$26.95 – Compact disc / Abc Classics / ISBN:0028947643647
Peter Cundall Reads War Poetry
Catalogue # 4764364
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.
Track Listing:
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 Górecki (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 Górecki– 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
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