The American Spirit

Tracklisting

Disc 1

Side 1

• 1. Prologue - Philharmonia Orchestra
• 2. Words of Helen Cohen, Emigrated from Poland in 1920, Read By Blair Brown - Blair Brown
• 3. Interlude 1 - Philharmonia Orchestra
• 4. Words of James Apanomith, Emigrated from Greece in 1911, Read By Louis Zorich - Louis Zorich
• 5. Interlude 2 - Philharmonia Orchestra
• 6. Words of Lillian Galleta, Emigrated from Italy in 1928, Read By Olympia Dukakis - Olympia Dukakis
• 7. Interlude 3 - Philharmonia Orchestra
• 8. Words of Lazarus Salamon, Emigrated from Hungary in 1920, Read By Eli Wallach - Eli Wallach
• 9. Interlude 4 - Philharmonia Orchestra
• 10. Words of Helen Rosenthal, Emigrated from Belgium in 1940, Read By Bebe Neuwirth - Bebe Neuwirth
• 11. Interlude 5 - Philharmonia Orchestra
• 12. Words of Manny Steen, Emigrated from Ireland in 1925, Read By Barry Bostwick - Barry Bostwick
• 13. Interlude 6 - Philharmonia Orchestra
• 14. Words of Katherine Beychook, Emigrated from Russia in 1910, Read By Anne Jackson - Anne Jackson
• 15. Epilogue: 'The New Colossus' (Emma Lazarus, 1883), Read By All Actors - Various Performers

Disc 2

• 1. Lincoln, the Great Commoner - Various Performers
• 2. A Lincoln Address, Op. 124 - Barry Scott/Nashville Symphony Orchestra
• 3. Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight - Various Performers
• 4. Preamble - Nashville Symphony Orchestra
• 5. Walt Whitman and the Dying Soldier - Nashville Symphony Orchestra
• 6. Passing Troops - Nashville Symphony Orchestra
• 7. The Telegraph Fugue - Nashville Symphony Orchestra
• 8. Moonlight On the Savannah - Nashville Symphony Orchestra
• 9. The Theatre - Nashville Symphony Orchestra
• 10. The River Queen - Nashville Symphony Orchestra
• 11. Premonitions - Nashville Symphony Orchestra
• 12. Pennsylvania Avenue, April 9, 1865 - Nashville Symphony Orchestra
• 13. Good Friday, 1865 - Nashville Symphony Orchestra
• 14. The Long Rain - Nashville Symphony Orchestra
• 15. Conclusion - Nashville Symphony Orchestra

Disc 3

• 1. Lincoln Legend - Nashville Symphony Orchestra
• 2. Evocation - Various Performers
• 3. Choral Scene - Various Performers
• 4. March - Various Performers
• 5. Declaration - Various Performers
• 6. Epilogue - Various Performers
• 7. Variations On an American Song: Aspects of Lincoln and Liberty, Op. 20 - Nashville Symphony Orchestr
• 8. Lincoln Portrait - Barry Scott/Nashville Symphony Orchestra

Disc 4

• 1. Prelude - Post-Classical Ensemble
• 2. Pastorale (Grass) - Post-Classical Ensemble
• 3. Cattle - Post-Classical Ensemble
• 4. The Homesteader - Post-Classical Ensemble
• 5. Warning - Post-Classical Ensemble
• 6. War and the Tractor - Post-Classical Ensemble
• 7. Speculation (Blues) - Post-Classical Ensemble
• 8. Drought - Post-Classical Ensemble
• 9. Wind and Dust - Post-Classical Ensemble
• 10. Devastation - Post-Classical Ensemble
• 11. Prelude - Post-Classical Ensemble
• 12. First Forest - Post-Classical Ensemble
• 13. A Big River - Post-Classical Ensemble
• 14. Cotton Pickers - Post-Classical Ensemble
• 15. Ruins - Post-Classical Ensemble
• 16. Logging - Post-Classical Ensemble
• 17. Coal - Post-Classical Ensemble
• 18. Floods - Post-Classical Ensemble
• 19. Requiem - Post-Classical Ensemble
• 20. Tenancy - Post-Classical Ensemble
• 21. Finale - Post-Classical Ensemble

Disc 5

• 1. A Prayer for the World - The Over Soul Sends to Us - Various Performers
• 2. A Prayer for the World - Various Performers
• 3. For We Have Walked the Streets of Babylon, Forty Thousand Strong - Various Performers
• 4. In Sacrifice - Various Performers
• 5. For the Future - Various Performers
• 6. Seeds of the World - Various Performers
• 7. Songs from Heaven Falling - Various Performers
• 8. Like Luminous Rain Upon the Daughters of Isis - Various Performers
• 9. Giving Their Children the Will to Continue - Various Performers
• 10. Singing a Prayer for the Souls of the World - Various Performers