Pageant of P.T. Barnum/Adventures in a Perambulator/Once Upon a Time/Selections from McGuffey's Reader

John Alden Carpenter (Composer), Douglas S. Moore (Composer), Burrill Phillips (Composer), Bernard Rogers (Composer), Howard Hanson (Conductor), Eastman-Rochester Orchestra (Orchestra) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Orchestra: Eastman-Rochester Orchestra
• Conductor: Howard Hanson
• Composer: John Alden Carpenter, Douglas S. Moore, Burrill Phillips, Bernard Rogers
• Audio CD (August 11, 1992)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Philips
• ASIN: B0000057LR
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #205,816 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. 1. Boyhood at Bethel - Moore/Carpenter/Rogers/Etc

2. 2. Joice Heth - 161 year old negress - Moore/Carpenter/Rogers/Etc

3. 3. General and Mrs. Tom Thumb - Moore/Carpenter/Rogers/Etc

4. 4. Jenny Lind - Moore/Carpenter/Rogers/Etc

5. 5. Circus parade

6. 1. Envoiture!

7. 2. The policeman

8. 3. The hurdy-gurdy

9. 4. The lake

10. 5. Dogs

11. 6. Dreams

12. 1. The tinder-box soldier

13. 2. The Song of Rapunzel

14. 3. The story of a darning needle

15. 4. Dance of the twelve princesses

16. 5. The ride of Koschei the deathless

17. 1. The one-horse shay

18. 2. John Alden and Priscilla

19. 3. Midnight ride of Paul Revere

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Let's be coherent with stars and give Hanson his due, September 19, 2000

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Mark McCue (Denver, CO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pageant of P.T. Barnum/Adventures in a Perambulator/Once Upon a Time/Selections from McGuffey's Reader (Audio CD)

Collectors for so many, many years have yearned for original vinyl issues of these, that there was a yelp for joy heard across the US when Mercury got around to reissuing them.

The old performances in all their unapproachable, glorious sound, hold up compellingly over the years (what a first-rate orchestra the E-R was!) They're all three tremendously good works, among the best of their creators, full of the burgeoning creativity of the American compositional mind.

This disk is just as valuable as testament to Hanson's amazing power as an interpreter and advocate for the best American music. He never pretended he understood all of it, or cherished all of it, but he unfailingly selected first-rate material that he could communicate like no one else for his recordings, and we're all the better for it.

1 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars classical, July 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Pageant of P.T. Barnum/Adventures in a Perambulator/Once Upon a Time/Selections from McGuffey's Reader (Audio CD)

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