Aaron COPLAND (1900-1990) Telarc CD-80117 Katharine Hepburn (speaker) Sherrill Milnes (bar) Cincinnati Pops Orchestra/Erich Kunzel rec. Music Hall, Cincinnati, 22 Sept 1985, 15-16 Nov 1986. DDD 70.12

John Henry - A Railroad Ballad (1940) [13.48] Lincoln Portrait [15.33] The Promise of Living from The Tender Land [5.26] Old American Songs - Set 1  [11.27]  - The Boatmen's Dance  - The Dodger  - Long Time Ago  - Simple Gifts  - I Bought Me a Cat Jubilee Variations [1.27] Ceremonial Fanfare [3.44] An Outdoor Overture [8.47]

The Jubilee Variations were written as a cooperative work. Eugene Goossens, then conductor of the Cincinnati orchestra, composed a theme and Hanson, Schuman, Piston, Harris, Bloch and Copland, etc... wrote the variations in 1945 to produce a composite to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.