War Poetry

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WILFRED OWEN / SIEGFRIED SASSOON / THOMAS HARDY / WALT WHITMAN / BRUCE DAWE / etc
War Poetry
Peter Cundall (narrator)

[ ABC Classics / CD ]

Release Date: Monday 1 August 2011

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An iconic Australian unleashes the raw emotion of the world's greatest war poetry. Australia's beloved gardener shows a very different side as he reads anti-war poetry. With orchestral music accompanying the readings, this is a rare insight into ex-gunner Peter Cundall's life in war.

Tracks:

1 Aftermath | Siegfried Sassoon
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) - The Lark Ascending (excerpt)

2 Dulce et decorum est | Wilfred Owen
Ralph Vaughan Williams - Symphony No. 5: III. Romanza (excerpt)

3 Spring Offensive | Wilfred Owen
Andrew Schultz (b. 1960) - Violin Concerto: I. Expansive (excerpt)

4 Rain | Edward Thomas

5 Lament | Wilfrid Gibson

6 Here Dead Lie We | A.E. Housman
Ross Edwards (b. 1943) - Symphony No. 1 'Da pacem, Domine' (excerpt)

7 Channel Firing | Thomas Hardy

8 Beach Burial | Kenneth Slessor
Peter Sculthorpe (b. 1929) - Small Town (excerpt)

9 Song of the Three Soldiers | Bertolt Brecht / Eric Bentley

10 Homecoming | Bruce Dawe
Samuel Barber (1910-1981) - Adagio for Strings (excerpt)

11 In Thai Binh (Peace) Province | Denise Levertov
Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings (excerpt)

12 Incitement to Disobedience | Tom Earley
Henryk Gorecki (1933-2010) - Symphony No. 3 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs': II. Lento e largo (excerpt)

13 Villanelles of the New Morality (No. 3) | Tim Thorne
Henryk Gorecki- Symphony No. 3 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs': II. Lento e largo (excerpt)

14 Chalk Dust | B.N. Oakman
Ross Edwards - Veni creator Spiritus (Come, O Creator Spirit) - I. Puro e tranquillo (excerpt)

15 The Happy Warrior | Herbert Read
Ross Edwards - Veni creator Spiritus (Come, O Creator Spirit) - I. Puro e tranquillo (excerpt)

16 High Flight | John Gillespie Magee, Jr
Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending (excerpt)

17 The Wound-Dresser (excerpt) | Walt Whitman
Ralph Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (excerpt)

18 And Death Shall Have No Dominion | Dylan Thomas
Ralph Vaughan Williams - Symphony No. 5: III. Romanza (excerpt)

19 Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night | Dylan Thomas
Ralph Vaughan Williams - Symphony No. 5: III. Romanza (excerpt)

20 Anthem for Doomed Youth | Wilfred Owen
Ralph Vaughan Williams - Symphony No. 5: IV. Passacaglia