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With Joel Cohen holding the conductor’s baton for just under forty years (1969-2008), notably giving us the magnificent anthologies on the theme of Christmas, the Boston Camerata ensemble returns to the label harmonia mundi, forty years after their first projects were published on the French label (such as Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas in 1980, or Pierre Certon’s Chansons and the Mass “Sus le pont d'Avignon” in 1979). Here, it is Joel Cohen’s wife Anne Azéma who is conducting the ensemble. This new recital “Free America!” celebrates the themes that fuelled the hopes of the young American Republic in the 1770s and 1860s: rallies, rebellion, battles and their rewards. The pioneers channelled their hopes for the Promised Land into their singing and dancing. They celebrate the Union, freedom, equality, and above all a desire for “new social harmony, a new community credo, in a new land”. Most of the newcomers to the United States came from countries ruled by monarchies and the United States of America emerged as a unique opportunity to establish new governmental regimes that could better cater to the aspirations of each individual, with the hope of achieving greater equality. These simple songs celebrate the founding fathers, as well as heroes of war and politics such as George Washington, or philosophical and spiritual guides such as Thomas Paine. This recital consists of marches, anthems, jigs and songs (inspired by European practices of course) and showcases an early glimpse of the “American” sound, which would in a way be re-exploited by the great American composers of the 20th century (such as Ives and Copland) as they searched for an original sound. © Pierre-Yves Lascar/Qobuz
The United States of America, a promised land? "Free America!" celebrates the ideas and hopes which preoccupied the young American Republic in the years 1770-1860: the need for freedom of assembly, a willingness to rebel and go into battle fully aware of the cost, but above all, a desire for a new harmony whose songs, hymn tunes, and marches accompany the long journey to a new “promised land.” A powerful message, informing the first collaboration between harmonia mundi and Anne Azéma, now leading the Boston Camerata. © harmonia mundi
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Eric Martin, Soloist, MainArtist - Anonymous, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - The Boston Camerata, Ensemble, MainArtist - Anne Azéma, Conductor, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Eric Martin, Soloist, MainArtist - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Jeremiah Ingalls, Composer - The Boston Camerata, Ensemble, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Andrew Law, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - The Boston Camerata, Ensemble, MainArtist - Anne Azéma, Conductor, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Anonymous, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - The Boston Camerata, Ensemble, MainArtist - Joel Frederiksen, Soloist, MainArtist - John Taylor Ward, Soloist, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Anonymous, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - The Boston Camerata, Ensemble, MainArtist - Anne Azéma, Conductor, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Eric Martin, Soloist, MainArtist - Anonymous, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - The Boston Camerata, Ensemble, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Anonymous, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - The Boston Camerata, Ensemble, MainArtist - Anne Azéma, Conductor, MainArtist - John Taylor Ward, Soloist, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Anonymous, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - The Boston Camerata, Ensemble, MainArtist - Anne Azéma, Conductor, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Eric Martin, Soloist, MainArtist - Anonymous, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - The Boston Camerata, Ensemble, MainArtist - Anne Azéma, Conductor, MainArtist - Jesse Lepkoff, Soloist, MainArtist - Timothy Leigh Evans, Soloist, MainArtist - Deborah Rentz-Moore, Soloist, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - William Billings, Composer - The Boston Camerata, Ensemble, MainArtist - Anne Azéma, Conductor, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Anonymous, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - The Boston Camerata, Ensemble, MainArtist - Anne Azéma, Conductor, MainArtist - Deborah Rentz-Moore, Soloist, MainArtist - Camila Parias, Soloist, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Eric Martin, Soloist, MainArtist - Anonymous, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - The Boston Camerata, Ensemble, MainArtist - Jesse Lepkoff, Soloist, MainArtist - Andrea Wirth, Soloist, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Anonymous, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - The Boston Camerata, Ensemble, MainArtist - Deborah Rentz-Moore, Soloist, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Anonymous, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - The Boston Camerata, Ensemble, MainArtist - Joel Frederiksen, Soloist, MainArtist - Timothy Leigh Evans, Soloist, MainArtist - John Taylor Ward, Soloist, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Anonymous, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - The Boston Camerata, Ensemble, MainArtist - Joel Frederiksen, Soloist, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Anonymous, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - The