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Beautiful music!I do not have a cd in my collection that I enjoy more than the Robert Shaw Chorale "Stephen Foster Songbook". If you grew up loving Stephen Foster songs, you will not find a finer collection! I would rate it 10 stars if that were available.
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Please pass the sugarI'm inclined to agree with Kenneth Gray that this is not a good treatment of these songs. It sounds like a movie rendering of the songs on the plantation. That said, I need to listen more. Several people with knowledge that exceeds mine make specific references to good musical features, such as the trombone riff in Camptown Races and the Krehbiel singing of "I Want to Die Easy." I noticed the latter myself. Foster is worth having more than one treatment. Also, this is very calming. I would swear…
I'm inclined to agree with Kenneth Gray that this is not a good treatment of these songs. It sounds like a movie rendering of the songs on the plantation. That said, I need to listen more. Several people with knowledge that exceeds mine make specific references to good musical features, such as the trombone riff in Camptown Races and the Krehbiel singing of "I Want to Die Easy." I noticed the latter myself. Foster is worth having more than one treatment. Also, this is very calming. I would swear it made my dachshund relax and go into a blisfful slumber. I had a sense it was bringing up race memories of her ancestors in the nineteenth century, here in her America.
Written by Iris Rich "OfftheCuff"
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format: number: title: number name artist hh:mm:ss 1Ring de Banjo2:15Play Buy track 2Beautiful Dreamer2:59Play Buy track 3Gentle Annie2:44Play Buy track 4Way Down in Ca-i-ro2:57Play Buy track 5My Old Kentucky Home3:56Play Buy track 6Old Black Joe3:05Play Buy track 7Dolcy Jones1:58Play Buy track 8Thou Art the Queen of My Song3:42Play Buy track 9Old Folks at Home4:35Play Buy track 10Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming4:01Play Buy track 11Oh! Susanna1:38Play Buy track 12Gentle Lena Clare2:34Play Buy track 13Nelly Bly2:44Play Buy track 14Some Folks1:55Play Buy track 15Laura Lee2:59Play Buy track 16Camptown Races1:51Play Buy track 17Steal Away4:20Play Buy track 18Nobody Knows (duh Trouble I See)4:24Play Buy track 19I Want to Die Easy3:11Play Buy track 20Dere's No Hidin' Place1:28Play Buy track
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