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Songs of free men / Paul Robeson.
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- Sound recording
- Author/Creator:
- Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976.
- Series:
- Naxos Music Library.
- Masterworks heritage vocal series
- Masterworks Heritage vocal series
- Language:
- English
- German
- Russian
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Songs (Low voice) with orchestra.
- Songs (Low voice) with piano.
- Spirituals (Songs).
- Operas--Excerpts, Arranged.
- Operas.
- Oratorios--Excerpts, Arranged.
- Oratorios.
- Musicals--Excerpts.
- Musicals.
- Political ballads and songs.
- Folk songs.
- Genre:
- Political ballads and songs.
- Streaming audio.
- Sound recordings.
- Excerpts.
- Arrangements (Music)
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 audio file).
- Other Title:
- Paul Robeson recital
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, N.Y.] : Sony Classical, ℗1997.
- System Details:
- digital
- audio file
- Contents:
- Balm in Gilead : spiritual / arr. Harry T. Burleigh (2:26)
- Chassidic chant / Lehman Engel (2:40)
- From border to border : from Quiet flows the Don (2:46) ; Oh, how proud our quiet Don : from Quiet flows the Don (3:18) / Ivan Dzerzhinsky
- The Lord God of Abraham : from Elijah : op. 70 / Felix Mendelssohn (3:07)
- The purest kind of guy (Joe's birthday song) : from No for an answer / Marc Blitzstein (3:20)
- Joe Hill / Earl Robinson (2:40)
- The peat-bog soldiers : song from a German concentration camp = Moorsoldaten / anonymous ; arr. Hanns Eisler (2:25)
- The four insurgent generals : Spanish loyalist song / anonymous (2:25)
- Native land / Isaac Donayevsky (2:17)
- Song of the plains : Red Army song / anonymous ; arr. Lev Knipper (3:04)
- Cradle song / Alexander Gretchaninoff (3:49)
- Within four walls / Modest Mussorgsky (3:30)
- Folk songs. By an' by / arr. Harry T. Burleigh (2:26) ; Sometimes I feel like a motherless child / arr. Lawrence Brown (2:27) ; John Henry / arr. Hall Johnson (2:27)
- Water boy / Avery Robinson (2:30)
- My curly headed baby / George H. Clutsam (2:44)
- Mah Lindy Lou / Lily Strickland (3:09)
- Wagon wheels / Peter DeRose (2:42)
- The house I live in / Earl Robinson (3:08)
- I still suits me : from Showboat / Oscar Hammerstein II & Jerome Kern (2:32)
- Sylvia / Oley Speaks (2:06)
- Ol' man river : from Showboat / Oscar Hammerstein II & Jerome Kern (3:09)
- It ain't necessarily so : from Porgy and Bess / George Gershwin (2:39).
- Participant:
- Paul Robeson, bass-baritone ; Lawrence Brown, piano (1st-17th works) ; Columbia Concert Orchestra ; Emanuel Balaban, conductor (18th-25th works).
- Notes:
- Sony Classical: MHK 63223.
- Songs in various genres.
- Sung in English, German, Russian, and Spanish.
- "A Paul Robeson recital"--Booklet cover.
- The 18th-25th works arr. by Normand Lockwood.
- Originally released 1942-1948; the 1st-2nd and 5th works previously unreleased.
- Program and biographical notes by Paul Robeson, Jr. and Albert Innaurato, in English with French and German translations (37 p. : ill.) bound in container.
- Recorded in New York City, Jan. 27 and 30, and Feb. 2, 1942 (1st-13th works); Dec. 28, 1945 (14th-17th works); and Nov. 7-8, 1947 (18th-25th works).
- Hard copy version record.
- Other Format:
- Source record: Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976. Songs of free men.
- OCLC:
- 966319177
- Publisher Number:
- USSM14200030
- USSM14200031
- USSM14200032
- USSM14200033
- USSM14200034
- USSM14200035
- USSM14200036
- USSM14200037
- USSM14200038
- USSM14200039
- USSM14200040
- USSM14200041
- USSM14200042
- USSM14500057
- USSM14500058
- USSM14500059
- USSM14500060
- USSM14700061
- USSM14700062
- USSM14700063
- USSM14700064
- USSM14700065
- USSM14700066
- USSM14700067
- USSM14700068
- 074646322321 Sony Classical
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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