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LIFT EVERY VOICE! is a two-CD, 21-track musical retrospective featuring historic live performances and studio recordings by an array of great African American artists who have performed at Carnegie Hall and contributed to the rich cultural history of music. This project covers a diverse cross-section of genres from gospel to swing, classical to contemporary, and spiritual to jazz, and serves as an audio companion to Carnegie Hall’s festival Honor! A Celebration of the African American Cultural Legacy, taking place in March 2009.
LIFT EVERY VOICE! is a two-CD, 21-track musical retrospective featuring historic live performances and studio recordings by an array of great African American artists who have performed at Carnegie Hall and contributed to the rich cultural history of music. This project covers a diverse cross-section of genres from gospel to swing, classical to contemporary, and spiritual to jazz, and serves as an audio companion to Carnegie Hall’s festival Honor! A Celebration of the African American Cultural Legacy, taking place in March 2009. Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
Matilda by Norman Spann
Performer:
Harry Belafonte (Voice)
Period: 20th Century
Written: USA
2.
Show Boat: Ol' Man River by Jerome Kern
Performer:
Paul Robeson (Bass)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1927; USA
3.
On Children by Ysaye M. Barnwell
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sweet Honey in the Rock
4.
Move on Up a Little Higher by William Herbert Brewster
Performer:
Mahalia Jackson (Voice)
5.
So What by Miles Davis
Performer:
Miles Davis (Trumpet)
Period: 20th Century
Written: USA
6.
Samson, HWV 57: Let the bright Seraphim by George Frideric Handel
Performer:
Kathleen Battle (Soprano),
Wynton Marsalis (Trumpet)
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1743; London, England
7.
Du bist die Ruh, D 776/Op. 59 no 3 by Franz Schubert
Performer:
Roland Hayes (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1823; Vienna, Austria
8.
Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244: no 47, Erbarme dich by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:
Marian Anderson (Alto)
Period: Baroque
Written: ?1727; Leipzig, Germany
9.
Madama Butterfly: Un bel dì vedremo by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1904; Italy
10.
Early Songs (7): no 3, Die Nachtigall by Alban Berg
Performer:
Jessye Norman (Soprano)
Conductor:
Pierre Boulez
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1905-1908; Austria
11.
A House Is Not a Home by Burt Bacharach
Performer:
Luther Vandross (Voice)
Period: 20th Century
Written: USA
12.
A Night in Tunisia by Dizzy Gillespie
Performer:
Dizzy Gillespie (Trumpet)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1946; USA
13.
Come Sunday by Edward "Duke" Ellington
Performer:
Mahalia Jackson (Voice)
Conductor:
Edward "Duke" Ellington
Period: 20th Century
14.
Come Home by Andraé Crouch
Performer:
Andraé Crouch (Voice)
Period: 20th Century
Written: USA
15.
Ain't No Sunshine by Bill Withers
Performer:
Bill Withers (Voice)
Period: 20th Century
Written: USA
16.
A Tisket, a Tasket by Van Alexander
Performer:
Ella Fitzgerald (Voice)
Period: 20th Century
Written: USA
17.
99 Miles from L.A. by Albert Hammond
Performer:
Johnny Mathis (Voice)
Period: 20th Century
Written: USA
18.
Guess Who I Saw Today by Murray Grand
Performer:
Nancy Wilson (Voice)
Period: 20th Century
Written: USA
19.
Soulville by Aretha Franklin
Performer:
Aretha Franklin (Voice)
Period: 20th Century
Written: USA
20.
I Wish I Knew How it Would Feel to be Free by Billy Taylor
Performer:
Nina Simone (Voice)
Period: 20th Century
Sound Samples
Ol' Man River from Showboat
I Will Move On Up A Little Higher (Album Version)
Let the Bright Seraphim from Samson, HWV 57 (Voice)
Du Bist Die Ruh, Op. 59, No. 3
Erbarme dich from St. Matthew Passion
Un bel dì from Madama Butterfly
Die Nachtigall from Sieben frühe Lieder
A House Is Not A Home (Album Version)
Night in Tunisia (1994 Remastered)
Part IV (aka Come Sunday)
Ain't No Sunshine (Album Version)
A-Tisket A-Tasket ((Live) (Edit))
99 Miles From L.A. (Album Version)
Guess Who I Saw Today (Album Version)
Soulville (Album Version)
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
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