Ensemble Phoenix Munich (Lydia Brotherton, soprano ; Deborah Rentz-Moore, mezzo-soprano ; Timothy Leigh Evans, tenor, drum ; Joel Frederiksen, bass, guitar ; Karen Walthinsen, violin ; Andreas Haas, flute ; Domen Marinčič, violoncello ; Axel Wolf, guitar) ; Joel Frederiksen, director. Recorded May 2010, Reitstadel, Neumarkt, Oberpfalz. Compact disc. Program notes by Joel Frederiksen in German with English and French translations and discography (31 p., ill., ports.) inserted in container ; English texts with German and French translations (39 p.) in supplemental booklet.
Contents:
Hear, O Lord, when I cry / (1:42). The Battle for freedom. The morning trumpet / Massah M. Warner (3:17) -- He comes, the hero comes! / Henry Carey (1:55) -- The president's march / Philip Phile (1:26) -- The death of General Wolfe / America, 1790's ; arr. Joel Frederiksen (6:33) -- Jefferson and liberty (The gobby O) (1:08) -- The Father of American choral music. America (2:09) ; God is the king (9:12) ; I am the rose of Sharon (4:37) / William Billings -- Shape notes and singing schools. The gentleman soldier / England, 1907 (1:48) -- Leander, from Tennessee Harmony, 1818 / text, Isaac Watts (1:37) -- Drumdelgie / Scotland, Anon. (1:01) -- Northfield / Jeremiah Ingalls (2:19) -- Captain Kidd / Anon. ; arr. Joel Frederiksen (1:33) -- Wondrous love / William Walker (4:35) -- Shaker spirituals. Come life, Shaker life (0:27) -- O love, sweet love (1:09) -- Now, my dear companions (1:14) -- Who will bow and bend like a willow (0:59) -- My carnal life (1:04) -- Stubborn oak (1:07) -- 'Tis the gift to be simple (0:57) -- Music from the Civil War. The army of the free / text, Frank H. Norton (2:07) -- Maryland, my Maryland / text, James R. Randall (1:51) -- Lorena / J.P. Webster ; text, H.D.L. Webster (3:23) -- Dixie's land / Daniel D. Emmett (0:39) -- Dance me a jig / Al Wood (1:46) -- Revival meetings and spirituals. Hard times come again no more / Stephen Collins Foster (4:14) -- Sinner man / trad. ; arr. Joel Frederiksen -- Hear, O Lord, when I cry / Massah M. Warner (1:42).
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