Robert Shaw - Battle Cry of Freedom
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Artist: Robert ShawEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1991-06-06
Music Label: RCA
Soundtracks:
- The Battle Hymn of the Republic
- America
- America the Beautiful
- Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean
- God Bless America
- Revolutionary War Medley: Yankee Doodle
- Revolutionary War Medley: Chester
- Civil War Medley: The Bonnie Blue Flag
- Civil War Medley: Lorena
- Civil War Medley: Dixie
- Civil War Medley: The Battle Cry of Freedom
- Civil War Medley: Tenting on the Old Camp Ground
- Civil War Medley: When Johnny Comes Marching Home
- Service Songs Medley: From the Halls of Montezuma
- Service Songs Medley: Achors Aweigh
- Service Songs Medley: The Wild Blue Yonder
- Service Songs Medley: The Caissons Go Rolling Along
- The Star Spangled Banner
Free Music Notes for Battle Cry of Freedom
Free Music Review: American National Music As It Should Be Heard!
Hit: 5 Stars
Before adding my two cents, I read each of the several reviews already present. The one which comes closest, in my opinion, is that of Mr. Buursma, who notes the outstanding musical quality of this disk. Those who found it old-fashioned or not exciting enough we suspect would say the same about Beethoven's 9th or Mozart's Requiem. Flashy, it isn't; musically excellent it is!
I don't know what the reviewers mentioning the Mormon Tabernacle Choir had in mind. There is really no comparison between Shaw's singers and the massive, but less expressive, forces of that choir.
The late Robert Shaw was an unmatched phenomenon in choral music. He possessed an unfailing instinct and impeccable taste in his musical leadership. And he carefully built up a group of singers to carry out his musical vision. We are more indebted to him than many apparently realize. No matter; time will bear out his musical worth, and he will still be appreciated by generations yet unborn.
The dangers in "patriotic" music are flashiness, over-emphasis on martial qualities, and generally "sound and fury signifying nothing." Those characteristics are totally alien to Shaw's musical nature, though he does, of course, realize the need to communicate the musical message effectively.
As to him who felt a Sousa approach would be more fitting, I ask what he thinks the song America The Beautiful is about. It is far more a poem or hymn than a battle song. Even the Battle Hymn of the Republic is as much a hymn as a call to arms.
I hope this CD is never allowed to go out of print. I doubt if it will ever be superseded, despite its 1962 sound. It is, quite simply, the best version you will find of most, if not all, the songs included here.
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