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Music for Thanksgiving 13 albums
Fall foliage is ablaze with color, first frosts have come, and there has even been a bit of snow. As we carve pumpkins and enjoy fresh apple cider, we are reminded of harvest time and our American tradition of giving thanks for the bounty of the land. Here are some favorite ArkivMusic picks for music to enrich your feast day. Be sure to also view our selection of wonderful music for Christmas.

This musical companion to the season features symphonic excerpts, dance tunes, spirituals, and hymns, some gleaming with the burnish of the early 1800s, others of more recent vintage carrying the soft, rich rustle of nostalgia about them.
1.  Home For The Harvest - Music For Thanksgiving

Release Date: 09/09/2008   Label: Albany Records   Catalog: 1058   Number of Discs: 1 
Composer:  Charles Zeuner,  Robert Lowry,  John Powell,  Don Gillis  ... 
Performer:  Debra Wendells Cross,  Barbara Chapman
Conductor:  William Appling,  Ian Hobson,  Paul Shewan,  Derek Gleeson  ... 
Orchestra/Ensemble:  William Appling Singers,  Sinfonia Varsovia,  Roberts Wesleyan College Chorale  ... 
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Sample this authentic and bracing recording! The Shapenote Album will have you listening with a bubble of amusement. Loudly and lustily, the choir sings music from rural American singing schools of the 18th and 19th centuries.
2.  The Shapenote Album / Doug Fullington, Tudor Choir

Release Date: 09/04/2001   Label: Loft Recordings   Catalog: 1042   Number of Discs: 1 
Composer:  Nehemiah Shumway,  Paine Denson,  Traditional,  Lucius Chapin  ... 
Conductor:  Doug Fullington
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Tudor Choir
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Delight follows delight in this treasured release from the Waverly Consort. Journey along America's early musical pathways with New England "Spir'tual Songs," Revolutionary ballads of the "Sons of Liberty," John Playford's country dances, and folk hymns from The Southern Harmony.
3.  An American Journey / Michael Jaffee, The Waverly Consort
Release Date: 03/12/1996   Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 55522   Number of Discs: 1 
Composer:  William Billings,  William Walker,  Anonymous,  Andrew Law  ... 
Performer:  Michael Jaffee,  Kay Jaffee,  Rosamund Morley,  Matt Glaser  ... 
Conductor:  Michael Jaffee
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Waverly Consort
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Autumn is the joyful centerpiece to Haydn's masterful take on the seasons. This best recording on modern instruments features Sir Georg Solti and René Pape and is newly reissued by ArkivMusic.
4.  Haydn: Die Jahreszeiten / Sir Georg Solti

Release Date: 10/12/1993   Label: Decca   Catalog: 436840   Number of Discs: 2 
Composer:  Franz Joseph Haydn
Performer:  René Pape,  Ruth Ziesak,  Uwe Heilmann
Conductor:  Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Chicago Symphony Orchestra,  Chicago Symphony Chorus
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Original music for the harvest and a bounteous feast from Telemann, this "music for the table" is four hours of Baroque splendor, magnificently performed.
5.  Telemann: Tafelmusik / Goebel, Musica Antiqua Köln

Release Date: 09/27/1989   Label: Archiv Produktion (Dg)   Catalog: 427619   Number of Discs: 4 
Composer:  Georg Philipp Telemann
Conductor:  Reinhard Goebel
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Musica Antiqua Cologne
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Get caught up in the spirit of another age -- of the harvest and the hunt -- with this rare disc of hunting horn music, and hold the reins tight when the raucous parforce horns blow!
6.  Grande Messe De Saint Hubert - Hunting Music / Baumann
Release Date: 06/1991   Label: Philips   Catalog: 426301   Number of Discs: 1 
Composer:  Gioachino Rossini,  Georg Abraham Schneider,  Charles Pont,  Albert Sombrun  ... 
Performer:  Hermann Baumann,  Wilhelm Bruns,  Oliver Kersken,  Eva Maria Görres  ... 
Conductor:  Hermann Baumann
Orchestra/Ensemble:  German Natural Horn Soloists,  Folkwang Horn Ensemble
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5-Disc Set! This collection presents a miscellaneous assemblage of Eastman Mercury tapes, with twenty orchestral works ranging from symphonies to suites. These items have rarely been recorded with such raw and vibrant engagement as by Hanson and the Mercury team. There are discoveries to be made here. Hanson is still leading us into the unfamiliar full of enthusiasm and ferociously fine judgment.
7.  Howard Hanson Conducts American Masterworks

