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Collection: Poets of the Great War
The truth untold, The pity of war, the pity war distilled...’ Here are the extraordinary writings of a generation who fought through a war of unprecedented destructive power, and who had to find new voices to express the horror of what they discovered. The great names – Owen, Sassoon – are fully represented, but there are also many poems by lesser-known or unexpected figures, ranging from serving soldiers like Isaac Rosenberg and Richard Aldington to women such as Edith Nesbit and
Vera Brittain. The poems are arranged by theme to give a sense of how the writers’ feelings and attitudes evolved. Click here for audio sample. "The readers are not restricted to
each poet and indeed one of the more moving moments is Sarah Woodward’s
interpretation of [Wilfred] Owen’s 'Futility.' From Rupert Brooke’s winsome
opener 'The Soldier' to Laurence Binyon’s final, unforgettable 'For the
Fallen,' this is still a stunning way to remember a war that has now passed
from memory into history." – Time Out,
April 1997 "Out of the bloody chaos of the Somme
came wonderful poetry, some well-known, others less so. Here is a fine
selection, splendidly read." – The Good
Book Guide Magazine, September 1997 "This is an extensive collection: 62
poems by not only the ‘greats’ like Sassoon, Owen, and Brooke, but less
familiar voices. The reading is magnificent throughout and the historical and
emotional flow is enriched by diving the poems into sections (Anticipation, The
Trenches, Protest, etc.)." – Robert Cooper, The
Spectator, March 1997
About this recording
Time: 1 hour and 57 minutes on 2 discs
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Complete Track Listing:
Disc One
1. The Soldier
2. This Is No Case of Pretty Right or Wrong
3. The "Dead Heroes"
4. There Was A Time
5. The Kiss
6. Into Battle
7. All the Hills and Vales Along
8. Exposure
9. Louse Hunting
10. Trench Idyll
11. Break of Day in the Trenches
12. The Redeemer
13. Battery Moving Up To New Position from Rest Camp: Dawn
14. Bombardment
15. The Chances
16. Spring Offensive
17. The Sentry
18. Counter Attack
19. Casualty
20. Anthem for Doomed Youth
21. When You See Millions of the Mouthless Dead
22. The Dying Soldier
23. A Private
24. Futility
25. Soliloquy 1 & 2
26. Sergeant Major Money
27. Suicide in the Trenches
28. The Hero
29. Dead Man's Dump
30. Strange Meeting
31. The Dead
Disc Two
1. Dulce et Decorum Est
2. Base Details
3. The General
4. The Veteran
5. Busseboom
6. God! How I Hate You
7. The Dancers
8. Fetching the Wounded
9. Field Manoeuvres
10. Returning, We Hear the Larks
11. Picnic
12. The Sentry's Mistake
13. As the Team's Head Brass
14. Field Ambulances in Retreat
15. The Zonnebeke Road
16. My Company
17. The Sun Used the Shine
18. Spring in War-Time
19. To His Love
20. Easter Monday
21. Two Fusiliers
22. Everyone Sang
23. The Lament of the Demobilized
24. Can You Remember
25. Epilogue to Death of A Hero
26. From Hugh Selwyn Mauberley
27. Lament
28. Peace
29. The Next War
30. In Time of the Breaking of Nations
31. For the Fallen
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