Composer(s): Daugherty, Michael
Conductor(s): St. Clair, Carl
Choir(s): Pacific Chorale
Artist(s): Jacobs, Paul
Label: Naxos
Series: American Classics
Genre: Choral - Secular; Orchestral; Wind Ensemble/Band Music
Period: 20th Century
Catalogue No: 8.559749
Barcode: 636943974926
Release Date: 04/2013

DAUGHERTY, M.: Mount Rushmore / Radio City / The Gospel According to Sister Aimee (P. Jacobs, Pacific Chorale, Pacific Symphony, St. Clair)

GRAMMY® Award-winning composer Michael Daugherty explores three icons of “The Greatest Generation”, a turbulent period of adversity and achievement in the United States of America spanning the Great Depression of the 1930s through the Second World War. Mount Rushmore is a dramatic oratorio inspired by the monumental sculpture of four American presidents carved into the Black Hills of South Dakota. Radio City is a symphonic fantasy on the legendary Arturo Toscanini, who conducted the NBC Symphony Orchestra in live radio broadcasts heard by millions across America. The Gospel According to Sister Aimee is an organ concerto inspired by the rise, fall and redemption of religious celebrity Aimee Semple McPherson. Under the masterful baton of music director Carl St Clair, the renowned Pacific Symphony is joined by Pacific Chorale, one of America’s greatest choirs, and GRAMMY®Award-winning organist Paul Jacobs.

Tracklist

Daugherty, Michael
Lincoln, Abraham - Lyricist
Jefferson, Thomas - Lyricist
Washington, Geno - Lyricist
Roosevelt, Theodore - Lyricist
Cosway, Maria - Lyricist
Toplady, Augustus Montague - Lyricist
Pacific Chorale (Choir)
Pacific Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
St. Clair, Carl (Conductor)
1I. George Washington04:04
Pacific Chorale (Choir)
Pacific Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
St. Clair, Carl (Conductor)
2II. Thomas Jefferson06:17
Pacific Chorale (Choir)
Pacific Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
St. Clair, Carl (Conductor)
3III. Theodore Roosevelt07:51
Pacific Chorale (Choir)
Pacific Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
St. Clair, Carl (Conductor)
4IV. Abraham Lincoln13:36
Pacific Chorale (Choir)
Pacific Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
St. Clair, Carl (Conductor)
Daugherty, Michael
Pacific Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
St. Clair, Carl (Conductor)
5I. O Brave New World07:28
Pacific Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
St. Clair, Carl (Conductor)
6II. Ode to the Old World12:18
Pacific Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
St. Clair, Carl (Conductor)
7III. On the Air05:50
Pacific Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
St. Clair, Carl (Conductor)
Jacobs, Paul (organ)
Pacific Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
St. Clair, Carl (Conductor)
8I. Knock Out the Devil07:30
Jacobs, Paul (organ)
Pacific Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
St. Clair, Carl (Conductor)
9II. An Evangelist Drowns - Desert Dance04:57
Jacobs, Paul (organ)
Pacific Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
St. Clair, Carl (Conductor)
10III. To the Promised Land08:02
Jacobs, Paul (organ)
Pacific Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
St. Clair, Carl (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 01:17:53