The Song of Hiawatha / Symphonic Variations on an African Air

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  The Song of Hiawatha, op. 30: Part I Hiawatha's Wedding Feast. "Introduction"

  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  0:52
• 2
  The Song of Hiawatha, op. 30: Part I Hiawatha's Wedding Feast. "You shall hear how Pau-Puk-Keewis"

  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  4:40
• 3
  The Song of Hiawatha, op. 30: Part I Hiawatha's Wedding Feast. "And when all the guests had finished"

  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  3:57
• 4
  The Song of Hiawatha, op. 30: Part I Hiawatha's Wedding Feast. "He was dressed in shirt of doe-skin"

  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  2:45
• 5
  The Song of Hiawatha, op. 30: Part I Hiawatha's Wedding Feast. "First he danced a solemn measure"

  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  2:59
• 6
  The Song of Hiawatha, op. 30: Part I Hiawatha's Wedding Feast. "Then they said to Chibiabos"

  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  4:04
• 7
  The Song of Hiawatha, op. 30: Part I Hiawatha's Wedding Feast. "Onaway! Awake, beloved!"

  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  5:47
• 8
  The Song of Hiawatha, op. 30: Part I Hiawatha's Wedding Feast. "Thus the gentle Chibiabos"

  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  1:21
• 9
  The Song of Hiawatha, op. 30: Part I Hiawatha's Wedding Feast. "Very boastful was Iagoo"

  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  3:28
• 10
  The Song of Hiawatha, op. 30: Part I Hiawatha's Wedding Feast. "And they said, 'O good Iagoo'"

  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  4:18
• 11
  The Song of Hiawatha, op. 30: Part II Death of Minnehaha. Introduction

  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  2:25
• 12
  The Song of Hiawatha, op. 30: Part II Death of Minnehaha. "O the long and dreary winter!"

  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  4:25
• 13
  The Song of Hiawatha, op. 30: Part II Death of Minnehaha. "Into Hiawatha's wigwam"

  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  3:14
• 14
  The Song of Hiawatha, op. 30: Part II Death of Minnehaha. "Forth into the empty forest"

  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  5:28
• 15
  The Song of Hiawatha, op. 30: Part II Death of Minnehaha. "In the wigwam with Nokomis"

  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  4:22
• 16
  The Song of Hiawatha, op. 30: Part II Death of Minnehaha. "Over snow-fields waste and pathless"

  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  3:59
• 17
  The Song of Hiawatha, op. 30: Part II Death of Minnehaha. "And he rushed into the wigwam"

  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  3:44
• 18
  The Song of Hiawatha, op. 30: Part II Death of Minnehaha. "Then they buried Minnehaha"

  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  4:19
• 19
  The Song of Hiawatha, op. 30: Part II Death of Minnehaha. "Farewell!" said he, "Minnehaha!"

  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  5:08
• CD 2
• 1
  The Song of Hiawatha, op. 30: Part III Hiawatha's Departure. Introduction

  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  0:52
• 2
  The Song of Hiawatha, op. 30: Part III Hiawatha's Departure. "Spring had come with all its splendour"

  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  2:39
• 3
  The Song of Hiawatha, op. 30: Part III Hiawatha's Departure. "From his wanderings far to eastward"

  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  3:39
• 4
  The Song of Hiawatha, op. 30: Part III Hiawatha's Departure. "Only Hiawatha laughed not"

  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  6:34
• 5
  The Song of Hiawatha, op. 30: Part III Hiawatha's Departure. "By the shore of Gitche Gumee"

  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  2:47
• 6
  The Song of Hiawatha, op. 30: Part III Hiawatha's Departure. "From the brow of Hiawatha"

  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  2:39
• 7
  The Song of Hiawatha, op. 30: Part III Hiawatha's Departure. "It was neither goose nor diver"

  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  2:49
• 8
  The Song of Hiawatha, op. 30: Part III Hiawatha's Departure. "Then the joyous Hiawatha"

  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  4:23
• 9
  The Song of Hiawatha, op. 30: Part III Hiawatha's Departure. "Then the generous Hiawatha"

  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  3:41
• 10
  The Song of Hiawatha, op. 30: Part III Hiawatha's Departure. "Then the Black-Robe chief, the Prophet"

  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  3:43
• 11
  The Song of Hiawatha, op. 30: Part III Hiawatha's Departure. "Heavy with the heat and silence"

  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  2:22
• 12
  The Song of Hiawatha, op. 30: Part III Hiawatha's Departure. "From his place rose Hiawatha"

  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  4:17
• 13
  The Song of Hiawatha, op. 30: Part III Hiawatha's Departure. "On the shore stood Hiawatha"

  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  3:34
• 14
  The Song of Hiawatha, op. 30: Part III Hiawatha's Departure. "And they said, 'Farewell for ever!'"

  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  4:13
• 15
  Symphonic Variations on an African Air, op. 63

  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  20:21

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Release credits

• Andrew Greenwood
  chorus master [2.3-5, 2.7-14, 1.2-6, 1.8-10, 1.12-19]
• Arthur Davies
  solo [2.8, 2.10, 1.7], tenor vocals [2.8, 2.10, 1.7]
• Bryn Terfel
  baritone vocals [1.13-14, 1.16, 1.19, 2.4, 2.8, 2.12], solo [1.13-14, 1.16, 1.19, 2.4, 2.8, 2.12]
• Chorus of the Welsh National Opera
  choir vocals [2.3-5, 2.7-14, 1.2-6, 1.8-10, 1.12-19]
• Chris Hazell
  producer
• Grant Llewellyn
  conductor [15]
• Helen Field
  solo [1.13, 1.15-17, 2.2, 2.6], soprano vocals [1.13, 1.15-17, 2.2, 2.6]
• Kenneth Alwyn
  conductor [1.1-19, 2.1-14]
• Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera
  performing orchestra [2.1-14, 1.1-19]
• Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
  performing orchestra [15]
• Simon Eadon
  recording

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  The Song of Hiawatha / Symphonic Variations on an African Air

  2x CD
  2002