Album • 2008

Paul Robeson: The Complete EMI Sessions 1928-1939

Paul Robeson, Felix Mendelssohn & Charles Gounod • 170 songs • 7 hr 59 min

1

Kern: Show Boat, Act 1: "Ol' Man River" (Live At the Dury Lane Theatre)

3:54

2

Johnson, J. Rosamond: Since You Went Away, "Seems Lak To Me"

3:08

3

Cook, Will Marion: Down De Lover's Lane

3:04

4

Traditional: Scandalize My Name

2:10

5

Traditional: Sinner Please Doan' Let dis Harves' Pass

2:08

6

Traditional: Weepin' Mary

1:44

7

Traditional: I Want to Be Ready

1:33

8

Traditional: My Lord What a Mornin'

2:53

9

Traditional: De Li'l Pickaninny's Gone to Sleep

3:31

10

Traditional: Git On Board Li'l Children

1:18

11

Traditional: Dere's No Hidin' Place

1:01

12

Traditional: Plantation Songs (Part 1): So Early in the Morning - Carry Me Back to Old Virginia - Old Folks at Home - Goodnight Ladies

3:55

13

Traditional: Plantation Songs (Part 2): Away Down South in Dixie - Poor Old Joe - Oh, Susanna - My Old Kentucky Home

4:19

14

Traditional: Oh Rock Me Julie

1:36

15

Traditional: Oh Didn't It Rain

1:23

16

Donaldson: My Mammy

3:52

17

Waller / Tunbridge: Roll Away, Clouds (from "Virginia")

3:15

18

Henderson, Ray: Sonny Boy (from the 1928 Lloyd Bacon's Musical Movie "The Singing Fool")

2:44

19

Henderson, Ray: Little Pal (from the 1929 Lloyd Bacon's Musical Movie "Say It with Songs")

3:32

20

Shilkret, Nathaniel: The Lonesome Road

2:46

21

Phillips, Alexander: Just Keepin' On

3:13

22

Nevin, Ethelbert: Mighty Lak' a Rose

3:28

23

Henderson, Ray: Mammy is Gone

3:22

24

Robinson: Hail De Crown

2:14

25

Cook, Will Marion: 3 Negro Songs: II. Exhortation. A Negro Sermon, "Remember, if a brudder smotes"

2:12

26

Traditional: I Stood on the Ribber Jordan - Peter Go Ring Dem Bells

2:58

27

Traditional: Go Down Moses

2:07

28

Keirn Brennan: High Water

2:37

29

Foster: Old Folks at Home, "Swanee River"

3:21

30

Foster: Old Black Joe

3:12

31

Foster: My Old Kentucky Home

3:32

32

Kern: Show Boat, Act 1: "Ol' Man River" (Joe)

2:51

33

Woods, Harry M.: River Stay 'Way from My Door

3:31

34

Carmichael, Hoagy: Rockin' Chair

3:34

35

Traditional: Medley of Spirituals

7:48

36

Robison: My Heart is Where the Mohawk Flows Tonight

3:31

37

Kester: The Folks I Used to Know

2:54

38

Traditional: Yes Lord, Oh Lord (Variation of "Mary Had a Baby")

2:18

39

Johnson, J. Rosamond: Lil' Gal

3:02

40

Traditional: Bear De Burden - All God's Chillun Got Wing

3:32

41

Brown, Ray: That's Why Darkies Were Born (from "George White’s Scandals of 1931")

2:42

42

Muse, Clarence: When It's Sleepy Time Down South, "Sleepy Time Down South" (from the 1931 William A. Wellman's Movie "Safe in Hell")

3:28

43

Marshall-Hall: Seekin'

2:37

44

Carey, Lewis: Nearer My God, to Thee

4:17

45

Gounod: Le Calvaire: "Il est au loin une colline" - Sung in English, "There is a green hill far away"

Paul Robeson & Charles Gounod

4:03

46

Strickland: Mah Lindy Lou

3:18

47

Clutsam: Ma Curly-Headed Babby

3:06

48

Traditional: Pilgrim Song

2:41

49

Traditional: Roll the Old Chariot: "Oh, a drop of Nelson's blood"

2:45

50

Johnson, J. Rosamond: Since You Went Away

3:11

51

Cook, Will Marion: Wid De Moon Moon Moon

3:33

52

Wiley: Got the South in My Soul

3:04

53

Clapham: Hush-A-Bye Lullaby, "Rock-a-bye Baby"

3:20

54

Klenner: Round the Bend of the Road

2:58

55

Parker: Take Me Away from the River, "Song from the Viper"

3:00

56

Traditional: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

2:52

57

Traditional: On Ma Journey

2:11

58

Traditional: Bye and Bye

2:31

59

Traditional: Were You There

2:49

60

Cook, Will Marion: 3 Negro Songs: I. Swing Along, "Swing along, Chillun, along de lane"