Release Date: 09/01/2004   Label: Mercury Living Presence   Catalog: 4756274   Number of Discs: 5 
Composer:  Samuel Barber,  Walter Piston,  Charles T. Griffes,  Kent Kennan  ... 
Performer:  Robert Sprenkle,  Joseph Mariano,  Sidney Mear,  James Austin  ... 
Conductor:  Howard Hanson
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra
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Sharon Isbin's superbly lyrical playing endows these folksongs from the British Isles and North America with poetic beauty and enchanting intensity.
8.  Journey To The New World - Duarte, Niles, Etc / Sharon Isbin, Joan Baez, Mark O'connor

Release Date: 03/24/2009   Label: Sony   Catalog: 745456   Number of Discs: 1 
Composer:  Mark O'Connor,  John Jacob Niles,  John Duarte,  Andrew York  ... 
Performer:  Sharon Isbin,  Mark O'Connor,  Joan Baez
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This disc shows how high art can exalt simple music. It’s a delight, and the subtitle, “songs of hope, redemption, and glory,” gives a good idea of what to look for. The 20 religious songs heard here come from early American tradition. All have a simplicity that is not far removed from the sensibility of medieval sacred music.
9.  American Angels / Anonymous 4

Release Date: 02/10/2004   Label: Harmonia Mundi   Catalog: 907326   Number of Discs: 1 
Composer:  William Moore,  William Walker,  William Bradbury,  Justin Morgan  ... 
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Anonymous 4
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The music on this recording takes us on a tour of American historical touchstones as well as the emotions and experiences of everyday people.
10.  Shenandoah - Songs Of The American Spirit
Release Date: 03/10/2009   Label: Gothic Records   Catalog: 49263   Number of Discs: 1 
Composer:  Traditional,  Mack Wilberg
Conductor:  John Alexander
Orchestra/Ensemble:  John Alexander Singers
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A fine recording of Shaker music and more, representing a solid, mainstream contribution to the modern American choral repertoire.
11.  Brackett: Simple Gifts, 'tis The Gift To Be Simple; Rutter, Copland, Etc / Fullington, Tudor Choir, Et Al

Release Date: 04/14/2009   Label: Gothic Records   Catalog: 49265   Number of Discs: 1 
Composer:  Joseph Brackett,  Hammond, Thomas, Jr.,  Susanna Brady,  Traditional  ... 
Conductor:  Doug Fullington
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Tudor Choir
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A well-conceived and solidly executed program of American choral works highlighted by two 20th-century a cappella classics and enhanced by lesser-known but worthy repertoire that effectively illustrates the disc's theme. The performances are exquisite.
12.  The American Spirit / Krueger, St. Martin's Chamber Choir

Release Date: 04/03/2007   Label: St. Martin's Chamber Choir   Catalog: 4   Number of Discs: 1 
Composer:  Cecil Effinger,  Edward MacDowell,  Terry Schlenker,  Tim Sarsany  ... 
Conductor:  Timothy J. Krueger
Orchestra/Ensemble:  St. Martin's Chamber Choir
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A set of Shaker hymns artfully arranged and performed to preserve the Shaker ideals of "beauty, simplicity, and utility."
13.  Gentle Words - Shaker Songs / Doug Fullington, Tudor Choir
Release Date: 06/05/2001   Label: Loft Recordings   Catalog: 1041   Number of Discs: 1 
Composer:  John [19th C.] Lockwood,  Anonymous,  Elder Issachar Bates,  Mildred Barker  ... 
Performer:  Linda Sabee,  David Stutz,  Penni Ferraris,  Lisa Cardwell Pontén  ... 
Conductor:  Doug Fullington
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Tudor Choir
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