Notes and Editorial Reviews
Selections recorded September 17, 1985, May 11 and September 16, 1986.
Selections recorded September 17, 1985, May 11 and September 16, 1986. Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
American Salute by Morton Gould
Conductor:
Erich Kunzel
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cincinnati Pops
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1943; USA
Venue: Music Hall, Cincinnati
Length: 4 Minutes 32 Secs.
2.
Liberty Fanfare by John T. Williams
Conductor:
Erich Kunzel
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cincinnati Pops
Period: 20th Century
Written: USA
Venue: Music Hall, Cincinnati
Length: 4 Minutes 17 Secs.
3.
Cakewalk: Excerpt(s) by Hershy Kay
Conductor:
Erich Kunzel
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cincinnati Pops
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1951; USA
Venue: Music Hall, Cincinnatti
Length: 9 Minutes 16 Secs.
Notes: This work is based on music by Louis Moreau Gottschalk.
4.
Symphonic Sketches: Jubilee by George W. Chadwick
Conductor:
Erich Kunzel
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cincinnati Pops
Period: Romantic
Written: 1895-1904; USA
Venue: Music Hall, Cincinnati
Length: 8 Minutes 5 Secs.
5.
Dixie by Daniel Emmett
Conductor:
Erich Kunzel
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cincinnati Pops
Period: Romantic
Written: USA
Venue: Music Hall, Cincinnati
Length: 5 Minutes 45 Secs.
Notes: Arranged: Hayman
6.
Stars and Stripes Forever by John Philip Sousa
Conductor:
Erich Kunzel
Orchestra/Ensemble:
May Festival Chorus,
Cincinnati Pops
Period: Romantic
Written: 1897; USA
Venue: Music Hall, Cincinnati
Length: 3 Minutes 50 Secs.
Language: English
7.
Variations for Organ on "America" by Charles Ives
Conductor:
Erich Kunzel
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cincinnati Pops
Period: 20th Century
Written: ?1891; USA
Venue: Music Hall, Cincinnati
Length: 7 Minutes 6 Secs.
Notes: Orchestrated: William Schuman (1963)
8.
Variations on a Shaker Melody by Aaron Copland
Conductor:
Erich Kunzel
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cincinnati Pops
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1967; USA
Venue: Music Hall, Cincinnati
Length: 3 Minutes 26 Secs.
9.
Yankee Doodle by Traditional
Conductor:
Erich Kunzel
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cincinnati Pops
Venue: Music Hall, Cincinnati
Length: 3 Minutes 7 Secs.
Notes: Arranged: Richard Hayman
10.
Battle Hymn of the Republic by William Steffe
Conductor:
Erich Kunzel
Orchestra/Ensemble:
May Festival Chorus,
Cincinnati Pops
Period: Romantic
Written: USA
Venue: Music Hall, Cincinnati
Length: 5 Minutes 8 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranged: Peter Wilhousky
11.
Star Spangled Spectacular by John Cacavas
Conductor:
Erich Kunzel
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cincinnati Pops
Period: 20th Century
Written: USA
Venue: Music Hall, Cincinnati
Length: 4 Minutes 18 Secs.
Notes: John Cacavas arranged this medley of George M. Cohan tunes, adding an original introduction and segues. The tunes include "Mary's a Grand Old Name," "Give My Regards to Broadway," "Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway," "Yankee Doodle Dandy," and "You're a Grand Old Flag."
12.
God Bless America by Irving Berlin
Conductor:
Erich Kunzel
Orchestra/Ensemble:
May Festival Chorus,
Cincinnati Pops
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1918/1938; USA
Venue: Music Hall, Cincinnati
Length: 2 Minutes 0 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranged: Roy Ringwald
13.
America the Beautiful by Samuel Augustus Ward
Conductor:
Erich Kunzel
Orchestra/Ensemble:
May Festival Chorus,
Cincinnati Pops
Period: Romantic
Written: 1882
Venue: Music Hall, Cincinnati
Length: 3 Minutes 31 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranged: Carmen Dragon
Customer Reviews
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( 1 Customer Review )
Outstanding Performance and Recording!! December 5, 2011
By Gustave W. (Knoxville, TN) See All My Reviews
"This collection of familiar and not so familiar works by American composers is beautifully performed by Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops. For those of you with high quality stereo systems, this recording will put your speakers to the test. The recording is very open and clear, with bone shaking bass drum hits where appropriate. One of the best recording of a symphony orchestra I have heard."
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