A Song of Thanksgiving

~ Release by Mozart, Handel, Gluck, Schubert; Frederica von Stade, The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Utah Symphony Orchestra, Joseph Silverstein (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1Hallelujah Chorus
choir vocals:
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
orchestra:
Utah Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Joseph Silverstein (violinist and conductor)
chorus master:
Jerold Ottley (conductor)
live recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus: “Hallelujah”
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
librettist:
Charles Jennens
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II
George Frideric Handel3:54
2Laudate dominum
choir vocals:
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Frederica von Stade (mezzo-soprano)
orchestra:
Utah Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Joseph Silverstein (violinist and conductor)
chorus master:
Jerold Ottley (conductor)
live recording of:
Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339: V. Laudate dominum
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (in 1780)
part of:
Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart4:19
3Thanks Be to God
choir vocals:
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
orchestra:
Utah Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Joseph Silverstein (violinist and conductor)
chorus master:
Jerold Ottley (conductor)
live recording of:
Elijah, op. 70: Chorus - "Thanks be to God!"
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer)
librettist:
Julius Schubring
translator:
William Bartholomew
part of:
Elijah, op. 70, Part I (with English libretto by William Bartholomew)
Felix Mendelssohn3:40
4Che farò
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Frederica von Stade (mezzo-soprano)
orchestra:
Utah Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Joseph Silverstein (violinist and conductor)
live recording of:
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30: Atto III. Aria “Che farò senza Euridice?” (Orfeo)
composer:
Christoph Willibald Gluck (composer)
librettist:
Ranieri de’ Calzabigi
part of:
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30: Atto III (Italian version)
Christoph Willibald Gluck3:40
5Humming Chorus
choir vocals:
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
orchestra:
Utah Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Joseph Silverstein (violinist and conductor)
chorus master:
Jerold Ottley (conductor)
live recording of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II. Coro a bocca chiusa (Humming Chorus)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II (Madame Butterfly: Act II, also: Atto II, parte 1)
Giacomo Puccini3:14
6A Song of Thanksgiving
organ:
John Longhurst (organist)
choir vocals:
Salt Lake Children’s Chorus and The Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Frederica von Stade (mezzo-soprano)
spoken vocals [Speaker]:
Marion D. Hanks
orchestra:
Utah Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Joseph Silverstein (violinist and conductor)
chorus master:
Jerold Ottley (conductor)
live recording of:
A Song of Thanksgiving (orig. “Thanksgiving for Victory”)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
Ralph Vaughan Williams16:14
7Zadok the Priest
organ:
John Longhurst (organist)
choir vocals:
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
orchestra:
Utah Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Joseph Silverstein (violinist and conductor)
chorus master:
Jerold Ottley (conductor)
live recording of:
The Four Coronation Anthems: “Zadok the Priest”, HWV 258
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1727)
premiered at:
Westminster Abbey in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1727-10-11)
part of:
Händel-Werke-Verzeichnis (number: HWV 258)
part of:
The Four Coronation Anthems
George Frideric Handel5:02
8Ave Maria
choir vocals:
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Frederica von Stade (mezzo-soprano)
orchestra:
Utah Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Joseph Silverstein (violinist and conductor)
chorus master:
Jerold Ottley (conductor)
live recording of:
Ave Maria (arr. Hazell)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer)
arranger:
Chris Hazell
arrangement of:
Ave Maria (Schubert’s Ave Maria: Latin “Ave Maria” text sung to the tune of ‘Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria”’)
Franz Schubert6:47
9Baïlèro
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Frederica von Stade (mezzo-soprano)
orchestra:
Utah Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Joseph Silverstein (violinist and conductor)
recording of:
Chants d'Auvergne: Première Série: No. 2. Baïlèro
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Joseph Canteloube
part of:
Chants d'Auvergne: Première Série
live recording of:
Chants d'Auvergne: Première Série: No. 2. Baïlèro
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Joseph Canteloube
part of:
Chants d'Auvergne: Première Série
Joseph Canteloube6:38
10Ave verum corpus, K618
choir vocals:
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
orchestra:
Utah Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Joseph Silverstein (violinist and conductor)
chorus master:
Jerold Ottley (conductor)
live recording of:
Ave verum corpus, K. 618 (for chorus, string and organ)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (until 1791-06-18)
part of:
Köchelverzeichnis (Köchel catalogue, first edition, 1862, K¹) (number: K. 618), Köchelverzeichnis (Köchel catalogue, third edition, 1937, K³) (number: K. 618), Köchelverzeichnis (Köchel catalogue, ninth edition, 2024, K⁹) (number: K. 618), Köchelverzeichnis (Köchel catalogue, original numbering) (number: 618) and Köchelverzeichnis (Köchel catalogue, sixth edition, 1964, K⁶) (number: 618)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart4:05
11Simple Gifts
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Frederica von Stade (mezzo-soprano)
orchestra:
Utah Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Joseph Silverstein (violinist and conductor)
live recording of:
Old American Songs, Set 1: No. 4. Simple Gifts
composer:
Aaron Copland (composer) (in 1950)
part of:
Old American Songs, Set 1
Aaron Copland1:37
12I Bought Me a Cat
choir vocals:
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Frederica von Stade (mezzo-soprano)
orchestra:
Utah Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Joseph Silverstein (violinist and conductor)
chorus master:
Jerold Ottley (conductor)
live recording of:
Old American Songs, Set 1: No. 5. I Bought Me a Cat
composer:
Aaron Copland (composer) (in 1950)
part of:
Old American Songs, Set 1
Aaron Copland2:40
13Jenny Rebecca
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Frederica von Stade (mezzo-soprano)
orchestra:
Utah Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Joseph Silverstein (violinist and conductor)
arranger:
Chris Hazell
live recording of:
Jenny Rebecca
lyricist and composer:
Carol Hall (musical theatre songwriter)
publisher:
Musical Comedy Prods.
Carol Hall3:18
14Somewhere
choir vocals:
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Frederica von Stade (mezzo-soprano)
orchestra:
Utah Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Joseph Silverstein (violinist and conductor)
chorus master:
Jerold Ottley (conductor)
arranger:
David Cullen (composer, arranger, orchestrator)
live recording of:
West Side Story: Ballet Sequence: Somewhere (Consuelo and Company)
lyricist:
Stephen Sondheim
composer:
Leonard Bernstein (American conductor, composer, pianist)
publisher:
Amberson Enterprises, Inc., Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Chappell & Co Ltd., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), G. Schirmer, G. Schirmer Inc., PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., The Leonard Bernstein Music Publishing Co., LLC, Universal - Polygram and Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
part of:
West Side Story: Ballet Sequence
Leonard Bernstein5:35

Credits

Release

art direction:Paul Rollo
engineer:John Pellowe (audio engineer)
producer:Paul Myers (classical record producer)
recorded at:Salt Lake Tabernacle (Mormon Tabernacle) in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (from 1991-11-08 until 1991-11-11)