Liberty Tree: Early American Music 1776-1861

Murray Forbes Somerville (Conductor), Joel Cohen (Conductor), Boston Camerata (Orchestra), Harvard University Choir (Orchestra), Margaret Swanson (Performer), Elizabeth Anker (Performer), Timothy Leigh Evans (Performer), Donald Wilkinson (Performer), Joel Frederiksen (Performer), Anne Azema (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Margaret Swanson, Elizabeth Anker, Timothy Leigh Evans, Donald Wilkinson, Joel Frederiksen, et al.
• Orchestra: Boston Camerata, Harvard University Choir
• Conductor: Murray Forbes Somerville, Joel Cohen
• Audio CD (August 18, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Erato
• ASIN: B00000AGN3
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #181,817 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Yankee Doodle

2. Chester

3. Liberty Tree

4. The Boston March

5. David's Lamentation

6. Jefferson and Liberty

7. Rights of Woman

8. The Appletree

9. Dormant

10. Hero and Leander

11. Mary's dream

12. On the Road to Boston

13. Jolly Soldier

14. Jefferson and Liberty

15. Abraham's Daughter

16. Brave Wolfe

17. Irish air

18. The Blue Bells of Scotland

19. The Working boy

20. Poor old Maids

See all 26 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Album For Historic Music Fans, August 8, 2000

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Patrick M. McCauley (Ann Arbor, MI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Liberty Tree: Early American Music 1776-1861 (Audio CD)

This is by far the best recordings of historic American music that I have come across. The arrangements are beautiful for all the songs. Chester and Dormant are my two favorites. In addition, the information and background for all the songs is given in the booklet. I found this to be very helpful and interesting. If you are sick of hearing historic songs being butchered by banjos, dulcimers and mandolines, and want to hear the real thing, than this is the album for you. I love this record!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow., December 18, 2001

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Rebecca Menes "Gentle Reader" (Alexandria, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Liberty Tree: Early American Music 1776-1861 (Audio CD)

I just got this CD in the mail -- bought for a friend who is a new citizen. Thought I'd give it a listen first. Wow. I own a fair amount of 18th century popular and choral music, and a few Boston Camerata discs. This beauty is going straight to the top of my list of favorites. Lovely, very musical. I agree with the previous review that this disc captures the history, but I want to recommend the recordings as music, too.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Elegantly and tastefully done, January 15, 2009

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Ken Cybulska "Ken Cybulska" (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Liberty Tree: Early American Music 1776-1861 (Audio CD)

This album and its collection of historic compositions, is both elegantly and tastefully rendered and appointed.

Virtually the entire album is executed in the finest of good taste - and is both well groomed and tailored. The word 'Grand' comes to mind.

Rated four and a half to five stars.

Ken Cybulska