Naxos: 8.559373-74 (on discs: 8.559373--8.559374).
The 1st work for chorus and orchestra; the 2nd and 8th are for narrator and orchestra; the 3rd work is a cantata, for mezzo-soprano and piano trio; the 4th is a suite for orchestra; the 5th, 7th are for orchestra; the 6th is a symphonic poem, for chorus and orchestra.
Words by Lincoln (2nd and 8th works) and Vachel Lindsay (3rd work).
Compact disc.
Program notes by Jane Vial Jaffe, biographical notes on the performers, and texts of the 2nd-3rd and 8th works (15 p. : ports.) inserted in container.
In the 3rd work: Sharon Mabry, mezzo-soprano ; Mary Kathryn Van Osdale, violin ; Anthony LaMarchina, violoncello ; Roger Wiesmeyer, piano. In the remainder: Nashville Symphony ; Leonard Slatkin, conductor ; with Barry Scott, narrator (2nd, 8th works) ; Nashville Symphony Chorus (1st, 6th works).
Recorded July 1, 2007, and July 6 and Sept. 27, 2008, Laura Turner Hall, Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, Tenn.
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