Paul Robeson: Songs of Struggle & Love (Best of, Volume 2)

This collection is the companion to ALC1256 ‘Very Best of /Ol’ Man River’ and focuses more on his ‘Songs of struggle’ and on Spirituals and Lullabies Paul Robeson once said: ‘The artist must elect to fight for Freedom or for Slavery.’

[1] Summertime (Porgy and Bess) New Mayfair Orch / Greenwood 2:34
[2] Carry me Back to Green Pastures (Pepper) Orch / Ray Noble 2:50
[3] Were You There when they Crucified my Lord? (Trad. spritual) 2:42
[4] By and By (Trad. spritual) 2:24
[5] John Henry (Trad; arr.Johnson) Lawrence Brown, piano 2:27
[6] Joe Hill (Robinson, Hayes) Lawrence Brown, piano 2:39
[7] The Peat-Bog Soldiers (Moorsoldaten; arr.Eisler) Lawrence Brown 2:25
[8] Kevin Barry (Anon. Irish) 2:09
[9] Native Land (Donayevsky) Lawrence Brown, piano 2:19
[10] The Four Insurgent Generals (Anon. Spanish Civil War) 2:23
[11] Oh, How Proud Our Quiet Don (Dzerzhinsky) Lawrence Brown 3:18
[12] Killing Song (Sanders of the River) (Spoliansky, Wimperis) 2:19
[13] Congo Lullaby (Sanders of the River) (Spoliansky, Wimperis) 3:03
[14] At Dawning (Cadman) 2:20
[15] Didn’t my Lord Deliver Daniel ? (Trad. spiritual) 1:27
[16] Steal Away to Jesus (Trad. spiritual) 2:57
[17] St.Louis Blues (Handy) Orchestra / Ray Noble 3:26
[18] Mah Lindy Lou (Strickland) Orchestra / Ray Noble 3:11
[19] Cradle Song (Gretchaninov) Lawrence Brown, piano 2:07
[20] Passing By (Purcell:Herrick) Lawrence Brown, piano 2:19
[21] Lazin’ (from Big Fella) Orchestra / Eric Ansell 2:44
[22] Thora (Weatherley:Adams) Orchestra / Walter Goehr 3:23
[23] Love At My Heart (Graves:arr.Wood) Orchestra / Walter Goehr 2:03
[24] Encantadora Maria (Kilyeni) Orchestra / Ronnie Munro 2:38
[25] Ebenezer (The Proud Valley) with Male Chorus 2:26
[26] All Men are Brothers / Ode to Joy (Beethoven/Schiller) 2:39
[27] Song of the Plains (Red Army Song) (arr.Knipper) Lawrence Brown 3:05
[28] The Soviet Anthem (edited) with Chorus 2:06
[29] Jerusalem (Blake) 2:21