Robert Shaw
(April 30, 1916, Red Bluff, California, USA – January 25, 1999, New Haven, USA) Robert Shaw was an American conductor most famous for his work with his namesake Chorale, with the Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus, and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. Shaw received 14 Grammy awards, four ASCAP awards for service to contemporary music, the first Guggenheim Fellowship ever awarded to a conductor, the Alice M. Ditson Conductor's Award for Service to American Music; the George Peabody Medal for outstanding contributions to music in America, the Gold Baton Award of the American Symphony Orchestra League for "distinguished service to music and the arts, the American National Medal of Arts, France's Officier des Arts et des Lettres, England's Gramophone Award, and was a 1991 recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors. Johann Sebastian Bach
Magnificat BWV 243 Soprano: Susanne Frail Mezzo-soprano: Blanche Thebom Tenor: Ernice Lawrence Bass: Paul Matthen RCA Victor Chorale & Orchestra Robert Shaw 1947
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