American Originals / Russell, Cincinnati Pops

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American Originals is the latest release from the Cincinnati Pops conducted by John Morris Russell and features iconic American songs interpreted by a diverse array...
American Originals is the latest release from the Cincinnati Pops conducted by John Morris Russell and features iconic American songs interpreted by a diverse array of acclaimed musical collaborators including Rosanne Cash, Dom Flemons, Over the Rhine, Joe Henry, Aoife O'Donovan and the Comet Bluegrass All-Stars. The first-ever Cincinnati Pops album to be recorded live in concert, American Originals breathes new life into the first chapter of the Great American Songbook and the music of Stephen Foster. The 94th Cincinnati Pops album includes inspiring new renditions of My Old Kentucky Home, O Susannah, Camptown Races, Aura Lee, Slumber My Darling, Hard Times, and Beautiful Dreamer, among other classic tunes. According to The Cincinnati Enquirer, The fresh arrangements and unique talents who performed them set each in a new light.


Product Description:

  • Release Date: September 11, 2015


  • UPC: 870362000051


  • Catalog Number: FC-005


  • Label: Fanfare Cincinnati


  • Number of Discs: 1


  • Composer: George Frederick Root, George R. Poulton, Peter Boyer, Stephen Foster, Timothy Berens, Traditional


  • Conductor: John Morris Russell


  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops


  • Performer: Aoife O'Donovan, Comet Bluegrass All-Stars, Dom Flemons, Ed Cunningham, Gabriel Pegis, Joe Henry, Karen Bergquist, Katy Woolley, Linford Detweiler, Over The Rhine, Paul Patterson, Richard Jensen, Rosanne Cash, Scott Mozlin, Timothy Berens, Timothy Lees



Works:

  1. Jeannie with the light brown hair

    Composer: Stephen Foster

    Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops

    Performer: Karen Bergquist (Voice), Aoife O'Donovan (Voice)

    Conductor: John Morris Russell


  2. My Old Kentucky Home medley

    Composer: Stephen Foster

    Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops

    Performer: Rosanne Cash (Voice)

    Conductor: John Morris Russell


  3. New Britain (Amazing Grace) [The Sacred Harp] (Philadelphia)

    Composer: Traditional

    Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops

    Performer: Aoife O'Donovan (Voice)

    Conductor: John Morris Russell


  4. Rolling River, Sketches on Shenandoah, for orchestra

    Composer: Peter Boyer

    Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops

    Conductor: John Morris Russell


  5. Why, no-one to love

    Composer: Stephen Foster

    Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops

    Performer: Karen Bergquist (Voice), Linford Detweiler (Guitar)

    Conductor: John Morris Russell


  6. Old folks at home

    Composer: Stephen Foster

    Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops

    Performer: Timothy Berens (Banjo), Dom Flemons (Voice), Paul Patterson (Fiddle)

    Conductor: John Morris Russell


  7. Kumbaya, folk song

    Composer: Traditional

    Performer: Richard Jensen (Djembe), Timothy Lees (Violin), Scott Mozlin (Violin), Gabriel Pegis (Violin), Katy Woolley (Violin)

    Conductor: John Morris Russell


  8. Slumber My Darling, for voice & piano

    Composer: Stephen Foster

    Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops

    Performer: Aoife O'Donovan (Voice), Aoife O'Donovan (Guitar)

    Conductor: John Morris Russell


  9. Aura Lee

    Composer: George R. Poulton

    Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops

    Performer: Ed Cunningham (Voice), Joe Henry (Voice)

    Conductor: John Morris Russell


  10. Ring de banjo

    Composer: Stephen Foster

    Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops

    Performer: Ed Cunningham (Fiddle), Dom Flemons (Banjo), Dom Flemons (Percussion)

    Conductor: John Morris Russell


  11. Red river valley

    Composer: Traditional

    Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops

    Performer: Comet Bluegrass All-Stars (Voice)

    Conductor: John Morris Russell


  12. The Battle Cry of Freedom, for voice, chorus & keyboard

    Composer: George Frederick Root

    Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops

    Conductor: John Morris Russell


  13. Beautiful dreamer

    Composer: Stephen Foster

    Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops

    Performer: Rosanne Cash (Voice)

    Conductor: John Morris Russell


  14. Hard times come again no more

    Composer: Stephen Foster

    Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops

    Performer: Karen Bergquist (Voice), Linford Detweiler (Guitar)

    Conductor: John Morris Russell


  15. Camptown races

    Composer: Stephen Foster

    Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops

    Performer: Comet Bluegrass All-Stars (Voice), Rosanne Cash (Voice), Dom Flemons (Voice), Joe Henry (Voice), Aoife O'Donovan (Voice), Over The Rhine (Voice)

    Conductor: John Morris Russell


  16. Oh! Susanna

    Composer: Stephen Foster

    Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops

    Performer: Joe Henry (Voice)

    Conductor: John Morris Russell


  17. Foster's Folly, for orchestra

    Composer: Timothy Berens

    Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops

    Conductor: John Morris Russell


  18. The Battle Cry of Freedom, for voice, chorus & keyboard

    Composer: George Frederick Root

    Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops

    Conductor: John Morris Russell