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I have been listening to this album since 2009 when I found some extracts on YouTube. Immediately, I knew I had to purchase it. This is probably the best album ever recorded by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and also the best patriotic album ever. All the genres of American songs are represented here, from the majesty of patriotic anthems such as God Bless America to the quietness of folk songs such as Home On The Range; from the Broadway shows of Cohan's You're A Grand Old Flag to the official songs of our Armed Forces. I own multiple other patriotic albums, but there is none that is as good as this one. That's just it.
My favorite track is probably the original arrangement of our National Anthem. It is first introduced by the tenor and bass parts, sustained by the cellos and double basses, until "And the Rocket's red glare" when the sopranos and altos come in with the violins. On "Gave proof through the night", the brass section enters and doubles the choir's parts, and a magnificent crescendo comes right before "O say does that star-spangled banner" with the full orchestra and the choir singing at its loudest capacity. But what's even more interesting is that the choir sings the rarely heard 4th verse "O thus be it ever". The orchestral accompaniment is the same than in the first verse, but the specificity of this verse is the crescendo on the words "the land of the free", where the sopranos reach C6 on the word free. It gives me goosebumps every time I listen to it.
Anyways, I think this album has to be owned by every American, since there is no music that extol the beauty of America better than these performances by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
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