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The Gregg Smith Singer: 20th Century American Choral Treasures

Label: Albany Records

Catalog Number: TR1646

Running Time: 2:37:49

Composition Date: 1896 — 1969

Recording Date: 1975 — 1976

Composers: William Schuman; Thomas Wolfe, Poet; Wallingford Riegger; Catherine Riegger Harris, Poet; Roger Sessions; Walt Whitman, Poet; Randall Thompson; Leonard Bernstein; Charles Ives; Susan Benedict Hill, Poet; Andrew Imbrie; Jacob Druckman; Francis Beaumont, Poet; Ben Jonson, Poet; John Donne, Poet; Robert Herrick, Poet; Michael Hennagin; Edwin Arlington Robinson, Poet; Gregg Smith; Dorothy Stott Shaw, Poet; Carolyn Madison; Nikolaus Lenau, Poet; Edmund Najera; Aaron Copland; Ezra Pound, Poet; Lukas Foss; Carl Sandburg, Poet

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Prelude for Voices		7:27	William Schuman; Thomas Wolfe, Poet
Performers: Rosalind Rees, soprano; Gregg Smith Singers; Gregg Smith, Conductor Composition Date: 1939 — 1942 Recording Date: Circa 1975 — 1976
Who Can Revoke		2:51	Wallingford Riegger; Catherine Riegger Harris, Poet
Performers: Gregg Smith Singers; Oresta Cybriwski, piano; Gregg Smith, Conductor Composition Date: 1948 Recording Date: Circa 1975 — 1976
Turn, O Libertad		2:34	Roger Sessions; Walt Whitman, Poet
Performers: Gregg Smith Singers; Oresta Cybriwski, piano; Raymond Beegle, piano; Gregg Smith, Conductor Composition Date: 1944 Recording Date: Circa 1975 — 1976
Alleluia		4:40	Randall Thompson
Performers: Gregg Smith Singers; Gregg Smith, Conductor Composition Date: 1940 Recording Date: Circa 1975 — 1976
Choruses from "The Lark		11:15	Leonard Bernstein
Performers: Rosalind Rees, soprano; Linda Eckard, alto; Gregg Smith Singers; Gregg Smith, Conductor Composition Date: 1955 Recording Date: Circa 1975 — 1976
William Will		2:53	Charles Ives; Susan Benedict Hill, Poet
Performers: Fay Kittelson, alto; Patrick Mason, baritone; Gregg Smith Singers; Oresta Cybriwski, piano; Gregg Smith, Conductor Composition Date: 1896 Recording Date: Circa 1975 — 1976
On the Beach at Night		13:09	Andrew Imbrie; Walt Whitman, Poet
Performers: Orpheus Ensemble; Gregg Smith Singers; Gregg Smith, Conductor Composition Date: 1949 Recording Date: Circa 1975 — 1976
Four Madrigals		7:06	Jacob Druckman; Francis Beaumont, Poet; Ben Jonson, Poet; John Donne, Poet; Robert Herrick, Poet
Performers: Rosalind Rees, soprano; Gregg Smith Singers; Gregg Smith, Conductor Composition Date: 1958 Recording Date: Circa 1975 — 1976
The House on the Hill—A Madrigal Cantata		12:45	Michael Hennagin; Edwin Arlington Robinson, Poet
Performers: Patrick Mason, baritone; Gregg Smith Singers; Gregg Smith, Conductor Composition Date: 1969 Recording Date: Circa 1975 — 1976
Legend: The Lion and the Unicorn		8:36	Gregg Smith; Dorothy Stott Shaw, Poet
Performers: Kevin Treadway, soprano; Marilyn Chandler, violin; Alan Buratto, piano; Texas Boys Choir; Gregg Smith, Conductor Composition Date: 1964 Recording Date: Circa 1975 — 1976
Bitte (Entreaty)		1:54	Carolyn Madison; Nikolaus Lenau, Poet
Performers: Gregg Smith Singers; Gregg Smith, Conductor Composition Date: 1962 Recording Date: Circa 1975 — 1976
In Dulci Jubilo		4:32	Edmund Najera
Performers: Gregg Smith Singers; Gregg Smith, Conductor Composition Date: 1959 Recording Date: Circa 1975 — 1976
In the Beginning		15:39	Aaron Copland
Performers: Rosalind Rees, soprano; Gregg Smith Singers; Gregg Smith, Conductor Composition Date: 1947 Recording Date: Circa 1975 — 1976
An Immorality		4:00	Aaron Copland; Ezra Pound, Poet
Performers: Kevin Treadway, soprano; Marilyn Chandler, violin; Alan Buratto, piano; Texas Boys Choir; Gregg Smith, Conductor Composition Date: 1925 Recording Date: Circa 1975 — 1976
Four Motets		9:32	Aaron Copland
