Historical Canadian recordings of pop, jazz, traditional and classical music
The Canadian Masterworks anthology includes historic recordings selected for their cultural impact, their popular and critical success and their determining influence on the evolution of Canadian music. These masterpieces were created by the most influential Canadian artists of the 20th century. This final retrospective includes excerpts from historical recordings by: Raoul Jobin , Gilles Vigneault , Wilfrid Pelletier , Jean-Paul Ferland , Moe Koffman , Henry Burr , La Bolduc , etc.
Album tracks:
CD 1 – Classic
1. When you and I were young, Maggie (Henry Burr)
2. Ah Fors e lui, Semper Libera, La Traviata (Eleanor Steberm Wilfrid Pelletier)
3. The flower you threw at me. Carmen, Bizet (Raoul Jobin)
4. Goldberg Variations, no. 25, Bach, (Glenn Gould)
5. Urlicht, Symph. no. 2, Mahler (Maureen Forrester)
6. Lied der Lulu, act. 2, Berg (Teresa Stratas)
7. Why wake me up, Werther, Massenet (Raoul Jobin)
8. M'appari tutt' amor, Martha, Flowtow, (Richard Verreau, Wilfrid Pelletier)
9. Goldberg Variations no. 15, Bach, (Glenn Gould)
CD 2 – Popular, jazz and traditional music
1. It will come, don’t be discouraged (Mary Bolduc)
2. Tam di delam (Gilles Vigneault)
3. The West, a Nest, and You Dear (Martin Kenney and His Western Gentlemen)
4. Swinging Shepherd's Blues (Moe Koffman)
5. In the Wee Wee Small Hours of the Morning (Oscar Peterson)
6. Lindbergh (Robert Charlebois)
7. The little king (JP Ferland)
8. The businessman’s blues (Claude Dubois)
9. The pure wool Gaspésienne (Mary Bolduc)
10. My country (Gilles Vigneault)