3:23

61

Blake / Sissie: Piccaninny Shoes

2:55

62

Berwick / Warren: In a Narrow Street

2:50

63

Pepper: Carry Me Back to Green Pastures

2:57

64

Carmichael, Hoagy: Lazy Bones

3:28

65

Bishop: Blue Prelude

2:52

66

Various Composers: Medley I, Pt. 1: Roll De Ole Chariot - Mary Had a Baby - Swing Low - Heav'n, Heav'n

4:07

67

Various Composers: Medley I, Pt. 2: Carry me Back - Mighty Lak' a Rose - Round the Bend of the Road - River Stay 'Way From my Door - O'l Man River

4:10

68

Traditional: Fat Li'l Fella Wid His Mammy's Eyes

2:05

69

Traditional: Shortnin' Bread

1:11

70

Carmichael, Hoagy: Snowball

3:23

71

Traditional: Water Boy

2:41

72

Noll: Doan' You Cry Ma Honey

3:38

73

Traditional: Steal Away

3:05

74

McCarthy / Simon: Scarecrow

3:30

75

DeRose: Wagon Wheels

3:28

76

Boretz / Samuels: So Shy

3:26

77

Anonymous: Piccaninny's Slumber Song

3:09

78

Handy, Christopher: St. Louis Blues

3:34

79

Trinkaus: Mammy's Little Kinky-Headed Boy

3:17

80

Wayne / Hoffman / Sigler: Little Man, You've Had a Busy Day

3:21

81

Franklin: I Ain't Lazy, I'm Just Dreaming

2:52

82

Homer: Bandanna Ballads, Op. 22: IV. A Banjo Song, "I plays de banjo better now" (With marked rhythm)

3:09

83

Various Composers: Medley II: Lazy Bones - Scarecrow - Fat Li'l Feller - Wagon Wheels - Deep River - Ma Curly-Headed Baby - Carry Me Back to Green Pastures - Old Folks at Home

8:47

84

Spoliansky: Love Song (from the 1935 Zoltán Korda's Film "Sanders of the River")

3:27

85

Spoliansky: Congo Lullaby (from the 1935 Zoltán Korda's Film "Sanders of the River")

3:12

86

Spoliansky: Canoe Song (from the 1935 Zoltán Korda's Film "Sanders of the River")

3:05

87

Spoliansky: Killing Song (from the 1935 Zoltán Korda's Film "Sanders of the River")

2:27

88

Traditional: Shenandoah

3:20

89

Strickland: Jes' Mah Song

2:31

90

Traditional: De Ole Ark's A-Movering

1:06

91

Traditional: Ezekiel Saw De Wheel

1:21

92

Traditional: Joshua Fit De Battle Ob Jericho

2:03

93

Van Alstyne: Dat's All, "Honey"

2:21

94

Seress: Gloomy Sunday, "Hungarian Suicide Song"

2:49

95

Kern: Show Boat, Act 1: "Ol' Man River" (Film Version)

2:40

96

Kern: Ah Still Suits Me (from the the 1936 James Whale's Film "Show Boat")

2:50

97

Ansell: Sleepy River (from the 1936 James Elder Wills' Film "Song of Freedom")

3:06

98

Ansell: Lonely Road (from the 1936 James Elder Wills' Film "Song of Freedom")

3:21

99

Ansell: Song of Freedom (from the 1936 James Elder Wills' Film "Song of Freedom")

2:43

100

Ansell: The Black Emperor (from the 1936 James Elder Wills' Film "Song of Freedom")

2:50

101

Guion: Mam'selle Marie

1:58

102

Traditional: Dere's No Hidin' Place

0:58

103

Traditional: Oh! No John

2:17

104

Cockram: Passing By: "There is a lady sweet and kind"

2:25

105

Traditional: Hammer Song

1:54

106

Traditional: Lil' David

1:36

107

Carr, Michael: My Way (from the the 1937 Thornton Freeland's Film "Jericho")

2:52

108

Carr, Michael: Golden River (from the the 1937 Thornton Freeland's Film "Jericho")

2:08

109

Spoliansky: Wagon Song, "Ho! Ho!" (from the the 1937 Robert Stevenson's Film "King Solomon's Mines")

2:15

110

Spoliansky: The Mountain Song, "Climbing up" (from the the 1937 Robert Stevenson's Film "King Solomon's Mines")

3:15

111

Ansell: Lazin' (from the 1937 James Elder Wills' Film "Big Fella")

2:52

112

Ansell: I Don't Know What's Wrong

3:23

113

Ansell: Roll up Sailorman (from the 1937 James Elder Wills' Film "Big Fella")

2:18

114

Ansell: You Didn't Oughta Do Such Things

2:19

115

Carr: Deep Desert (from the the 1937 Thornton Freeland's Film "Jericho")

3:02

116

Traditional: Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child

2:25

117

Minstrel Man (Text by Langston Hughes)

0:31

118

Traditional: The Wanderer

2:45

119

Traditional: Dere's a Man Goin' Round' Takin' Names

3:11

120

Traditional: No More

2:33

121

Traditional: Work All De Summer

1:37

122

Traditional: Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel?