Performers: Julie Shuptrine, soprano; Katherine McKee, mezzo-soprano; Colby Roberts, tenor; Gregg Smith Singers; Gregg Smith, Conductor Composition Date: 1921 Recording Date: Circa 1975 — 1976
The Prairie		48:48	Lukas Foss; Carl Sandburg, Poet
Performers: Jeanne Distel, soprano; Ani Yervanian, mezzo-soprano; Jerold Norman, tenor; Harlan Foss, baritone; Gregg Smith Singers; Long Island Symphonic Choral Association; Brooklyn Philharmonia Orchestra; Lukas Foss, Conductor Composition Date: 1944 Recording Date: 1975 — 1976
	The Prairie: I. I Was Born on the Prairie	5:29	Lukas Foss; Carl Sandburg, Poet
	Performers: Jeanne Distel, soprano; Ani Yervanian, mezzo-soprano; Jerold Norman, tenor; Harlan Foss, baritone; Gregg Smith Singers; Long Island Symphonic Choral Association; Brooklyn Philharmonia Orchestra; Lukas Foss, Conductor Composition Date: 1944 Recording Date: Circa 1975 — 1976
	The Prairie: II. Dust of Men	6:00	Lukas Foss; Carl Sandburg, Poet
	Performers: Jeanne Distel, soprano; Ani Yervanian, mezzo-soprano; Jerold Norman, tenor; Harlan Foss, baritone; Gregg Smith Singers; Long Island Symphonic Choral Association; Brooklyn Philharmonia Orchestra; Lukas Foss, Conductor Composition Date: 1944 Recording Date: Circa 1975 — 1976
	The Prairie: III. They Are Mine	6:18	Lukas Foss; Carl Sandburg, Poet
	Performers: Jeanne Distel, soprano; Ani Yervanian, mezzo-soprano; Jerold Norman, tenor; Harlan Foss, baritone; Gregg Smith Singers; Long Island Symphonic Choral Association; Brooklyn Philharmonia Orchestra; Lukas Foss, Conductor Composition Date: 1944 Recording Date: Circa 1975 — 1976
	The Prairie: IV. When the Red & the White Men Met	3:31	Lukas Foss; Carl Sandburg, Poet
	Performers: Jeanne Distel, soprano; Ani Yervanian, mezzo-soprano; Jerold Norman, tenor; Harlan Foss, baritone; Gregg Smith Singers; Long Island Symphonic Choral Association; Brooklyn Philharmonia Orchestra; Lukas Foss, Conductor Composition Date: 1944 Recording Date: Circa 1975 — 1976
	The Prairie: V. In the Dark of a Thousand Years	6:34	Lukas Foss; Carl Sandburg, Poet
	Performers: Jeanne Distel, soprano; Ani Yervanian, mezzo-soprano; Jerold Norman, tenor; Harlan Foss, baritone; Gregg Smith Singers; Long Island Symphonic Choral Association; Brooklyn Philharmonia Orchestra; Lukas Foss, Conductor Composition Date: 1944 Recording Date: Circa 1975 — 1976
	The Prairie: VIa. Cool Prayers	2:43	Lukas Foss; Carl Sandburg, Poet
	Performers: Jeanne Distel, soprano; Ani Yervanian, mezzo-soprano; Jerold Norman, tenor; Harlan Foss, baritone; Gregg Smith Singers; Long Island Symphonic Choral Association; Brooklyn Philharmonia Orchestra; Lukas Foss, Conductor Composition Date: 1944 Recording Date: Circa 1975 — 1976
	The Prairie: VIb. O Prairie Girl	4:25	Lukas Foss; Carl Sandburg, Poet
	Performers: Jeanne Distel, soprano; Ani Yervanian, mezzo-soprano; Jerold Norman, tenor; Harlan Foss, baritone; Gregg Smith Singers; Long Island Symphonic Choral Association; Brooklyn Philharmonia Orchestra; Lukas Foss, Conductor Composition Date: 1944 Recording Date: Circa 1975 — 1976
	The Prairie: VIc. Songs Hidden in Eggs	2:39	Lukas Foss; Carl Sandburg, Poet
	Performers: Jeanne Distel, soprano; Ani Yervanian, mezzo-soprano; Jerold Norman, tenor; Harlan Foss, baritone; Gregg Smith Singers; Long Island Symphonic Choral Association; Brooklyn Philharmonia Orchestra; Lukas Foss, Conductor Composition Date: 1944 Recording Date: Circa 1975 — 1976
	The Prairie: VII. To-morrow	11:07	Lukas Foss; Carl Sandburg, Poet
	Performers: Jeanne Distel, soprano; Ani Yervanian, mezzo-soprano; Jerold Norman, tenor; Harlan Foss, baritone; Gregg Smith Singers; Long Island Symphonic Choral Association; Brooklyn Philharmonia Orchestra; Lukas Foss, Conductor Composition Date: 1944 Recording Date: Circa 1975 — 1976