Stars and Stripes: First International release on CD

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Release Date: 5th Aug 2016
Catalogue No: ELQ4806875
Label: Eloquence
Length: 42 minutes

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Sousa: Stars & Stripes - A Ballet in Five Campaigns

Work length26:29

James Watson (cornet), David Moore (euphonium)
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Henry Lewis
Recorded: 1976-07-16
Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London

First Campaign

Track length4:46

Second Campaign

Track length4:00

Third Campaign

Track length4:24

Fourth Campaign - Pas de Deux

Track length4:31

Fourth Campaign - Variation I

Track length0:47

Fourth Campaign - Variation II

Track length1:13

Fourth Campaign - Coda

Track length2:18

Fifth Campaign

Track length4:30

Sousa: King Cotton - arr. Rogers

Work length2:45

National Philharmonic Orchestra
Henry Lewis
Recorded: 1976-07-16
Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London

Sousa: Semper Fidelis

Work length3:41

National Philharmonic Orchestra
Henry Lewis
Recorded: 1976-07-16
Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London

Sousa: El Capitán - arr. Rogers

Work length3:13

National Philharmonic Orchestra
Henry Lewis
Recorded: 1976-07-16
Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London

Sousa: The Stars and Stripes Forever

Work length3:36

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Sir Georg Solti
Recorded: 1986-01-27
Recording Venue: Orchestra Hall, Chicago

Smith, J S: The Star-Spangled Banner

Work length1:33

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Sir Georg Solti
Recorded: 1986-01-27
Recording Venue: Orchestra Hall, Chicago

Downs: Bear Down, Chicago Bears

Work length1:31

Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Sir Georg Solti
Recorded: 1986-01-27
Recording Venue: Orchestra Hall, Chicago

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Choreographer George Balanchine gave many gifts to the American people – and to the New York City Ballet – but the most typically American and sparkling of these gifts was the ballet Stars and Stripes, which was premiered in 1958, and has been revived many times since. Sousa’s music was adapted and assembled into a 30-minute score by Hershy Kay (1919–81), who enjoyed several earlier collaborations with the New York City Ballet.

Sousa loved baseball, and he even wrote a march, The National Game, to honour it. Baseball remains the national sport in the United States, but many Americans will agree that football has supplanted it, in terms of popularity and revenue. Chicago’s National Football League team, the Chicago Bears, was recognized by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, with Sir Georg Solti conducting, in January 1986, when they performed the Bears’ fight song, Bear Down, Chicago Bears, as a surprise concert encore. The song was recorded shortly thereafter, along with The Stars and Stripes Forever and the American national anthem, and released as a 7” 45rpm single – surely the most unusual recording Solti and the Chicagoans ever made. All these recordings receive their first international release on CD.

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