{"title":"Artist: Paul Robeson","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"at-carnegie-hall-paul-robeson-lp","title":"At Carnegie Hall [Import]","description":"\u003ch3\u003e** This is a BACKORDER. Please read our policies before ordering. Check our website for Est. Ship Date.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eKEY FEATURES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e1xLP pressed on 180-Gram Audiophile Black Vinyl\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eHoused in a standard sleeve\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePersonnel : Paul Robeson, vocals with piano accompaniment by Alan Booth\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eRELEASE DESCRIPTION\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Paul Robeson took the stage at Carnegie Hall in May of 1958, it had been 11 years since he had previously concertized freely in the United States. Blacklisted from the entertainment industry at home, and with the State Department unwilling to issue him a passport, he had fallen into eclipse as a singer and actor over the previous eight years. The concert recorded here, one of two at Carnegie Hall in May of 1958, marked his return. The performances on this record would also be his only stereo recordings - all were, naturally enough, the work of Vanguard Records, the New York-based record company that was also the home to fellow blacklistees the Weavers. The singing legend is in excellent voice throughout, his rich bass-baritone reveling in performances of a repertory that encompassed Bach, Mussorgsky, Schubert, Dvorák, Beethoven, traditional gospel, Russian and Chinese folk songs, \"Old Man River\" from Show Boat, and monologues from Shakespeare and the opera Boris Godunov. With a piano accompaniment by Alan Booth, Robeson ranged across a huge part of his own performing history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 60-year-old singer, despite the decade of artificially imposed inactivity, still had much of his vocal power intact and all his dramatic instincts, and makes every moment count in his performance, investing immense power in every note and nuance. Sadly, his Vanguard performances were to be his only work captured on modern recording equipment - because of the blacklist, everything else predated the arrival of recording tape and the long-playing record. But the performance captured here, and those represented on Vanguard's The Essential Paul Robeson, show a man still capable of moving huge numbers of people with his voice - and equally important, even at this late date, who had not lost the ability to walk a crowd through a vast and difficult range of repertory; his performances, even after ten years of professional exile, were also learning experiences, and consciousness-raising, which is why reactionaries in the United States were so afraid of him in the first place. And none of it has lost any of its power in the five decades since the actual event. Bruce Eder\/\u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eAMG\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTRACKLIST \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvery Time I Feel The Spirit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBalm In Gilead\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVolga Boat Song\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMonologue From Othello (Shakespeare)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eO Thou Silent Night (Alexandrov)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChinese Children's Song\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMy Curly Headed Baby (G.H. Clutsam)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOld Man River\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGoing Home (Dvorak\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003earr. Fisher)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMonologue from Boris Godunov (Mussorgsky)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Orphan (Mussorgsky)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChrist Lag In Todesbanden (J.S. Bach)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDidn't My Lord Deliver Daniel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLullaby (Franz Schubert)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eO No John\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJoe Hill\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJacob's Ladder\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eLISTEN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAvailable on Desktop \u0026amp; Mobile\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paul Robeson","offers":[{"title":"LP \/ Black","offer_id":43186549391551,"sku":"VSD2035-BK","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/6947\/3471\/files\/tmp_2F1563975721695-as8qmx0hw7f-9c3bbc1438fd63854005230b341cede4_2FScreen_2BShot_2B2019-07-24_2Bat_2B6.41.33_2BAM.png?v=1713909816"}],"url":"https:\/\/helixsounds.com\/collections\/artist-paul-robeson.oembed","provider":"Helix Sounds","version":"1.0","type":"link"}