1:08

123

Gruber: Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht (Sung in English)

3:30

124

Traditional: All Through the Night

3:27

125

Ellington: Solitude

3:37

126

Ellington: Mood Indigo

3:22

127

Gershwin: Porgy and Bess, Act 1 Scene 1: "Summertime" (Clara)

2:41

128

Gershwin: Porgy and Bess, Act 2 Scene 1: "It Take a Long Pull to Get There" (Jake)

3:08

129

Gershwin: Porgy and Bess, Act 2 Scene 2: "It Ain't Necessarily So" (Sportin' Life)

2:37

130

Gershwin: Porgy and Bess, Act 1 Scene 1: "A Woman Is a Sometime Thing" (Jake)

2:24

131

Jacobs-Bond: 7 Songs as Unpretentious as the Wild Rose: III. Just A-Wearyin' For You (Moderato)

2:40

132

Cadman: Songs, Op. 29: I. At Dawning, I Love You, "When the down flames in the sky" (Con molta espressione)

2:26

133

Traditional: Song of the Volga Boatmen

2:51

134

Traditional: An Eriskay Love-Lilt

2:56

135

Kilenyi: 5 Popular Mexican Songs: I. Encantadora Maria

2:44

136

Traditional: Goin' to Ride Up in De Chariot

1:03

137

Traditional: Every Time I Feel de Spirit

1:20

138

Traditional: Lay Down Late

2:30

139

Mussorgsky: Songs and Dances of Death: IV. The Field Marshal

2:24

140

Traditional: David of the White Rock

3:29

141

Rasbach: Trees

2:32

142

Dvorák: Gypsy Songs, Op. 55, B. 104: IV. Songs My Mother Taught Me (Andante con moto) - arr. for Voice and Orchestra

2:17

143

Traditional: Loch Lomond

2:40

144

Calcott: Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes

3:29

145

Cook, Will Marion: Down de Lovers' Lane

2:31

146

Grechaninov: 5 Songs, Op. 1: No. 5, Berceuse, "Dors, mignon, près de ta mère!" (Sung in English)

2:08

147

Traditional: Night (Russian Folk Song)

2:55

148

The Little Black Boy (Reading of William Blake's Poem)

2:21

149

Layton: Dear Old Southland

2:58

150

Parry: Jerusalem, on a Text by William Blake, Op. 208: "And did those feet in ancient time"

2:28

151

Clarke: The Blind Ploughman

2:10

152

Norton: Chu Chin Chow, Act 2: The Cobbler's Song (Baba Mustafa)

2:43

153

Malashkin: Oh Could I But Express in Song

1:54

154

Carpenter, Libbie Davidson: Love At My Heart

2:10

155

Carpenter, Libbie Davidson: Nothin'

2:25

156

Nevin: The Rosary: "The hours I spent with thee, dear heart"

1:41

157

Jacobs-Bond: A Perfect Day: "When you come to the end of a perfect day"

2:37

158

Metcalf: Absent: "Sometimes, between long shadows on the grass"

2:13

159

Traditional: Black Eyes, Russian Gipsy Song (Arr. Rosa Newmarch)

2:34

160

De Koven: Oh Promise Me: "Oh, promise me that someday you and I"

2:40

161

Martini: Plaisir d'amour: "Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu'un moment" (Molto lento)

3:43

162

Speaks, Oley: Sylvia

2:03

163

Traditional: She Is Far from the Land (Irish Folk Song)

2:53

164

Adams: Thora

3:29

165

Quilter: 3 Songs, Op. 3: No. 2, Now Sleeps, "Now sleeps the crimson petal" (Slow, with emphasis)

2:25

166

Ireland: Sea Fever: "I must go down to the seas again" (Lento)

2:13

167

Williams, Thomas John: Ebenezer, "Ton-y Botel"

2:34

168

James: Hen Wlad fy Nhadau (National Anthem of Wales)

2:27

169

Traditional: Deep River

2:31

170

Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70, Pt. 2: No. 14, Aria, "Lord God of Abraham" - No. 11, Baal Chorus, "Baal, we cry to Thee" (Rehearsal)

Paul Robeson & Felix Mendelssohn

2:21

Paul Robeson: The Complete EMI Sessions 1928-1939 – Paul Robeson, Felix Mendelssohn, Antonín Dvorák & Charles Gounod · Neo Music