American choral music, 1896-1969. Prelude for voices / William Schuman (7:28) -- Who can revoke / Wallingford Riegger (2:51) -- Turn, O Liebertad / Roger Sessions (2:34) -- Alleluia / Randall Thompson (4:40) -- Choruses from The lark / Leonard Bernstein (11:15) -- William Will / Charles Ives (2:53) -- On the beach at night / Andrew Imbrie (13:09) -- Four madrigals / Jacob Druckman (7:06) -- The house on the hill : a madrigal cantata / Michael Hennagin (12:45) -- Legend : the lion and the unicorn / Gregg Smith (8:36) -- Bitte (Entreaty) / Carolyn Madison (1:54) -- In dulci jubilo / Edmund Najera (4:32).
Choral music of Aaron Copland & Lukas Foss. In the beginning (15:39) ; An immorality (4:00) ; Four motets (9:32) / Aaron Copland -- The prairie. I was born on the brairie (5:29) ; Dust of men (6:00) ; They are mine (6:18) ; When the red & white men met (3:31) ; In the dark of a thousand years (6:34) ; Cool prayers (2:43) ; O prairie girl (4:25) ; Songs hidden in eggs (2:39) ; To-morrow (11:07) / Lukas Foss.
Rosalind Rees, Jeanne Distel, sopranos ; Kevin Treadway, boy soprano ; Ani Yervanian, mezzo ; Linda Eckard, Fay Kittelson, altos ; Jerold Norman, tenor ; Patrick Mason, Harlan Foss, baritone ; Marilyn Chandler, violin ; Oresta Cybriwski, Raymond Beegle, Alan Buratto, piano ; Orpheus Ensemble ; Brooklyn Philharmonia Orchestra ; Gregg Smith Singers ; Long Island Symphonic Choral Association ; Texas Boys Choir ; Gregg Smith, Lukas Foss, conductor.