Paul Robeson at Carnegie Hall

1959 live album by Paul Robeson
Paul Robeson at Carnegie Hall
Live album by
Paul Robeson
Released1959
LabelVanguard
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
BillboardPositive ("Spotlight" pick)[2]

Paul Robeson at Carnegie Hall is a live album by Paul Robeson, released in 1959 on Vanguard Records.[2]

Track listing

The album was originally issued in 1959 as a long-playing record, catalog numbers VSD-2035 (stereo) and VRS 9051 (mono).[2][3]

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Every Time I Feel the Spirit"arr. Lawrence Brown 
2."Balm in Gilead"arr. H. T. Burleigh 
3."Volga Boat Song"  
4."Monologue from Shakespeare's Othello"Shakespeare 
5."O Thou Silent Night"Alexandrov 
6."Chinese Children's Song"  
7."My Curley Headed Baby"George H. Clutsam 
8."Old Man River"Jerome Kern 
9."Going Home"Antonín Dvořák, arr. Fisher 
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Monologue from Boris Godunov"Modest Mussorgsky 
2."The Orphan"Modest Mussorgsky 
3."Christ lag in Todesbanden"Johann Sebastian Bach 
4."Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel"arr. Lawrence Brown 
5."Lullaby"Franz Schubert 
6."O No John"arr. Cecil Sharp 
7."Joe Hill"Earl Robinson 
8."Jacob's Ladder"  

References

  1. ^ Bruce Eder. "Paul Robeson - Live at Carnegie Hall: May 9, 1958". AllMusic.
  2. ^ a b c Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. December 1959.
  3. ^ "Paul Robeson - At Carnegie Hall". Discogs. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
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