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The United States Army Strings


Release Date: 05/18/2010 
Label:  Altissimo   Catalog #: ALT61372   Spars Code: n/a 
Composer:  Paul Desmond,  Jay Ungar,  John Lennon,  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov,   ... 
Performer:  Marlisa Woods,  Laura Knutson,  Manuel Bobenrieth,  Emily Leader,   ... 
Conductor:  Jim Keene
Number of Discs: 1 
Length: 0 Hours 56 Mins. 

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Works on This Recording

1.
Take Five by Paul Desmond
Conductor:  Jim Keene
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1961/1962; USA 
 Venue:  Bias Recording Studios, Springfield, VA 
Length: 2 Minutes 7 Secs. 
2.
The Civil War: Ashokan Farewell by Jay Ungar
Performer:  Marlisa Woods (Violin)
Conductor:  Jim Keene
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1990; USA 
 Venue:  Bias Recording Studios, Springfield, VA 
Length: 4 Minutes 9 Secs. 
3.
Eleanor Rigby by John Lennon
Conductor:  Jim Keene
Period: 20th Century 
Written: by 1966; England 
 Venue:  Bias Recording Studios, Springfield, VA 
Length: 2 Minutes 47 Secs. 
4.
Tale of Tsar Saltan: Suite, Op. 57 - Flight of the bumblebee by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Performer:  Laura Knutson (Violin)
Conductor:  Jim Keene
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1903; Russia 
 Venue:  Bias Recording Studios, Springfield, VA 
Length: 1 Minutes 19 Secs. 
5.
Enrico IV: Oblivion by Astor Piazzolla
Performer:  Manuel Bobenrieth (Accordion)
Conductor:  Jim Keene
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1984; Argentina 
 Venue:  Bias Recording Studios, Springfield, VA 
Length: 3 Minutes 49 Secs. 
6.
Gypsy: Everything's Coming Up Roses by Jule Styne
Conductor:  Jim Keene
Period: Modern 
Written: 1959; United States of Ame 
 Venue:  Bias Recording Studios, Springfield, VA 
Length: 2 Minutes 2 Secs. 
7.
Milonga del Angel by Astor Piazzolla
Performer:  Manuel Bobenrieth (Accordion)
Conductor:  Jim Keene
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1965; Argentina 
 Venue:  Bias Recording Studios, Springfield, VA 
Length: 5 Minutes 55 Secs. 
8.
The Sound of Music: My favorite things by Richard Rodgers
Performer:  Emily Leader (Violin)
Conductor:  Jim Keene
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1959; USA 
 Venue:  Bias Recording Studios, Springfield, VA 
Length: 2 Minutes 45 Secs. 
9.
The British Grenadiers by Anonymous
Performer:  Michael Ford (), K.C. Armstrong (), Nathan Sommers ()
Conductor:  Jim Keene
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1770; England 
 Venue:  Bias Recording Studios, Springfield, VA 
Length: 1 Minutes 44 Secs. 
10.
Bedouin Medley by Traditional
Performer:  Julie Sodee (Percussion)
Conductor:  Jim Keene
Written: Middle East 
 Venue:  Bias Recording Studios, Springfield, VA 
Length: 2 Minutes 19 Secs. 
11.
Arirang by Traditional
Performer:  Myung Yoon ()
Conductor:  Jim Keene
Written: Korea 
 Venue:  Bias Recording Studios, Springfield, VA 
Length: 1 Minutes 48 Secs. 
12.
Garryowen, for chorus & band (1st Cavalry) (after a traditional Irish melody) by Traditional
Performer:  Erin Sammon (), Erin Sammon (Violin)
Conductor:  Jim Keene
Venue:  Bias Recording Studios, Springfield, VA 
Length: 2 Minutes 21 Secs. 
13.
Rocky Top, song by Boudleaux Bryant
Performer:  K.C. Armstrong (), Nathan Sommers (), Michael Ford ()
Conductor:  Jim Keene
Venue:  Bias Recording Studios, Springfield, VA 
Length: 2 Minutes 5 Secs. 
14.
La Cumparsita, for tango orchestra by Gerardo Matos Rodríguez
Conductor:  Jim Keene
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1917 
 Venue:  Bias Recording Studios, Springfield, VA 
Length: 4 Minutes 4 Secs. 
15.
The Orange Blossom Special, fiddle piece by Ervin T. Rouse
Conductor:  Jim Keene
Period: Modern 
Written: 1938; United States of Ame 
 Venue:  Bias Recording Studios, Springfield, VA 
Length: 2 Minutes 2 Secs. 
16.
God Bless America by Irving Berlin
Performer:  Alvy Powell ()
Conductor:  Jim Keene
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1918/1938; USA 
 Venue:  Bias Recording Studios, Springfield, VA 
Length: 3 Minutes 1 Secs. 
17.
The Caissons Go Rolling Along, official song of the United States Army by Edmund L. Gruber
Conductor:  Jim Keene
Period: Modern 
Written: 1908; United States of Ame 
 Venue:  Bias Recording Studios, Springfield, VA 
Length: 0 Minutes 40 Secs. 
18.
Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 by Samuel Barber
Conductor:  Jim Keene
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1936; Rome, Italy 
 Venue:  Bias Recording Studios, Springfield, VA 
Length: 6 Minutes 33 Secs. 
19.
New York, New York: New York, New York by John Kander
Conductor:  Jim Keene
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1977; USA 
 Venue:  Bias Recording Studios, Springfield, VA 
Length: 2 Minutes 58 Secs. 
20.
Rule, Britannia, for orchestra/band (with voice and/or chorus ad lib) by Thomas Arne
Performer:  Michael Ford (), K.C. Armstrong (), Nathan Sommers ()
Conductor:  Jim Keene
Period: Classical 
Written: 1740; United Kingdom 
 Venue:  Bias Recording Studios, Springfield, VA 
Length: 1 Minutes 16 Secs. 

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