Anthology of 20th Century English Poetry, Pt. 1

Highlighting the works of many well-known English poets of the early to mid-20th century, this recording is the first in a series of three devoted to poetic performance, such as would occur during an evening gathering in a parlor. Several of the poems are recorded here publicly for the first time. Poets include Thomas Hardy, W.B. Yeats, Rudyard Kipling, and D.H. Lawrence. Readers include Jill Balcon, V.C. Clinton-Baddeley, John Glen, Christopher Hassall, Carleton Hobbs, C. Day-Lewis, and Stephen Murray. As an added delight, Dame Edith Sitwell reads three of her own works. Liner notes include a description of poetry-reading traditions.

Track Listing

101	Thomas Hardy: Snow in the Suburbs / Shut out That Moon / At a Lunar Eclipse / An Ancient to Ancients Christopher Hassall, V.C. Clinton-Baddeley, C. Day Lewis	07:14
102	Bridges: Cheddar Pinks Stephen Murray	01:31
103	A.E. Housman: Tell Me Not Here John Glen	01:50
104	W.B. Yeats: The Wild Swans at Coole / The Second Coming / After Long Silence V.C. Clinton-Baddeley	04:17
105	Rudyard Kipling: The Craftsman Carleton Hobbs	01:42
106	W.H. Davies: Leisure / Kingfisher / Sleep V.C. Clinton-Baddeley, Carleton Hobbs	03:19
107	Walter de la Mare: All That's Past / The Railway Junction / Silver / Song of the Mad Prince / The Owl Christopher Hassall, V.C. Clinton-Baddeley, Jill Balcon, and Carleton Hobbs	06:18
201	John Masefield: The Setting of the Windcock Carleton Hobbs	01:12
202	Edward Thomas: The Gallows V.C. Clinton-Baddeley	01:41
203	D.H. Lawrence: Piano / Snake Christopher Hassall and Stephen Murray	06:17
204	James Elroy Flecker: The Old Ships Christopher Hassall	02:01
205	Andrew Young: Cuckoos / The Men / Wood and Hill / In the Fallow Field / On Middleton Edge / The Burnt Leaves / The Prospect of Death V.C. Clinton-Baddeley	05:39
206	Siegfried Sassoon: At the Grave of Henry Vaughan John Glen	01:20
207	Edwin Muir: The Horses Carleton Hobbs	03:43
208	Edith Sitwell: Most Lovely Shade / Scotch Rhapsody / Sir Beelzebub Dame Edith Sitwell	03:51