Boston Camerata, Ensemble, MainArtist - John Taylor Ward, Soloist, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Anonymous, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - The Boston Camerata, Ensemble, MainArtist - Anne Azéma, Conductor, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Anonymous, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - The Boston Camerata, Ensemble, MainArtist - Anne Azéma, Conductor, MainArtist - Deborah Rentz-Moore, Soloist, MainArtist - Camila Parias, Soloist, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Anonymous, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - The Boston Camerata, Ensemble, MainArtist - Anne Azéma, Conductor, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - The Boston Camerata, Ensemble, MainArtist - Thomas Commuck, Composer - Camila Parias, Soloist, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Jeremiah Ingalls, Composer - The Boston Camerata, Ensemble, MainArtist - Anne Azéma, Conductor, MainArtist - Deborah Rentz-Moore, Soloist, MainArtist - Camila Parias, Soloist, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Anonymous, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - The Boston Camerata, Ensemble, MainArtist - Joel Frederiksen, Soloist, MainArtist - Timothy Leigh Evans, Soloist, MainArtist - John Taylor Ward, Soloist, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Anonymous, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - The Boston Camerata, Ensemble, MainArtist - Anne Azéma, Conductor, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Anonymous, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - The Boston Camerata, Ensemble, MainArtist - Anne Azéma, Conductor, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Anonymous, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - The Boston Camerata, Ensemble, MainArtist - Anne Azéma, Conductor, MainArtist - Deborah Rentz-Moore, Soloist, MainArtist - Camila Parias, Soloist, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Anonymous, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - The Boston Camerata, Ensemble, MainArtist - Anne Azéma, Conductor, MainArtist - Timothy Leigh Evans, Soloist, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Anonymous, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - The Boston Camerata, Ensemble, MainArtist - Anne Azéma, Conductor, MainArtist - Timothy Leigh Evans, Soloist, MainArtist - John Taylor Ward, Soloist, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - The Boston Camerata, Ensemble, MainArtist - Anne Azéma, Conductor, MainArtist - Joel Frederiksen, Soloist, MainArtist - Timothy Leigh Evans, Soloist, MainArtist - Thomas Arne, Composer - Camila Parias, Soloist, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Anonymous, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - The Boston Camerata, Ensemble, MainArtist - Joel Frederiksen, Soloist, MainArtist - Timothy Leigh Evans, Soloist, MainArtist - John Taylor Ward, Soloist, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Albumbeschreibung
With Joel Cohen holding the conductor’s baton for just under forty years (1969-2008), notably giving us the magnificent anthologies on the theme of Christmas, the Boston Camerata ensemble returns to the label harmonia mundi, forty years after their first projects were published on the French label (such as Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas in 1980, or Pierre Certon’s Chansons and the Mass “Sus le pont d'Avignon” in 1979). Here, it is Joel Cohen’s wife Anne Azéma who is conducting the ensemble. This new recital “Free America!” celebrates the themes that fuelled the hopes of the young American Republic in the 1770s and 1860s: rallies, rebellion, battles and their rewards. The pioneers channelled their hopes for the Promised Land into their singing and dancing. They celebrate the Union, freedom, equality, and above all a desire for “new social harmony, a new community credo, in a new land”. Most of the newcomers to the United States came from countries ruled by monarchies and the United States of America emerged as a unique opportunity to establish new governmental regimes that could better cater to the aspirations of each individual, with the hope of achieving greater equality. These simple songs celebrate the founding fathers, as well as heroes of war and politics such as George Washington, or philosophical and spiritual guides such as Thomas Paine. This recital consists of marches, anthems, jigs and songs (inspired by European practices of course) and showcases an early glimpse of the “American” sound, which would in a way be re-exploited by the great American composers of the 20th century (such as Ives and Copland) as they searched for an original sound. © Pierre-Yves Lascar/Qobuz
The United States of America, a promised land? "Free America!" celebrates the ideas and hopes which preoccupied the young American Republic in the years 1770-1860: the need for freedom of assembly, a willingness to rebel and go into battle fully aware of the cost, but above all, a desire for a new harmony whose songs, hymn tunes, and marches accompany the long journey to a new “promised land.” A powerful message, informing the first collaboration between harmonia mundi and Anne Azéma, now leading the Boston Camerata. © harmonia mundi
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 29 track(s)
- Total length: 00:59:30
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Anne Azéma The Boston Camerata
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: harmonia mundi
- Genre: Klassiek
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
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