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Horne, English Chamber Orch, Davis
An American Songbook [Australia]
Genres: Folk, Classical

Track Listings (16) - Disc #1
1. Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair
2. Beautiful Dreamer
3. If You've Only Got A Moustache
4. Camptown Races
5. Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
6. I've Just Come From The Fountain
7. Lord's Prayer
8. Shanandoah
9. Billy Boy
10. Go 'Way From My Window
11. Five Songs From 'Old American Songs' (Arr. Copland)
12. You're A Grand Old Flag
13. When Johnny Comes Marching Home
14. God Bless America
15. I Didn't Raise My Boy To Be A Soldier
16. Battle Hymn Of The Republic

Australian pressing. Quintessential mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne treats us to a program of great songs from The American Songbook - a veritable quilt of many-coloured delights. The arrangements range from delicate to lush a... more »

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All Artists: Horne, English Chamber Orch, Davis
Title: An American Songbook [Australia]
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Eloquence
Original Release Date: 1/1/2005
Re-Release Date: 3/31/2005
Album Type: Import
Genres: Folk, Classical
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Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 028947627432

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A Great Album of American Favorites

Indiana Opera Buff | Fort Wayne, IN United States | 01/13/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I first purchased this as an LP in the mid-80's. I practically wore the grooves off the record and eventually purchased the CD. Miss Horne is in fabulous voice here and she sings with flawless "American" diction. By that I mean that she doesn't roll her R's or produce any other of the mannerisms of some singers when they sing in English. Song interpretations range from soothing to dramatic and everything in between. Her rendition of "Grand Old Flag" is a tour de force. This CD is a "must listen" every year around the Fourth of July."

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Tiffany Lamp | Portland, ME | 10/16/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I've held on to my cassette version of this concert for decades, since I heard her sing it on PBS, and finally I have it on CD. All American chestnuts, from a delicate "Beautiful Dreamer" to a rabble -rousing "You're a Grand Old Flag" to a deeply reverent "At The River". Horne serves up a big slice of apple pie with generosity and good spirits. I've rarely been so happy to find a recording on CD."