Allen Ginsberg | The Complete Songs of Innocence and Experience | 2CD

Allen Ginsberg was an American poet whose recordings connected spoken and sung language with musical accompaniment. His performances gave the rhythm and imagery of words a central role, exploring poetry through distinctive vocal phrasing and contrasting instrumental settings.

This two-CD collection presents Allen Ginsberg’s musical settings of William Blake’s Songs of Innocence and Experience. The programme connects poetic language with distinctive vocal phrasing and varied accompaniment, expanding the original recordings with additional material.

Track List

Disc 1

1. (A) Introduction (B) the Shepherd
2. The Echoing Green
3. The Lamb
4. The Little Black Boy
5. The Blossom
6. The Chimney-sweeper
7. (A) the Little Boy Lost (B) the Little Boy Found
8. Laughing Song
9. Holy Thursday
10. Night
11. Nurse's Song
12. The Sick Rose
13. Introduction
14. Ah! Sunflower
15. The Garden of Love
16. London
17. The Human Abstract
18. To Tirzah
19. The Grey Monk
20. The Grey Monk (Alternative Take)
21. Brothels of Paris

Disc 2

1. A Cradle Song
2. The Divine Image
3. Spring
4. Nurse's Song
5. Infant Joy
6. A Dream
7. On Another's Sorrow
8. Holy Thursday
9. The Fly
10. The School Boy
11. The Voice of the Ancient Bard
12. Padmasambhava Mantra
13. Om Namah Shivaye
14. Roghupati Raghava