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Conversation Pieces: Read By Jill Balcon, Lally Bowers, Rachel Gurney, Pauline Letts, Marjorie Westbury, etc.

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Conversation Pieces: Read By Jill Balcon, Lally Bowers, Rachel Gurney, Pauline Letts, Marjorie Westbury, etc.
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Aptly titled “Conversation Pieces,” the poems on this album are collaborations between pairs of readers who bring the text to life with their spirited interpretations of each poets’ work. Many popular poems are included on this album, including Christopher Marlowe’s “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love,” W.H. Auden’s “O What Is That Sound,” and Thomas Hardy’s “To The Moon,” re-interpreted in a performance that calls to mind a lively evening in a parlor. With pieces that emphasize the conversational and interactive nature of poetry performance, the album is especially useful for students. Liner notes include poem texts.

Track Listing

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Liddell and Scott n/a 2:56
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102
Old Shellover n/a 0:42
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103
The Passionate Shepherd to His Love / The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd n/a 2:49
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104
To the Moon n/a 1:23
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105
Dialogue between a Man and a Fish n/a 2:37
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106
The Deserter n/a 1:30
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107
O What Is That Sound? n/a 1:31
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108
When Smoke Stood Up from Ludlow n/a 1:19
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109
The Unquiet Grave n/a 1:56
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110
Waiting for the Barbarians n/a 2:35
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201
Welsh Incident n/a 3:04
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202
Santorin n/a 2:28
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203
La Belle Dame sans Merci n/a 2:56
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204
The Ruined Maid n/a 1:56
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205
Talk in the Night / Middle-Aged Conversation n/a 1:24
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206
A Rapture on the Cornish Hills n/a 1:21
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207
Bamboo: A Ballad for Two Voices n/a 6:10

Album Info

Catalog Number(s)

FW09880, FL 9880

Year(s) Released

1964

Label/Collection

Folkways Records

Genre(s)

Poetry

Country(s)

United Kingdom

Language(s)

English

Credit(s)

Ronald Clyne - Designer
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