Music CD, Musical Sound Recording, Sound Recording

Bales, Richard, 1915-1998.

The Union [sound recording] / Richard Bales.

New York : Sony Music Special Products : Manufactured by Columbia Records, [1992?]

1 sound disc (47:19 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (95 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.)

Columbia Records legacy series.

Cantatas, Secular.

Battle sounds.

War songs, American.

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Songs and music.

Zabawa, Peggy.

Zabawa, Jule.

Massey, Raymond.

Church of the Reformation (Washington, D.C.). Cantata Choir.

National Gallery Orchestra.

Union : 1861-1865.

Compact disc.

Title on container: The Union : 1861-1865.

Based on music of the North during the years 1861-65.

Originally released on Columbia Records LS 1006.

All selections are digital transfers from mono sources. Digital mastering and restoration, Ken Robertson.

Producer, Goddard Lieberson.

Includes booklet containing introduction by Goddard Lieberson, essays by Bruce Catton, Clifford Dowdey, and Allan Nevins, and "The Union" by Richard Bales.

Peggy Zabawa, soprano ; Jule Zabawa, baritone ; Raymond Massey, narrator ; Cantata Choir of the Lutheran Church of the Reformation ; National Gallery Orchestra ; conducted by the composer.

Recorded at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

The American Army (military quickstep) (3:13) -- Tenting on the old camp ground (4:01) -- The battle cry of freedom (2:29) -- Aura Lea (3:44) -- The invalid corps (2:27) -- Just before the battle, Mother (4:45) -- The field at Gettysburg ; The Gettysburg address ; The President's hymn (6:09) -- The vacant chair (4:29) -- Medley: Abraham Lincoln's funeral march ; Taps (1862) ; The President's grave (8:17) -- The grand review of the Union armies, Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, May 23-24, 1865: Assembly of guard detail ; Dress parade and dress guard mounting ; The signal cannon ; When Johnny comes marching home ; Battle hymn of the Republic ; Tramp!Tramp!Tramp! ; Hold on, Abraham ; Marching through Georgia ; Raw recruits ; Kingdom coming ; The girl I left behind me ; Flourish for review (7:15).

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