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The odyssey of Paul Robeson

Title
The odyssey of Paul Robeson [sound recording].
Published
New York, NY : Omega Classics, p1992.
Physical Description
1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Spirituals, folk songs, popular and classical works, for voice and piano, drawn from Paul Robeson, Jr.'s personal collection of recordings.
Compact disc.
Program notes by Paul Robeson, Jr. ([4] p.) inserted in container.
Producers, Seymour Solomon, Paul Robeson, Jr.
Recorded 1952-1958; in part live recordings.
Sung in English (principally), Italian, Russian, Hungarian, Scottish, and French.
Variant and related titles
Star vicino.
Londonderry air.
Format
Audio
Language
English; Multiple languages
Added to Catalog
November 01, 2011
Credits
Producers, Seymour Solomon, Paul Robeson, Jr.
Performers
Paul Robeson, bass ; with, in part, Alan Booth, Lawrence Brown, piano ; additional assisting musicians.
Contents
John Henry (Sonny Terry, harmonica ; Brownie McGhee, guitar) (3:25)
On my journey / arr. Boatner (Harriet Wingreen, piano) (1:25)
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child / arr. Lawrence Brown (2:47)
Balm in Gilead / arr. H.T. Burleigh (2:18)
Star vicino / [erroneously attributed to] Rosa (2:15)
The magic flute. O Isis and Osiris / Mozart (2:21)
Boris Godunov. Prayer and death / Mussorgsky (5:45)
Spoken excerpt, birthday, 1952 (:50)
Every time I feel the spirit (1:29) ; No more auction block for me (2:10) / arr. L. Brown
The house I live in / E. Robinson, Allan (3:13)
Joe Hill / arr. E. Robinson, A. Hayes (2:42)
Ol' man river / O. Hammerstein II ; J. Kern (2:40)
Szivenem / Kodaly (2:42)
Jerusalem / arr. Parry (1:56)
Deep river / arr. H.T. Burleigh (2:07)
Curly headed baby / Clutsam (2:40)
Water boy / arr. A. Robinson (Sonny Terry, harmonica ; Brownie McGhee, guitar) (2:20)
All through the night (Judy Ruben, piano) (2:19)
Danny boy (3:20)
Eriskay love lilt / arr. Kennedy-Fraser, McLeod (Bruno Raikin, piano) (3:03)
Chinese children's song (1:57)
Comments on languages and music of many lands (2:57)
Hasidic chant / arr. Engel (3:16)
Oh no John / arr. Cecil Sharp (2:33)
Ode to joy / Beethoven ; arr. J. Heifetz (Bruno Raikin, piano) (2:53)
Dans le printemps de mes années / Garat (1:37)
Othello, last speech / Shakespeare (2:57).
Issue number
OCD 3007 Omega Classics
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