Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Thanksgiving Classics: Ives's "Thanksgiving" plus "Simple Gifts"

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IVES: Thanksgiving and Forefathers' Day


Baltimore Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, David Zinman, cond. Decca, recorded September 1994

Chicago Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas, cond. CBS-Sony, recorded 1986

COPLAND (arr.): "Simple Gifts" (from Old American Songs, Set 1)

William Warfield, bass-baritone; Aaron Copland, piano. Columbia/CBS/Sony, recorded Aug. 16, 1951 [audio link] Eleanor Steber, soprano; Edwin Biltcliffe, piano. VAI, recorded live, 1956 [audio link] William Warfield, bass-baritone; Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Aaron Copland, cond. Columbia/CBS/Sony, recorded May 3-4, 1962 [audio link]

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