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Poems by W.B. Yeats and Poems for Several Voices

William Butler Yeats
Poems by W.B. Yeats and Poems for Several Voices

Directed by narrator V. C. Clinton-Baddeley, who worked with W. B. Yeats for the original BBC broadcast of his poetry in 1937, side one of this 1958 recording contains the Yeats’ classics “Sailing to Byzantium” and “An Irish Airman Foresees His Death.” Side two features three poems by Thomas Hardy—at the time known more for his novels than for poetry—along with writing from Robert Graves, Poet Laureate Cecil Day-Lewis (who also reads on the album), Walter de la Mare, and Gerard Manley Hopkins.

Track Listing

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101
V.C. Clinton-Baddeley
01:06
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102
Marjorie Westbury and V.C. Clinton-Baddeley
01:55
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103
V.C. Clinton-Baddeley
01:00
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104
Marjorie Westbury and V.C. Clinton-Baddeley
00:32
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105
V.C. Clinton-Baddeley
02:28
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106
Jill Balcon
00:51
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107
V.C. Clinton-Baddeley and Jill Balcon
02:39
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108
Marjorie Westbury and V.C. Clinton-Baddeley
01:34
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109
V.C. Clinton-Baddeley
01:05
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201
Caroline Southam, John Glen, V.C. Clinton-Baddeley, Jill Balcon, Marjorie Westbury, Carleton Hobbs, and Christopher Hassall
03:38
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202
C. Day Lewis and V.C. Clinton-Baddeley
01:30
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203
Pauline Letts and Jill Balcon
01:13
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204
V.C. Clinton-Baddeley and Pauline Letts
00:50
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205
Carleton Hobbs, Dimitri Vetter, V.C. Clinton-Baddeley, John Glen, Harry Hutchinson, Edgar A. Vetter, Christopher Hassall, T.W. Southam
01:34
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206
V.C. Clinton-Baddeley, Pauline Letts, and C. Day Lewis
01:29
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207
Pauline Letts and Jill Balcon
04:42