippett
Fanfare for the Common Man - Aaron Copland
O Love of God - C. Hubert H. Parry, arr. Michael McCarthy
Lord of the Dance - Sydney Carter, arr. Michael McCarthy
Aria - Paul Manz
Abide with me - William H. Monk, arr. Moses Hogan
Father, in thy gracious keeping - Richard Wayne Dirksen
Battle Hymn of the Republic - William Steffe, arr. Peter J. Wilhousky
The Star-spangled Banner - John Stafford Smith
The Stars and Stripes Forever - John Philip Sousa, arr. George Faxon

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