Free America! Early Songs of Resistance and Rebellion
The Boston Camerata
Harmonia Mundi - 2019
As our favorite 18th century lyric goes:
“Boston is a Yankee town, sing Yankee Doodle Dandy!”
So let’s rejoice in our freedoms, in the generosity and compassion of millions of our fellow Americans, and in our Yankee flair for thumbing our noses at all autocrats and tyrants!
And, oh yes, in our magnificent and liberating musical heritage.
“Mind the music and the step!”
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harmonia mundi CD: HMM902628
RELEASE DATE: SEPTEMBER 13, 2019
harmonia mundi musique SAS ℗ 2019
CAST
Joel Frederiksen – guitar, bass vocals
Anne Azéma – mezzo, direction
Camila Parias – soprano
Deborah Rentz-Moore – contralto
Timothy Leigh Evans – tenor
John Taylor Ward – baritone
Jesse Lepkoff – flutes and guitar
Eric Martin – violin
Reinmar Seidler – cello
Andrea Wirth – percussion
Sarah McConduibh and Paul Joseph – fifes
| Track | Composer | Performer | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friendly Union | Anonymous | Boston Camerata, Eric Martin & Anna Azema | 2:18 |
| The Cuba March – The New Union | Jeremiah Ingalls | Boston Camerata & Eric Martin | 1:07 |
| Bunker Hill | Andrew Law | 1:49 | |
| Liberty Tree | Anonymous | Boston Camerata, John Taylor Ward & Joel Frederiksen | 2:49 |
| Chester | Anonymous | 2:36 | |
| Captain Robert Kidd | Anonymous | Boston Camerata & Eric Martin | 1:06 |
| Jolly Soldier | Anonymous | Boston Camerata, John Taylor Ward & Anna Azema | 2:30 |
| Boston March | Anonymous | 1:19 | |
| Saw You My Hero | Anonymous | Boston Camerata, Jesse Lepkoff, Eric Martin, Timothy Leigh Evans, Deborah Rentz-Moore & Anna Azema | 1:08 |
| David’s Lamentation | William Billings | 2:07 | |
| Johnny Has Gone For a Soldier | Anonymous | Boston Camerata, Camila Parias, Deborah Rentz-Moore & Anna Azema | 2:55 |
| Prince William’s March | Anonymous | Boston Camerata, Eric Martin, Andrea Wirth & Jesse Lepkoff | 1:33 |
| Repentance | Anonymous | Boston Camerata & Deborah Rentz-Moore | 2:18 |
| Thirst for Gold | Anonymous | Boston Camerata, Timothy Leigh Evans, Joel Frederiksen & John Taylor Ward | 2:11 |
| My Body Rock ‘Long Fever | Anonymous | Boston Camerata & Joel Frederiksen | 2:47 |
| Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel | Anonymous | Boston Camerata & John Taylor Ward | 1:34 |
| Sanctum Te | Anonymous | 1:28 | |
| Pretty Home | Anonymous | Boston Camerata, Anna Azema, Camila Parias & Deborah Rentz-Moore | 1:17 |
| Hebrew Children | Anonymous | 1:50 | |
| False Are the Men of High Degree | Thomas Commuck | Boston Camerata & Camila Parias | 1:12 |
| The Rich Man | Jeremiah Ingalls | Boston Camerata, Camila Parias, Anna Azema & Deborah Rentz-Moore | 3:15 |
| The Jolly Sailor | Anonymous | Boston Camerata, John Taylor Ward, Timothy Leigh Evans & Joel Frederiksen | 2:16 |
| The Appletree | Anonymous | 1:24 | |
| Trumpet of Peace | Anonymous | 2:09 | |
| March (Clamanda) | By Anonymous | Boston Camerata, Camila Parias, Deborah Rentz-Moore & Anna Azema | 1:51 |
| O Zion Arise | Anonymous | Boston Camerata, Anna Azema & Timothy Leigh Evans | 2:04 |
| Free Americay! | Anonymous | Boston Camerata, John Taylor Ward, Timothy Leigh Evans & Anna Azema | 2:09 |
| Rise Columbia! | Thomas Arne | Boston Camerata, Timothy Leigh Evans, Anna Azema, Camila Parias & Joel Frederiksen | 3:05 |
| Yankee Doodle or The Lexington March | Anonymous | Boston Camerata, Joel Frederiksen, John Taylor Ward & Timothy Leigh Evans | 3:23 |