| Other author/creator | Rutenberg, Craig, instrumentalist. |
| Included Work | Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892. Poems. Selections. |
| Included Work | Rorem, Ned, 1923-2022. As Adam early in the morning |
| Included Work | Bridge, Frank, 1879-1941. Last invocation. |
| Included Work | Stanford, Charles Villiers, 1852-1924. Songs of faith. To the soul. |
| Included Work | Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958. Poems by Walt Whitman. Clear midnight. |
| Included Work | Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958. Poems by Walt Whitman. Joy, shipmate, joy! |
| Included Work | Strassburg, Robert. Prayer of Columbus. |
| Included Work | Bacon, Ernst, 1898-1990. Songs at parting. One thought ever at the fore. |
| Included Work | Dalmas, Philip. As I watch'd the ploughman ploughing. |
| Included Work | Hindemith, Paul, 1895-1963. English songs. Sing on there in the swamp. |
| Included Work | Naginski, Charles, 1909-1940. Look down, fair moon. |
| Included Work | Neidlinger, W. H. (William Harold), 1863-1924 Memories of Lincoln. |
| Included Work | Rorem, Ned, 1923-2022. Poems of Walt Whitman. Look down, fair moon |
| Included Work | Burleigh, H. T. (Harry Thacker), 1866-1949. Ethiopia saluting the colors. |
| Included Work | Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950. Walt Whitman songs. Dirge for two veterans. |
| Included Work | Ives, Charles, 1874-1954 Walt Whitman. |
| Included Work | Busby, Gerald Behold this swarthy face. |
| Included Work | Warren, Elinor Remick, 1900-1991. We two. |
| Included Work | Urquhart, Craig Among the multitude. |
| Included Work | Rorem, Ned, 1923-2022. Poems of Walt Whitman. Sometimes with one I love |
| Included Work | Tilson Thomas, Michael, 1944- We two boys together clinging. |
| Included Work | Rorem, Ned, 1923-2022. Whitman cantata. That shadow, my likeness arranged. |
| Included Work | Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. Songfest. To what you said; arranged. |
| Portion of title |
Thomas Hampson sings the poetry of Walt Whitman |
| Portion of title |
Poetry of Walt Whitman |
| Contents |
One's self I sing (spoken) (0:30) -- As Adam early in the morning / Ned Rorem (1:40) -- The last invocation / Frank Bridge (3:03) -- To the soul / Charles Villiers Stanford (3:09) -- A clear midnight / Ralph Vaughan Williams (1:54) -- Joy, shipmate, joy! / Ralph Vaughan Williams (1:22) -- The mystic trumpeter (spoken) (1:30) -- Prayer of Columbus / Robert Strassburg (4:27) -- One thought ever at the fore / Ernst Bacon (1:32) -- As I watch'd the ploughman ploughing / Philip Dalmas (2:04) -- Sing on there in the swamp / Paul Hindemith (2:10) -- Look down fair moon / Charles Naginski (2:47) -- Memories of Lincoln / William H. Neidlinger (7:39) -- Look down fair moon / Ned Rorem (1:21) -- Ethiopia saluting the colors / Henry Thacker Burleigh (6:34) -- Dirge for two veterans / Kurt Weill (4:58) -- I hear it was charged against me (spoken) (0:39) -- Walt Whitman / Charles Ives (0:46) -- Behold this swarthy face / Gerald Busby (1:35) -- We two / Elinor Remick Warren (2:40) -- Among the multitude / Craig Urquhart (2:15) -- Sometimes with one I love / Ned Rorem (1:29) -- We two boys together clinging / Michael Tilson Thomas (6:03) -- That shadow, my likeness / Ned Rorem (1:57) -- To what you said / Leonard Bernstein (5:40) -- Song of myself (spoken) (2:30) |
| General note | EMI Classics: 7243 5 55028 2 7. Additional no. on container back: CDC 7243 5 55028 2 7. |
| General note | Compact disc. |
| General note | Biographical and program notes by Thomas Hampson and Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold, vocal texts, and bibliographies (31 p.) inserted in container. |
| Performer |
Sung and read by Thomas Hampson, baritone ; Craig Rutenberg, piano. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded October 1993 and January 1994, London, England. |
| UPC |
724355502827 |
| Publisher number | 7243 5 55028 2 7 EMI Classics |
| Publisher number | CDC 7243 5 55028 2 7 EMI Classics |