Spirit of America

~ Release by Mormon Tabernacle Choir (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1CD
#TitleArtistLength
1America the Beautiful
conductor:
Craig Jessop
cover recording of:
America the Beautiful
lyricist:
Katharine Lee Bates
composer:
Samuel Augustus Ward
Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square4:39
2Bound for the Promised Land
conductor:
Craig Jessop
arranger:
Mack Wilberg
cover recording of:
Bound for the Promised Land (arr. Mack Wilberg)
lyricist:
Samuel Stennett
arranger:
Mack Wilberg
arrangement of:
The Promised Land
Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square2:43
3This Land is Your Land
conductor:
Craig Jessop
arranger:
Michael Davis
cover recording of:
This Land is Your Land (arr. Percy Faith)
arranger:
Percy Faith
arrangement of:
This Land Is Your Land
Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square2:49
4Shenandoah
conductor:
Craig Jessop
arranger:
Mack Wilberg
recording of:
Shenandoah
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 324)
cover recording of:
Shenandoah
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 324)
Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square4:55
5Battle Hymn of the Republic
conductor:
Craig Jessop
cover recording of:
Battle Hymn of the Republic (Glory, Glory, Hallelujah)
lyricist:
Julia Ward Howe
composer:
William Steffe (in 1856)
part of:
Hymns of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (number: 60) and Roud Folk Song Index (number: V17636)
is based on:
John Brown’s Body (Glory, Glory, Hallelujah)
recording of:
Battle Hymn of the Republic (arr. Wilhousky)
composer:
William Steffe
arranger:
Peter J. Wilhousky
arrangement of:
Battle Hymn of the Republic (Glory, Glory, Hallelujah)
Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square5:28
6Distant Land
conductor:
Craig Jessop
cover recording of:
Distant Land
composer:
John Rutter
dedicated to:
Nelson Mandela
Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square4:50
7They, the Builders of the NationMormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square3:37
8The House I Live InMormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square3:34
9America, the Dream Goes On
conductor:
Craig Jessop
cover recording of:
America, the Dream Goes On
lyricist:
Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
composer:
John Williams (in 1982)
Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square3:28
10Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor
conductor:
Craig Jessop
cover recording of:
Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor
writer:
Irving Berlin
Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square3:09
11God of Our Fathers, Whose Almighty HandMormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square4:21
12Hymn for America
conductor:
Craig Jessop
cover recording of:
Hymn for America
writer:
Stephen Paulus
Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square3:16
13The Pledge of Allegiance
conductor:
Craig Jessop
cover recording of:
The Pledge of Allegiance (song by Charles Osgood)
composer:
Charles Osgood
is based on:
The Pledge of Allegiance (poem honoring the U.S. Flag)
Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square2:47
14Cohan's Big Three
conductor:
Craig Jessop
cover recording of:
Cohan's Big Three (medley)
lyricist and composer:
George M. Cohan
arranger:
Greg Gilpin
publisher:
Shawnee Press Inc. (in 2008)
medley of:
Give My Regards to Broadway (Little Johnny Jones)
medley of:
Yankee Doodle Boy
medley of:
You’re a Grand Old Flag
Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square4:03
15Goin' Home
conductor:
Craig Jessop
cover recording of:
Goin’ Home
lyricist:
William Arms Fisher (in 1922)
composer:
William Arms Fisher and Antonín Dvořák (in 1893)
instruments arranger:
William Arms Fisher
publisher:
Dash Music Co. Ltd.
is based on:
Symfonie č. 9 e moll, op. 95 „Z Nového světa“: II. Largo (Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 "From the New World": II. Largo)
Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square4:44
16God Bless America
conductor:
Craig Jessop
cover recording of:
God Bless America
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Company and Irving Berlin Music Corp.
Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square3:50
17The Star-Spangled Banner
conductor:
Craig Jessop
cover recording of:
The Star‐Spangled Banner
anthem of:
United States (from 1931-03-03 to present)
lyricist:
Francis Scott Key (in 1814-09)
composer:
John Stafford Smith (in 1780)
is based on:
The Anacreontic Song
Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square2:30
18Call of the Champions
conductor:
Craig Jessop
recording of:
Call of the Champions
composer:
John Williams (in 2001)
premiered at:
Rice–Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (on 2002-02-08)
Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square5:01