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BLACK SWANS: EARLIEST AFRICAN-AMERICAN CLASSICAL
PARNASSUS

BLACK SWANS: EARLIEST AFRICAN-AMERICAN CLASSICAL

$12.93

Details

Composer
VARIOUS
Artist
Harry Burleigh
Format
CD
Label
PARNASSUS
Released
Aug 23, 2019
Catalog #
PACD96067.2
UPC
602003687310

About

An amazing revival of a lost area of African American cultural history: classical music performances from the early part of the 20th century. These souvenirs of the earliest such commercial recording ventures showcase forgotten examples of a great culture's accomplishments. The engineering and re-mastering, along with the exquisitely researched and annotated accompanying booklet are the joint labor of love of the Parnassus triumvirate team of Leslie Gerber, Tim Brooks, and Steve Smolian, making BLACK SWANS in my list, at least one of the top albums of the year.

Tracklist 25 tracks

  1. 1 Go Down Moses 02:06
    Track
    1
    Title
    Go Down Moses
    Duration
    02:06
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Henry Thacker Burleigh
  2. 2 I Don't Feel No Ways Tired 02:25
    Track
    2
    Title
    I Don't Feel No Ways Tired
    Duration
    02:25
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Edward Boatner
  3. 3 Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child 02:59
    Track
    3
    Title
    Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
    Duration
    02:59
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Edward Boatner
  4. 4 In the Bottoms: No. 4. Barcarolle: Morning 02:48
    Track
    4
    Title
    In the Bottoms: No. 4. Barcarolle: Morning
    Duration
    02:48
    Composer
    Robert Nathaniel Dett
    Performer
    Robert Nathaniel Dett
  5. 5 Magnolia: IV. Mammy 02:55
    Track
    5
    Title
    Magnolia: IV. Mammy
    Duration
    02:55
    Composer
    Robert Nathaniel Dett
    Performer
    Robert Nathaniel Dett
  6. 6 Lakme (Sung in French), "Bell Song" 03:25
    Track
    6
    Title
    Lakme (Sung in French), "Bell Song"
    Duration
    03:25
    Composer
    Léo Delibes
    Performer
    Florence Cole Talbert-McCleave
  7. 7 The Last Rose of Summer 03:01
    Track
    7
    Title
    The Last Rose of Summer
    Duration
    03:01
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Florence Cole Talbert-McCleave
  8. 8 Vilanelle 03:28
    Track
    8
    Title
    Vilanelle
    Duration
    03:28
    Composer
    Eva Dell'Acqua
    Performer
    Florence Cole Talbert-McCleave
  9. 9 Il bacio 03:20
    Track
    9
    Title
    Il bacio
    Duration
    03:20
    Composer
    Luigi Arditi
  10. 10 Nobody knows the trouble I've seen 03:31
    Track
    10
    Title
    Nobody knows the trouble I've seen
    Duration
    03:31
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Florence Cole Talbert-McCleave
  11. 11 Cradle Song 03:31
    Track
    11
    Title
    Cradle Song
    Duration
    03:31
    Composer
    Clarence Cameron White
    Performer
    Clarence Cameron White, William King
  12. 12 Lament 03:44
    Track
    12
    Title
    Lament
    Duration
    03:44
    Composer
    Clarence Cameron White
    Performer
    Clarence Cameron White, William King
  13. 13 Make More Room (arr. RN Dett) 02:29
    Track
    13
    Title
    Make More Room (arr. RN Dett)
    Duration
    02:29
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Performer
    Hattie King Reavis
  14. 14 There is a green hill far away 03:37
    Track
    14
    Title
    There is a green hill far away
    Duration
    03:37
    Composer
    Charles Gounod
    Performer
    Hattie King Reavis
  15. 15 Pagliacci, Act I: Vesti la giubba, "Arioso" (Sung in Italian) 02:56
    Track
    15
    Title
    Pagliacci, Act I: Vesti la giubba, "Arioso" (Sung in Italian)
    Duration
    02:56
    Composer
    Ruggero Leoncavallo
    Performer
    Roland Hayes
  16. 16 L'elisir d'amore (The Elixir of Love)* (Sung in Italian) 04:14
    Track
    16
    Title
    L'elisir d'amore (The Elixir of Love)* (Sung in Italian)
    Duration
    04:14
    Composer
    Gaetano Donizetti
  17. 17 La forza del destino: Pace, pace mio dio 04:21
    Track
    17
    Title
    La forza del destino: Pace, pace mio dio
    Duration
    04:21
    Composer
    Giuseppe Verdi
    Performer
    Roland Hayes
  18. 18 Twilight 01:59
    Track
    18
    Title
    Twilight
    Duration
    01:59
    Composer
    Katherine A Glen
    Performer
    Roland Hayes
  19. 19 Bye and Bye 02:50
    Track
    19
    Title
    Bye and Bye
    Duration
    02:50
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Performer
    Roland Hayes
  20. 20 Steal Away to Jesus 04:47
    Track
    20
    Title
    Steal Away to Jesus
    Duration
    04:47
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Performer
    Roland Hayes
  21. 21 Swing Low, Sweet Chariot 02:41
    Track
    21
    Title
    Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
    Duration
    02:41
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Performer
    Roland Hayes
  22. 22 Rigoletto, Act I: Caro nome 03:09
    Track
    22
    Title
    Rigoletto, Act I: Caro nome
    Duration
    03:09
    Composer
    Giuseppe Verdi
    Performer
    Antoinette Garnes
  23. 23 La traviata: Act I: Ah! Fors' E Lui (Sung in Italian) 03:51
    Track
    23
    Title
    La traviata: Act I: Ah! Fors' E Lui (Sung in Italian)
    Duration
    03:51
    Composer
    Giuseppe Verdi
    Performer
    Antoinette Garnes
  24. 24 Pastoral Song, Hob.XXVIa:27 02:08
    Track
    24
    Title
    Pastoral Song, Hob.XXVIa:27
    Duration
    02:08
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Antoinette Garnes
  25. 25 Les rameaux, "The Palms" 02:58
    Track
    25
    Title
    Les rameaux, "The Palms"
    Duration
    02:58
    Composer
    Jean-Baptiste Faure
    Performer
    Henry Thacker Burleigh