Song of America

RADIO SERIES

Song listings with composer / poet, performers, CD label, and CD number:

The Little Horses
Traditional / Traditional
Mrs. Kate Jones, recorded by Alan Lomax
Library of Congress

The Little Horses
from Old American Songs, Set 2
Aaron Copland, arr. / Traditional
William Warfield, baritone/Aaron Copland, piano
Sony 7464-60899-2

I Bought Me a Cat
from Old American Songs, Set 1
Aaron Copland, arr. / Traditional
Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano; English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Carl Davis
London 417 242-2

The Leather-Winged Bat
from Three Folk Songs
Jake Heggie, arr. / Traditional
Jennifer Larmore, mezzo-soprano; Antoine Palloc, piano
Teldec 0630-16069

Shenandoah
Roger Ames, arr. / Traditional
Thomas Hampson, baritone; Armen Guzelimian, piano
EMI/Angel 0946 3 4645 2 8

Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair
Cecil Sharp, arr. / Traditional
John Langstaff, baritone; Sir Gerald Moore, piano
Revels/EMI 72435-95073-2-3

Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair (second version)
John Jacob Niles / Traditional
John Jacob Niles, singer
Essential Media Group B000TPTQ2E

Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair (third version)
John Jacob Niles / Traditional
Thomas Hampson, baritone; Wolfram Rieger, piano
Orfeo d’Or C707062

Black Black Black is the Color
from Unto the Hills: American Songbook III
George Crumb, arr. / Traditional
Thomas Hampson, baritone; Gilbert Kalish, piano; David Cossin, Haruka Fujii, Ayano Kataoka, Jeffrey Milarsky, percussionists
Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society concert, April 2011

The Old Woman’s Courtship
John Powell, arr. / Traditional
John Langstaff, baritone; John Powell, piano
Revels 38871 23022

The Nightingale
Clifford Shaw, arr. / Traditional
Thomas Hampson, baritone; Armen Guzelimian, piano
EMI/Angel 0946 3 4645 2 8

Barbara Allen
Traditional / Traditional
Pete Seeger, unaccompanied
Goldenlane Records: American Folk Tales

Bar’bry Allen
from Three Folk Songs
Jake Heggie, arr. / Traditional
Jennifer Larmore, mezzo-soprano; Antoine Palloc, piano
Teldec 0630-16069

John Riley
Howard Brockway, arr. / Traditional
John Langstaff, baritone; Nancy Woodbridge, piano
Revels 38871 22022

The Golden Willow Tree
from Old American Songs, Set 2
Aaron Copland, arr. / Traditional
Thomas Hampson, baritone; Wolfram Rieger, piano
Portland recital, 2009

California
Steven Mark Kohn, arr. / Traditional
Andrew Garland, baritone; Donna Loewy, piano
Azica B001AGNMBW

On the Other Shore
Traditional / Traditional
unidentified woman + Alan Lomax, recorded by Alan Lomax
Library of Congress

On the Other Shore
Steven Mark Kohn, arr. / Traditional
Andrew Garland, baritone; Donna Loewy, piano
Azica B001AGNMBW