Song of America

Thomas Hampson (Composer), Tony Trischka (Composer), Molly Mason (Composer), Anonymous (Composer), Leonard Bernstein (Composer), Harry T. (Henry) Burleigh (Composer), Walter Damrosch (Composer), John Woods Duke (Composer), Stephen Foster (Composer), Charles Tomlinson Griffes (Composer), Erich Wolfgang Korngold (Composer), Charles Naginski (Composer), Ned Rorem (Composer), American Traditional (Performer), Elinor Remick Warren (Performer), Kurt Weill (Performer), Haydn Wood (Performer), Michael Parloff (Performer), Jay Ungar (Performer), Armen Guzelimian (Performer), Craig Rutenberg (Performer), David Alpher (Artist), Evan Stover (Artist), Garrison Keillor (Artist), Mark Rust (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: American Traditional, Elinor Remick Warren, Kurt Weill, Haydn Wood, Michael Parloff, et al.
• Composer: Thomas Hampson, Tony Trischka, Molly Mason, Anonymous, Leonard Bernstein, et al.
• Audio CD (November 8, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Angel Records
• ASIN: B000BGR0TW
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #61,352 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #18 in Music > Classical > Historical Periods > Modern, 20th, & 21st Century > Composers > Korngold, Erich Wolfgang
  • #63 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Vocal Non-Opera > Songs & Lieder > Folk Songs

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A sampling of American singing at its greatest, April 5, 2009

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Santa Fe Listener (Santa Fe, NM USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Song of America (Audio CD)

This is a sterling collection of American songs from their chief modern exponent. Only Ben Heppenr's similar recital comes close, and it's limited to Anglo-American sentimental ballads and operetta. Starting with "An Old Song Resung" (1890), the most stunning recital of old-fashioned platform songs since the golden era of Lawrence Tibbett (one of Hampson's heroes), we've had an exemplary album of Stephen Foster and another of modern songs inspired by the poetry of Walt Whitman. These are the sources for the compilation offered here.

This CD has earned harsh reviews here for being a compilation, but it's not marketed as anything else. I, too, wish that there was new material. Yet I would be much sorrier if propsective buyers didn't have a chance to hear in full the three CDs from which this one is drawn. All are indispensable.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Song Of America from Thomas Hampson and the Library of Congress, February 5, 2012

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Grady Harp (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Song of America (Audio CD)

Thomas Hampson is now touring the country with his tribute called SONG OF AMERICA . For those who think this recording is associated with that ongoing recital, it is not what to expect to hear on the stage now. This special Library of Congress collection is a fine assortment of American composers and their songs that Hampson has long been promoting. It is a compilation, yes, and a worth one at that. If the listener needs to know what is on the recoding (artist, accompanist, friends etc) then the following will help explain why this is so special and why not to expect a new recoding of Hampson's current touring project.

The songs and their performers are listed here:

As Adam early in the morning, for voice & piano by Ned Rorem, performed by Thomas Hampson and Craig Rutenberg

Ah! May the Red Rose Live Alway for voice & piano by Stephen Foster performed by David Alpher, Thomas Hampson, Molly Mason, Molly Mason and Jay Ungar

Shenandoah, folk song, performed by Armen Guzelimian and Thomas Hampson

Beautiful Dreamer for voice & piano by Stephen Foster, performed by David Alpher, Thomas Hampson, Molly Mason and Jay Ungar

Danny Deever for voice & piano by Walter Damrosch, performed by Armen Guzelimian and Thomas Hampson

Roses of Picardy for voice & piano by Haydn Wood, performed by Armen Guzelimian and Thomas Hampson

Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair for voice & piano by Stephen Foster, Performed by David Alpher, Thomas Hampson, Molly Mason, Michael Parloff and Jay Ungar

Hard Times Come Again No More for voice & piano by Stephen Foster, performed by Garrison Keillor, David Alpher, Thomas Hampson, Molly Mason, Molly Mason, Mark Rust, Tony Trischka and Jay Ungar

Molly Do You Love Me? for voice & piano by Stephen Foster, performed by Thomas Hampson, Molly Mason and Jay Ungar

An Old Song Re-sung, song for voice & piano (Poems by John Masefield No. 1) by Charles Tomlinson Griffes, performed by Armen Guzelimian and Thomas Hampson

Tomorrow for alto, chorus & orchestra, Op 33, "When You Are Gone" by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, performed by Armen Guzelimian and Thomas Hampson

The Erie Canal performed by Armen Guzelimian and Thomas Hampson

We Two, by Elinor Remick Warren, performed by Thomas Hampson and Craig Rutenberg

The Nightingale, performed by Armen Guzelimian and Thomas Hampson

Comrades Fill My Glass No More for voice & piano by Stephen Foster, performed by David Alpher, Thomas Hampson, Molly Mason, Evan Stover and Jay Ungar

Luke Havergal for voice & piano, by John Woods Duke, performed by Armen Guzelimian and Thomas Hampson

To What You Said, for voice & piano by Leonard Bernstein, performed by Thomas Hampson and Craig Rutenberg

Look Down Fair Moon, for voice & piano by Charles Naginski, performed by Thomas Hampson and Craig Rutenberg

Dirge for Two Veterans for voice & piano (or orchestra) (Walt Whitman Songs No. 3) by Kurt Weill, performed by Thomas Hampson and Craig Rutenberg

Ethiopia Saluting the Colors, for voice & piano by Harry (Henry) Thacker Burleigh, performed by Thomas Hampson and Craig Rutenberg

These songs are from various albums and for many of us they represent the highlights of those individual albums. Here they flow like honey and are performed with great dignity, respect and warmth by Thomas Hampson - and friends. Highly recommended. Grady Harp February 12

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Yet another compilation, June 12, 2006

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JAD (San Jose, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Song of America (Audio CD)

I am a huge Tom fan. I go to his concerts and buy all of his CDs. I must say that I have been disappointed by this CD because it's entirely made of old recordings. There's a new photo on the cover, but that's all that is new here. So if you've bought your share of Tom CDs over the years, you want to check out the track info before you guy this one.

Now, Tom has been on tour and I STRONGLY recommend that you go see him next year when he comes through your city.

The other thing really annoying is that on the CD where you'd expect information about the music or the recording co., you instead get a large warning label from the FBI on pirating.