Vintage Verse Rhapsody: A Poetry Collection


Gelesen von Bob Gonzalez

(4.9 stars; 10 reviews)

A collection of poetry selected and performed by Bob Gonzalez, rhapsode. Rhapsodes of Ancient Greece were “song-stitchers,” performing selections from the epics of Homer and Hesiod. The contemporary rhapsode performs the classical poetry of his or her language, culture, and tradition. Any particular collection and arrangement of poems for performance I term a “rhapsody.” In general terms, a rhapsody is an ecstatic expression of feeling and enthusiasm. In music, a rhapsody is an instrumental composition irregular in form and suggestive of improvisation. The poems in this rhapsody comprise a number of poems that I have performed in public and known for much of my life as well as several recent additions to my repertory. They are arranged in chronological order from the 16th century to the early 20th century. Some of the poets represented here are Edmund Spenser, William Shakespeare, John Donne, John Milton, Alexander Pope, William Blake, William Wordsworth, John Keats, Alfred Tennyson, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Lewis Carroll, and Robert Frost. (Summary by Bob Gonzalez) (1 hr 44 min)

Kapitel

What is Our Life? 1:05 Gelesen von Bob Gonzalez
There is a Lady Sweet and Kind 1:27 Gelesen von Bob Gonzalez
My Love is Like to Ice, Sonnet 30 3:26 Gelesen von Bob Gonzalez
My Mind to Me a Kingdom Is 3:01 Gelesen von Bob Gonzalez
Sonnet 02 5:21 Gelesen von Bob Gonzalez
Psalm 23 5:18 Gelesen von Bob Gonzalez
Song 5:11 Gelesen von Bob Gonzalez
The Glories of our Blood and State 1:28 Gelesen von Bob Gonzalez
Sonnet 19 1:12 Gelesen von Bob Gonzalez
The Constant Lover 1:02 Gelesen von Bob Gonzalez
To His Coy Mistress 2:41 Gelesen von Bob Gonzalez
On a Fly Drinking Out of His Cup 0:52 Gelesen von Bob Gonzalez
Solitude 1:25 Gelesen von Bob Gonzalez
A Poison Tree 2:30 Gelesen von Bob Gonzalez
It is a Beauteous Evening 2:14 Gelesen von Bob Gonzalez
Kubla Khan 3:18 Gelesen von Bob Gonzalez
The River of Life 1:29 Gelesen von Bob Gonzalez
Abou Ben Adhem 3:50 Gelesen von Bob Gonzalez
The First Kiss of Love 2:18 Gelesen von Bob Gonzalez
Love's Philosophy 2:12 Gelesen von Bob Gonzalez
To Autumn 8:52 Gelesen von Bob Gonzalez
Snowflakes 3:46 Gelesen von Bob Gonzalez
The Conqueror Worm 2:30 Gelesen von Bob Gonzalez
Ulysses 4:44 Gelesen von Bob Gonzalez
The Two Old Bachelors 3:14 Gelesen von Bob Gonzalez
A Noiseless Patient Spider 6:16 Gelesen von Bob Gonzalez
In A Library 4:16 Gelesen von Bob Gonzalez
Jabberwocky 4:21 Gelesen von Bob Gonzalez
The Windhover 2:41 Gelesen von Bob Gonzalez
The New Colossus 1:21 Gelesen von Bob Gonzalez
When I was one-and-twenty 2:47 Gelesen von Bob Gonzalez
The Road Not Taken 2:23 Gelesen von Bob Gonzalez
The Great Lover 5:39 Gelesen von Bob Gonzalez

Bewertungen

Marvellous aural treat


(5 stars)

Having had the day spoilt by reading a hostile review on this site, I abandoned my planned recording session and settled down with this superb collection of lyric verse read by 21st-century rhapsode, Bob Gonzalez. Thanks to Bob for two hours of utter delight. My favourites were the Whitman selections, particularly "I Saw in Louisiana a Live-Oak Growing". Hope there's a Volume 2 on the way.


(5 stars)

I really enjoyed this collection and it was read very nicely.