Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Poetry
Period: Romantic
Catalogue No: NA334012
Barcode: 9789626343401
Release Date: 06/2005

LONGFELLOW, H.W.: Song of Hiawatha (The) (Unabridged)

Longfellow’s great narrative poem has been unjustly neglected in recent years though it gives a sympathetic portrait especially of Hiawatha, reared by Nokomis, daughter of the Moon, and his bride Minehaha. It is famously underpinned by its hypnotic rhythm, which makes it ideal listening.

Tracklist

Disc 1
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth - Author
Hootkins, William (Reader)
1 The Song of Hiawatha – Introduction 05:13
Hootkins, William (Reader)
2 I – The Peace Pipe 03:21
Hootkins, William (Reader)
3 Gitche Manito, the mighty… 04:14
Hootkins, William (Reader)
4 II – The Four Winds 04:13
Hootkins, William (Reader)
5 But one morning, gazing earthward… 04:20
Hootkins, William (Reader)
6 Till at last he rose defeated… 04:43
Hootkins, William (Reader)
7 III – Hiawatha’s Childhood 04:26
Hootkins, William (Reader)
8 At the door on summer evenings… 05:54
Hootkins, William (Reader)
9 IV – Hiawatha and Mudjekeewis 03:46
Hootkins, William (Reader)
10 Filled with joy was Mudjekeewis… 05:10
Hootkins, William (Reader)
11 Back retreated Mudjekeewis… 04:28
Hootkins, William (Reader)
12 V – Hiawatha’s Fasting 04:01
Hootkins, William (Reader)
13 Faint with famine, Hiawatha… 03:51
Hootkins, William (Reader)
14 On the morrow came Nokomis… 04:34
Hootkins, William (Reader)
15 VI – Hiawatha’s Friends 03:14
Hootkins, William (Reader)
16 Dear, too, unto Hiawatha… 04:29
Hootkins, William (Reader)
17 VII – Hiawatha’s Sailing 05:58
Hootkins, William (Reader)
18 VIII – Hiawatha’s Fishing 03:17
Hootkins, William (Reader)
Disc 2
1 Reeling downward to the bottom… 03:30
Hootkins, William (Reader)
2 Then he heard a clang and flapping… 03:05
Hootkins, William (Reader)
3 IX – Hiawatha and the Pearl-Feather 04:31
Hootkins, William (Reader)
4 All night long he sailed upon it… 04:47
Hootkins, William (Reader)
5 Suddenly from the boughs above him… 04:09
Hootkins, William (Reader)
6 X – Hiawatha’s Wooing 03:40
Hootkins, William (Reader)
7 At the doorway of his wigwam… 04:02
Hootkins, William (Reader)
8 And the ancient Arrow-maker… 04:40
Hootkins, William (Reader)
9 XI – Hiawatha’s Wedding-Feast 05:26
Hootkins, William (Reader)
10 Then they said to Chibiabos… 05:10
Hootkins, William (Reader)
11 XII – The Son of the Evening Star 04:13
Hootkins, William (Reader)
12 ‘On their pathway through the woodlands…’ 05:31
Hootkins, William (Reader)
13 ‘Forth with cheerful words of welcome…’ 03:22
Hootkins, William (Reader)
14 ‘After him he saw descending…’ 03:55
Hootkins, William (Reader)
15 XIII – Blessing of the Cornfields 04:07
Hootkins, William (Reader)
16 On the morrow, as the day dawned… 05:54
Hootkins, William (Reader)
17 XIV – Picture-Writing 03:44
Hootkins, William (Reader)
18 And they painted on the grave-posts… 04:00
Hootkins, William (Reader)
19 XV – Hiawatha’s Lamentation 01:22
Hootkins, William (Reader)
Disc 3
1 Right across the Big-Sea-Water… 03:19
Hootkins, William (Reader)
2 There a magic drink they gave him… 04:56
Hootkins, William (Reader)
3 XVI – Pau-Puk-Keewis 04:48
Hootkins, William (Reader)
4 So they sat and played together… 06:27
Hootkins, William (Reader)
5 XVII – The Hunting of Pau-Puk-Keewis 04:13
Hootkins, William (Reader)
6 Down into the pond among them… 04:54
Hootkins, William (Reader)
7 Fast and far they fled to northward… 06:00
Hootkins, William (Reader)
8 XVIII – The Death of Kwasind 05:28
Hootkins, William (Reader)
9 XIX – The Ghosts 04:52
Hootkins, William (Reader)
10 Many a daylight dawned and darkened… 05:05
Hootkins, William (Reader)
11 XX – The Famine 04:01
Hootkins, William (Reader)
12 In the wigwam with Nokomis… 04:15
Hootkins, William (Reader)
13 XXI – The White Man’s Foot 04:49
Hootkins, William (Reader)
14 Sailing on the wind to northward… 05:13
Hootkins, William (Reader)
15 XXII – Hiawatha’s Departure 04:50
Hootkins, William (Reader)
16 All the old men of the village… 06:05
Hootkins, William (Reader)

Total Playing Time: 03:57:35