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1America, the Beautiful
orchestra:
Members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)
conductor:
James Conlon (conductor)
recording of:
America the Beautiful
lyricist:
Katharine Lee Bates
composer:
Samuel Augustus Ward
Leontyne Price3:28
2Amelia Goes to the Ball: Overture
orchestra:
Members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)
conductor:
James Conlon (conductor)
recording of:
Amelia al ballo
composer and librettist:
Gian Carlo Menotti (US-based Italian composer)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus4:29
3Ice Cream Sextet: Street SceneMaureen O’Flynn, Phyllis Pancella, Jerry Hadley, Paul Groves, Daniel Smith & Jeff Mattsey4:53
4Tiger, Tiger
orchestra:
Members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)
conductor:
James Conlon (conductor)
Sherrill Milnes2:37
5The Lament of Ian the ProudRenée Fleming3:43
6Ah, May the Red Rose Live Always
orchestra:
Members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)
conductor:
James Conlon (conductor)
recording of:
Ah! May the Red Rose Live Alway!
lyricist:
Stephen Foster (composer)
composer:
Stephen Foster (composer) (in 1850)
Karen Holvik4:45
7Chichester Psalm No. 1
orchestra:
Members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)
conductor:
James Conlon (conductor)
recording of:
Chichester Psalms: I. Psalm 108 verse 2, Psalm 100. Maestoso ma energico – Allegro molto
composer:
Leonard Bernstein (American conductor, composer, pianist) (in 1965)
part of:
Chichester Psalms
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus3:28
8At the River
orchestra:
Members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)
conductor:
James Conlon (conductor)
recording of:
Old American Songs, Set 2: No. 4. At the River
lyricist:
Robert Lowry (American hymn writer, 1826-1899)
composer:
Aaron Copland (composer) (in 1952)
part of:
Old American Songs, Set 2
Tatiana Troyanos3:07
9The Tyger
orchestra:
Members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)
conductor:
James Conlon (conductor)
recording of:
Songs of Experience, Part II: The Tyger
lyricist:
William Blake (English poet, painter, and printmaker)
composer:
William Bolcom (American composer and pianist)
part of:
Songs of Innocence and of Experience
William Bolcom2:04
10Leavin' for the Promised Land
orchestra:
Members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)
conductor:
James Conlon (conductor)
recording of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. “Headin’ for the Promis’ Lan’”
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (from 1934 until 1935)
part of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II
Denise Woods4:39
11Mourning Becomes Electra: Too Weak to Kill the Man I Hate
orchestra:
Members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)
conductor:
James Conlon (conductor)
Sherrill Milnes5:17
12Must the Winter Come So Soon?
orchestra:
Members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)
conductor:
James Conlon (conductor)
recording of:
Vanessa, op. 32: Act I. Must the winter come so soon?
composer:
Samuel Barber (American composer)
part of:
Vanessa, op. 32: Act I
Frederica von Stade3:08
13Susannah: Hear Me, O Lord (Prayer of Repentance)
orchestra:
Members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)
conductor:
James Conlon (conductor)
Samuel Ramey3:55
14Antony and Cleopatra: Give Me My Robe
orchestra:
Members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)
conductor:
James Conlon (conductor)
Carol Vaness9:25
15Knickerbocker Holiday: September Song
orchestra:
Members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)
conductor:
James Conlon (conductor)
recording of:
Knickerbocker Holiday: September Song
lyricist:
Maxwell Anderson
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
publisher:
Hampshire House Publishing Corp., Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division), Chappell & Co. (in 1938), TRO-Hampshire House Publishing Corp. (in 1938) and Crawford Music Corp. (on 1938-09-24)
part of:
Knickerbocker Holiday (Kurt Weill musical)
Robert Merrill2:30
16West Side Story: Maria
orchestra:
Members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)
conductor:
James Conlon (conductor)
recording of:
West Side Story: Maria (Tony)
lyricist:
Stephen Sondheim (in 1956)
composer:
Leonard Bernstein (American conductor, composer, pianist) (in 1956)
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd. and Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
part of:
West Side Story
Jerry Hadley3:25
17Candide: Make Our Garden Grow
orchestra:
Members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)
conductor:
James Conlon (conductor)
recording of:
Candide: Act II. Make Our Garden Grow
lyricist:
Richard Wilbur
composer:
Leonard Bernstein (American conductor, composer, pianist)
part of:
Candide
Renée Fleming & Jerry Hadley5:04
18God Bless America
orchestra:
Members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)
conductor:
James Conlon (conductor)
recording of:
God Bless America
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Company and Irving Berlin Music Corp.
Marilyn Horne2:25

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