Sings the Poetry of Walt Whitman

Thomas Hampson (Artist), Walt Whitman (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 15, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Angel Records
• ASIN: B000002RTY
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #302,367 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. One's Self I Sing

2. As Adam Early In The Morning

3. The Last Invocation

4. To The Soul

5. A Clear Midnight

6. Joy, Shipmate, Joy!

7. The Mystic Trumpeter

8. Prayer Of Columbus

9. One Thought Ever At The Fore

10. As I Watch'd The Ploughman Ploughing

11. Sing On There In The Swamp

12. Look Down Fair Moon

13. Memories Of Lincoln

14. Look Down Fair Moon

15. Ethiopia Saluting The Colors

16. Dirge For Two Veterans

17. I Hear It Was Charged Against Me

18. Walt Whitman

19. Behold This Swarthy Face

20. We Two

See all 26 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A labor of love, but the songs aren't first rate, December 31, 2006

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As a concept album, Hampson's 1997 tribute to Walt Whitman earned critical praise for its sensitivity and musicality. There's no doubt that the singer is in rare form here--it would be hard to imagine any of this repertoire sung with more passion and conviction. He isn't a good reciter of poetry in the four spoken tracks. The major drawback, however, is that few of these songs are close to being masterpieces -- Bernstein's late "To what you said" stands out -- and quite a number are decidedly cautious.

The avid listener can cncentrate on the poetry instead of the music, I suppose--Hampson's enunciation is crystal clear--but after six or seven items couched in the same rather timid Anglo-American art song idiom, this labor of love becomes rather taxing as a listening experience. Taken a few at a time, however, these are intriguing choices that combine into a unqiue recital.

0 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't find another place to ask, thus this line., February 2, 1999

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This review is from: Sings the Poetry of Walt Whitman (Audio CD)

Am looking for the bugle calls commonly used when raising the flag and lowering it. Specifically, I am looking for "To the Colors" and "Retreat" in bugle calls. Do you have it?

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