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Paul Robeson Live at Carnegie Hall [LIVE]

Aleksandr [Piano] Aleksandrov (Composer), Anonymous (Composer), Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer), Ludwig van Beethoven (Composer), George H. Clutsam (Composer), Antonin Dvorak (Composer), Jerome Kern (Composer), Modest Mussorgsky (Composer), Earl Robinson (Composer), Franz Schubert (Composer), William Shakespeare (Composer), Czech Traditional (Composer), English Traditional (Composer), Russian Traditional (Composer), Spiritual Traditional (Composer), Paul Robeson (Performer)
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On this CD:
  1. Every Time I Feel the Spirit, folk song
    Composed by Anonymous
    with Paul Robeson

  2. Balm in Gilead, folk song
    Composed by Spiritual Traditional
    with Paul Robeson

  3. Song of the Volga Boatmen, Russian folk song (Eh, Ukhnyem)
    Composed by Russian Traditional
    with Paul Robeson

  4. Othello, the play Monologue
    Composed by William Shakespeare
    with Paul Robeson

  5. O Thou Silent Night
    Composed by Aleksandr Vasilyevich Aleksandrov
    with Paul Robeson

  6. Chinese Children's Song
    Composed by Anonymous
    with Paul Robeson

  7. Ma Curly-headed Baby (Babby) for voice & piano
    Composed by George H. Clutsam
    with Paul Robeson

  8. Ol' Man River, song (from "Showboat")
    Composed by Jerome Kern
    with Paul Robeson

  9. Goin' Home, song for voice & piano or orchestra (theme from 2nd mov't, Sym. No. 9 arr. by Wm. A. Fisher)
    Composed by Antonin Dvorak
    with Paul Robeson

  10. Boris Godunov, opera (Rimsky-Korsakov edition) Monologue
    Composed by Modest Mussorgsky
    with Paul Robeson

  11. The Orphan (Sirotka), song for voice & piano
    Composed by Modest Mussorgsky
    with Paul Robeson

  12. Cantata No. 4, "Christ lag in Todes Banden," BWV 4 (BCA 54) Christ lag in Todesbanden
    Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
    with Paul Robeson

  13. Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel?
    Composed by Spiritual Traditional
    with Paul Robeson

  14. Wiegenlied ("Schlafe, schlafe, holder süsser Knabe"), song for voice & piano ("Mille Cherubini in Coro"), D. 498 (Op. 98/2)
    Composed by Franz Schubert
    with Paul Robeson

  15. O No John
    Composed by Anonymous
    with Paul Robeson

  16. Joe Hill
    Composed by Earl Hawley Robinson
    with Paul Robeson

  17. Jacob's Ladder
    Composed by Anonymous
    with Paul Robeson

  18. Chassidic Chant
    Composed by Anonymous
    with Paul Robeson

  19. Freedom
    Composed by Anonymous
    with Paul Robeson

  20. O Grieve You Now My Mother
    Composed by Anonymous
    with Paul Robeson

  21. This Is The Hammer
    Composed by Anonymous
    with Paul Robeson

  22. Symphony No. 9 in D minor ("Choral"), Op. 125 All Men Art Brothers
    Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
    with Paul Robeson


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This CD was recorded live Live at Carnegie Hall on May 9, 1958 and features the songs 'Every Time I Feel the Spirit', 'Volga Boat Song' and 'Ol' Man River'. Vanguard. 2005. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars I Never Died Says He..., September 27, 2004
It can be reasonably argued that Paul Robeson has one of the finest voices ever committed to record. In addition to the sheer magnitude of his voice, the subtely of his elocution flatters the English language to unprecedented effect. Any serious singer professing to have mastered vowel sounds should study Robeson's performances carefully.

In speech and in song, Robeson could effectively convey tenderness, outrage, despair, and hope because these sentiments were genuine. Utterly lacking were the musical/theatrical artifices many celebrated opera stars employ routinely to inject their performances with something resembling emotion.

This live recording from Carnegie Hall may be his most satisfying. He selected a songlist encompassing spirituals, folk-songs, hymns, English settings of melodies by J.S. Bach, Beethoven, Moussourgsky, Smetana, and Dvorak, as well as the valediction from his celebrated stage portrayal of Shakespeare's Othello. At age 60, Robeson's voice had lost a negligible degree of its thundering resonance. It remained as exceptional/incomparable an instrument as it had been in its prime, and seemed to ring with even greater authority.

Robeson's career fluorished before the introduction of most modern recording techniques. This album is superior to many of his others in terms of fullness of sound, steadiness of recording rate, and unobtrusiveness of hiss. However, it would benefit enormously from remastering. This complaint is hardly material to any assessment of this album's merit. It is, quite simply, an all-too-brief glimpse into the soul of a man whose mind, voice, and social conscience can never be extinguished or surpassed.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A good live recording but..., August 14, 2002
By Fosdick Fong (Calgary, Alberta Canada) - See all my reviews
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Almost all Carnegie Hall recordings are good because the venue delivers excellent accoustic effect and this one is no exception. This is a good recording for it loyally captured Paul's live performance of songs and monologues. After 12 years of its first CD version release and 26 years of his death in 1976, I would suggest that this album be remastered with today's technology to further restore the fidelity. There should also be more comprehensive liner notes to the tracks. The "Chinese Children's Song" (track 6) seems to be arbitrarily named. This popular Mandarin folk song was written by Wang Luo-Bin in China more than half a century ago and the name should be "In That Faraway Place". Jose Carreras has also recorded this song and included it using the correct name "In That Faraway Place" as an extra bonus (track 14) for the Asian version of his CD album "Passion" (1996). Since this song is so much liked by the Chinese, Jose has been performing this song as an encore piece in his recitals to the Chinese audience. Although Jose Carreras performed better in this song, Paul Robeson was probably the very first to introduce it to the West. This historical recording is certainly an evidence.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars New version available in UK, February 18, 2006
This version is now redundant as Vanguard has released a version in 2005 with the original album cover for the first time and with new sleeve notes. The sound is also better. I purchased it from amazon.co.uk.
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I would like to buy Paul Robeson CD with "Old Man River" and "Kevin Barry (Irish)"
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