Artist(s): Ross, Liza
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Poetry
Catalogue No: NA219812
Barcode: 9789626341988
Release Date: 05/2000

Collection: Classic American Poetry

‘The United States themselves are, essentially, the greatest poem’ said Walt Whitman. Here are the much-loved examples of the free spirit of America in all its glory.

Tracklist

Disc 1
Not Applicable, na - Author
Ross, Liza (Non-Classical Artist)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Goode, James (Reader)
Hootkins, William (Reader)
Harper, Kate (Reader)
Parsons, Alibe (Reader)
1The Author To Her Book02:21
Ross, Liza (Non-Classical Artist)
2Upon A Spider Catching A Fly02:01
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
3Navajo Mountain Song01:26
Goode, James (Reader)
4The Indian Student04:08
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
5The Wild Honeysuckle01:24
Ross, Liza (Non-Classical Artist)
6The Star-Spangled Banner02:10
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
7The Prairies08:07
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
8The Snow-Storm01:49
Hootkins, William (Reader)
9Telling The Bees03:14
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
10The Song Of Hiawatha From The Wooing - At The Doorway Of His Wigwam08:35
Hootkins, William (Reader)
11My Lost Youth05:34
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
12A Dream Within A Dream01:13
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
13Annabel Lee02:33
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
14To Helen00:52
Hootkins, William (Reader)
15The Raven09:00
Hootkins, William (Reader)
16Old Ironsides01:07
Hootkins, William (Reader)
17The Indians Retort01:36
Goode, James (Reader)
18Sic Vita01:55
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
19Pray To What Earth Does This Sweet Cold Belong01:11
Ross, Liza (Non-Classical Artist)
20The Battle Hymn Of The Republic01:45
Harper, Kate (Reader)
21The Martyr01:40
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
22Out Of The Cradle Endlessly Rocking14:13
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Disc 2
1Science And Poetry01:01
Ross, Liza (Non-Classical Artist)
2Frankie And Johnny04:12
Parsons, Alibe (Reader)
3An Upper Chamber In A Darkened House01:01
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
4A Narrow Fellow In The Grass01:06
Hootkins, William (Reader)
5My Life Closed Twice Before Its Close00:28
Ross, Liza (Non-Classical Artist)
6I Taste A Liquor Never Brewed00:45
Ross, Liza (Non-Classical Artist)
7Because I Could Not Stop For Death01:11
Harper, Kate (Reader)
8I Like To See It Lap The Miles00:43
Harper, Kate (Reader)
9The Wind Begun To Rock The Grass00:50
Parsons, Alibe (Reader)
10Bury Me In A Free Land01:50
Goode, James (Reader)
11The Stirrup-Cup00:47
Hootkins, William (Reader)
12The New Colossus01:01
Parsons, Alibe (Reader)
13I Sometimes Think I'd Rather Crow00:52
Goode, James (Reader)
14A Newspaper Is A Collection Of Half-Injustices01:22
Goode, James (Reader)
15Do Not Weep, Maiden, For War Is Kind01:26
Hootkins, William (Reader)
16Sympathy01:23
Goode, James (Reader)
17A Lesson In A Picture01:50
Ross, Liza (Non-Classical Artist)
18Miniver Cheevy02:10
Harper, Kate (Reader)
19The Road Not Taken01:15
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
20Stopping By The Woods On A Snowy Evening01:03
Hootkins, William (Reader)
21The Death Of The Hired Man09:08
Ross, Liza (Non-Classical Artist)
Hootkins, William (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
22Meeting-House Hill02:10
Ross, Liza (Non-Classical Artist)
23Chicago02:13
Hootkins, William (Reader)
24They All Want To Play Hamlet01:20
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
25The Flower-Fed Buffaloes00:55
Ross, Liza (Non-Classical Artist)
26The Emperor Of Ice-Cream01:02
Hootkins, William (Reader)
27Peter Quince At The Clavier03:18
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
28Wild Peaches03:14
Ross, Liza (Non-Classical Artist)
29Pretty Words01:07
Harper, Kate (Reader)
30Hurt Hawks02:29
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
31Rendezvous01:19
Goode, James (Reader)
32What My Lips Have Kissed, And Where, And Why01:03
Ross, Liza (Non-Classical Artist)
33De Profundis00:20
Harper, Kate (Reader)
34Resumee00:19
Harper, Kate (Reader)
35General Review Of The Sex Situation00:27
Harper, Kate (Reader)
36Anyone Lived In A Pretty How Town01:53
Harper, Kate (Reader)
37Somewhere I Have Never Travelled, Gladly Beyond01:58
Hootkins, William (Reader)
38American Names02:48
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
39Theme For English B02:34
Goode, James (Reader)
40Trumpet Player: 52nd Street01:19
Goode, James (Reader)
41You Bet Travel Is Broadening02:00
Hootkins, William (Reader)
42September, The First Day Of School02:20
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
43How Poems Are Made - A Discredited View02:11
Parsons, Alibe (Reader)

Total Playing Time: 02:31:37