An American Songbook [Australia] [Import]

Horne (Artist), English Chamber Orch (Artist), Davis (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 31, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Eloquence Australia
• ASIN: B0007WW2N4
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #267,958 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair

2. Beautiful Dreamer

3. If You've Only Got A Moustache

4. Camptown Races

5. Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child

6. I've Just Come From The Fountain

7. Lord's Prayer

8. Shanandoah

9. Billy Boy

10. Go 'Way From My Window

11. Five Songs From 'Old American Songs' (Arr. Copland)

12. You're A Grand Old Flag

13. When Johnny Comes Marching Home

14. God Bless America

15. I Didn't Raise My Boy To Be A Soldier

16. Battle Hymn Of The Republic

Editorial Reviews

Australian pressing. Quintessential mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne treats us to a program of great songs from The American Songbook - a veritable quilt of many-coloured delights. The arrangements range from delicate to lush and the mood ranges from racy fun to religiously uplifting. Decca. 2005.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Album of American Favorites, January 13, 2007

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Indiana Opera Buff (Fort Wayne, IN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: An American Songbook [Australia] (Audio CD)

I first purchased this as an LP in the mid-80's. I practically wore the grooves off the record and eventually purchased the CD. Miss Horne is in fabulous voice here and she sings with flawless "American" diction. By that I mean that she doesn't roll her R's or produce any other of the mannerisms of some singers when they sing in English. Song interpretations range from soothing to dramatic and everything in between. Her rendition of "Grand Old Flag" is a tour de force. This CD is a "must listen" every year around the Fourth of July.

5.0 out of 5 stars great songs, March 9, 2011

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This review is from: An American Songbook [Australia] (Audio CD)

I bought this a while ago. I had these songs on the cassette that I bought in the late 1980's but wanted it in the format of a cd. A gift to be simple is great.

4.0 out of 5 stars Americanarama, October 16, 2008

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Tiffany Lamp (Portland, ME) - See all my reviews

This review is from: An American Songbook [Australia] (Audio CD)

I've held on to my cassette version of this concert for decades, since I heard her sing it on PBS, and finally I have it on CD. All American chestnuts, from a delicate "Beautiful Dreamer" to a rabble -rousing "You're a Grand Old Flag" to a deeply reverent "At The River". Horne serves up a big slice of apple pie with generosity and good spirits. I've rarely been so happy to find a recording on CD.