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| Battle Cry of Freedom | 
 enlarge | Artist: Robert Shaw Chorale
Label: RCA
Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 50255
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 60814
UPC: 090266081424
EAN: 0090266081424
ASIN: B000003F4W
Release Date: June 6, 1991
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| Tracks:
| • | The Battle Hymn of the Republic - Robert Shaw, Howe, Julia Ward | | • | America - Robert Shaw, Carey, Henry | | • | America the Beautiful - Robert Shaw, Bates, Katherine Le | | • | Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean - Robert Shaw, Becket, Thomas A. | | • | God Bless America - Robert Shaw, Berlin, Irving | | • | Revolutionary War Medley: Yankee Doodle - Robert Shaw, Traditional | | • | Revolutionary War Medley: Chester - Robert Shaw, Billings, William | | • | Civil War Medley: The Bonnie Blue Flag - Robert Shaw, Macarthy | | • | Civil War Medley: Lorena - Robert Shaw, Webster, H.D.L. | | • | Civil War Medley: Dixie - Robert Shaw, Emmett | | • | Civil War Medley: The Battle Cry of Freedom - Robert Shaw, Traditional | | • | Civil War Medley: Tenting on the Old Camp Ground - Robert Shaw, Kittredge | | • | Civil War Medley: When Johnny Comes Marching Home - Robert Shaw, Lambert | | • | Service Songs Medley: From the Halls of Montezuma - Robert Shaw, Traditional | | • | Service Songs Medley: Achors Aweigh - Robert Shaw, Lottman | | • | Service Songs Medley: The Wild Blue Yonder - Robert Shaw, Crawford | | • | Service Songs Medley: The Caissons Go Rolling Along - Robert Shaw, Gruber, Franz Xaver | | • | The Star Spangled Banner - Robert Shaw, Smith, John [04] St |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 6 more reviews...
 A Mellow 1950s Slant on Patriotic Music April 30, 2000
45 out of 48 found this review helpful
A nice recording with fine singing. But the arrangements and performance sound very dated. Despite the aggressive title of this disc - many of these classics are arranged to give everything a kind of mellow orchestral flavor - while most of the songs should have the flavor of a Sousa Band (after all these are patriotic songs). For crisp inspiring renditions of these songs consider the new men's chorus recording of patriotic songs on the CD entitled "The Spirit of Freedom" with the Washington Men's Camerata.
For traditionalists, this is hard to beat... December 10, 2004
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
If you want a CD with the most popular patriotic or military anthems on it, performed in classic formal style by great artists, varied because it features not only a mixed chorus of men and women, but soloists and a symphony orchestra too, buy this one before it goes out-of-print. First issued in 1962, this disc features not only "America" and "God Bless America" and "America the Beautiful" but also a stirring long version of "Battle Hymn of the Republic." Less familiar is "Columbia the Gem of the Ocean", which I've always liked. It closes with "The Star-Spangled Banner" of course. Inbetween is a great version of "Yankee Doodle" and a Civil War medley which offers not just songs from the righteous Union side, but a few from the traitorous Confederacy, too. There is also a medley of the armed forces anthems for the Marines, the Navy, the Air Force and the Army. I purchased this recently as a Christmas gift for my mother-in-law, who is 81, was a young bride with an Air Force husband during World War II, and is as conservative a Christian as any good Southern Baptist can be. I hope she'll like it, even though country and western music from the '40's and '50's is her special thing. If you have a desire to have these kind of songs in your collection, the Robert Shaw outfit does them in high style and you'll likely be happy with this CD.
Music of America February 19, 2000
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
This CD, a reissue of an earlier RCA LP recording, is a triumph of choral music. The singers of the Robert Shaw Chorale are, as always, superb. Shaw's later mastery of orchestral conducting is not fully realized here and the arrangements are very good, but not great. The late Thomas Pyle's solo, however, is reason enough to purchase this CD.
 Battle Cry of Freedom November 4, 2001
11 out of 15 found this review helpful
It would be hard to imagine a better performance of this music, and equally hard to imagine a better choral sound than the vintage Robert Shaw Chorale. Shaw used some of the finest young professional singers of the day, many of whom went on to enjoy distinguished careers in vocal music. Besides having an uncompromising rhythmic vitality, Shaw brings a simple dignity to this wonderful music. "America the Beautiful" a straight-forward arrangement with solo work by Florence Kopleff and Thomas Pyle is a prime example. This is a truly a splendid album.
Classic civil war era music. April 20, 1999
3 out of 24 found this review helpful
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir does a great job with some of the more familiar Civil War tunes.
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