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)
1The Song of Hiawatha – Introduction05:13
Hootkins, William (Reader)
2I – The Peace Pipe03:21
Hootkins, William (Reader)
3Gitche Manito, the mighty…04:14
Hootkins, William (Reader)
4II – The Four Winds04:13
Hootkins, William (Reader)
5But one morning, gazing earthward…04:20
Hootkins, William (Reader)
6Till at last he rose defeated…04:43
Hootkins, William (Reader)
7III – Hiawatha’s Childhood04:26
Hootkins, William (Reader)
8At the door on summer evenings…05:54
Hootkins, William (Reader)
9IV – Hiawatha and Mudjekeewis03:46
Hootkins, William (Reader)
10Filled with joy was Mudjekeewis…05:10
Hootkins, William (Reader)
11Back retreated Mudjekeewis…04:28
Hootkins, William (Reader)
12V – Hiawatha’s Fasting04:01
Hootkins, William (Reader)
13Faint with famine, Hiawatha…03:51
Hootkins, William (Reader)
14On the morrow came Nokomis…04:34
Hootkins, William (Reader)
15VI – Hiawatha’s Friends03:14
Hootkins, William (Reader)
16Dear, too, unto Hiawatha…04:29
Hootkins, William (Reader)
17VII – Hiawatha’s Sailing05:58
Hootkins, William (Reader)
18VIII – Hiawatha’s Fishing03:17
Hootkins, William (Reader)
Disc 2
1Reeling downward to the bottom…03:30
Hootkins, William (Reader)
2Then he heard a clang and flapping…03:05
Hootkins, William (Reader)
3IX – Hiawatha and the Pearl-Feather04:31
Hootkins, William (Reader)
4All night long he sailed upon it…04:47
Hootkins, William (Reader)
5Suddenly from the boughs above him…04:09
Hootkins, William (Reader)
6X – Hiawatha’s Wooing03:40
Hootkins, William (Reader)
7At the doorway of his wigwam…04:02
Hootkins, William (Reader)
8And the ancient Arrow-maker…04:40
Hootkins, William (Reader)
9XI – Hiawatha’s Wedding-Feast05:26
Hootkins, William (Reader)
10Then they said to Chibiabos…05:10
Hootkins, William (Reader)
11XII – The Son of the Evening Star04:13
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)
15XIII – Blessing of the Cornfields04:07
Hootkins, William (Reader)
16On the morrow, as the day dawned…05:54
Hootkins, William (Reader)
17XIV – Picture-Writing03:44
Hootkins, William (Reader)
18And they painted on the grave-posts…04:00
Hootkins, William (Reader)
19XV – Hiawatha’s Lamentation01:22
Hootkins, William (Reader)
Disc 3
1Right across the Big-Sea-Water…03:19
Hootkins, William (Reader)
2There a magic drink they gave him…04:56
Hootkins, William (Reader)
3XVI – Pau-Puk-Keewis04:48
Hootkins, William (Reader)
4So they sat and played together…06:27
Hootkins, William (Reader)
5XVII – The Hunting of Pau-Puk-Keewis04:13
Hootkins, William (Reader)
6Down into the pond among them…04:54
Hootkins, William (Reader)
7Fast and far they fled to northward…06:00
Hootkins, William (Reader)
8XVIII – The Death of Kwasind05:28
Hootkins, William (Reader)
9XIX – The Ghosts04:52
Hootkins, William (Reader)
10Many a daylight dawned and darkened…05:05
Hootkins, William (Reader)
11XX – The Famine04:01
Hootkins, William (Reader)
12In the wigwam with Nokomis…04:15
Hootkins, William (Reader)
13XXI – The White Man’s Foot04:49
Hootkins, William (Reader)
14Sailing on the wind to northward…05:13
Hootkins, William (Reader)
15XXII – Hiawatha’s Departure04:50
Hootkins, William (Reader)
16All the old men of the village…06:05
Hootkins, William (Reader)

Total Playing Time: 03:57:35