- 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
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0090266081424
Robert Shaw Primary Artist,Conductor
Florence Kopleff Contralto (Vocal)
Thomas Pyle Baritone (Vocal)
Raymond Murcell Baritone (Vocal)
James Stover Tenor (Vocal)
James Wainner Tenor (Vocal)
Irving Berlin Composer
Henry Carey Composer
Franz Gruber Composer
Samuel A. Ward Composer
Julia Ward Howe Composer
Geoerge D. Lottman Composer
Anthony Salvatore Engineer
Robert Russell Bennett Arranger
Andre Gauthier Supervisor,Digital Remastering
Katharine Lee Bates Composer
William Billings Composer
D.T. Shaw Composer
Traditional Composer
Francis Scott Key Composer
John Pfeiffer Reissue Producer
Joseph Habig Producer
Rance Allen Composer
Public Domain Composer
William Steffe Composer
J.J. Stelmach Art Direction
John Stafford Smith Composer
Tom Dietrich Cover Design
S. Smith Composer
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Overview
While most folks in the 1960s were being consumed by the unholy flames of rock & roll, a somewhat smaller sect was experiencing the wonders of stereo through the soft baton of Robert Shaw. Unlike Mantovani, Herb Alpert, and the Ray Conniff Singers, who saw the mining of the rock movement as a tool of survival, the Robert Shaw Chorale found inspiration in the songs of Robert Foster and in the increasingly popular realm of sea shanties and spirituals. Essentially, Shaw did for easy listening what Martin Denny and Esquivel did for exotica. Battle Cry of Freedom is exactly what you'd think it is. Eighteen hammy and meticulously arranged songs of patriotism, from "the Battle Hymn of the Republic" to "Dixie," are impeccably performed and often quite poignantly by the heavenly voices of the R.S.C. As the decades have progressed, 20th century easy listening has acquired a definite "kitsch" tag, however, nestled amid the soft polyphony of Robert Shaw and his Chorale is a hint of "coolness." After all, in the '60s, easy listening was the equivalent of 21st century indie pop. ~ James Christopher Monger
Product Details
Release Date: | 06/06/1991 |
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Label: | Rca |
UPC: | 0090266081424 |
Rank: | 140738 |
Tracks
Album Credits
Performance Credits
Robert Shaw Chorale Primary ArtistRobert Shaw Primary Artist,Conductor
Florence Kopleff Contralto (Vocal)
Thomas Pyle Baritone (Vocal)
Raymond Murcell Baritone (Vocal)
James Stover Tenor (Vocal)
James Wainner Tenor (Vocal)
Technical Credits
Bernard Keville EngineerIrving Berlin Composer
Henry Carey Composer
Franz Gruber Composer
Samuel A. Ward Composer
Julia Ward Howe Composer
Geoerge D. Lottman Composer
Anthony Salvatore Engineer
Robert Russell Bennett Arranger
Andre Gauthier Supervisor,Digital Remastering
Katharine Lee Bates Composer
William Billings Composer
D.T. Shaw Composer
Traditional Composer
Francis Scott Key Composer
John Pfeiffer Reissue Producer
Joseph Habig Producer
Rance Allen Composer
Public Domain Composer
William Steffe Composer
J.J. Stelmach Art Direction
John Stafford Smith Composer
Tom Dietrich Cover Design
S. Smith Composer
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