Paul Robeson - Paul Robeson singt (ETERNA)

Paul Leroy Robeson (April 9, 1898 – January 23, 1976) was an American concert singer (bass), recording artist, actor, athlete, and scholar who was an advocate for the Civil Rights Movement in the first half of the 20th century.

He gained international attention for his work in the arts and he merged his artistic career with political activism to speak out for the equality of minorities and the rights of workers throughout the world.

His friendship with the Soviet Union USSR and the Soviet peoples plus criticism of the lack of progress in civil rights in the United States (US) at the outset of the Cold War and during the age of McCarthyism brought scrutiny, conflict and retribution from the American government. His public persona became diminished, his income plummeted and he faced isolation from the Civil Rights Movement in the second half of the 20th century.

Robeson endured McCarthyism and briefly returned to the artistic spotlight, but the events in the 1950s combined with ongoing severe health breakdowns well into the 1960s virtually destroyed his health. Robeson lived out the last years of his life privately in Philadelphia.

Here´s a compilation released on ETERNA in 1976:

01 - O Honey Baby Feelin' Mighty Low
02 - Now My Soul Is A Whiteness
03 - Go Down Moses
04 - Yiddish Folk Song
05 - Song of the Warsaw Ghetto
06 - Viva La 5. Brigada
07 - The Four Generals
08 - Russian Folk Song
09 - Volga Boat Song
10 - Ol' Man River
11 - John Brown's Body (Glory Glory Halleluja)
12 - Goin' home
13 - Joe Hill
14 - O Mistress Mine
15 - Baby sleeping in Thy Cradle Swinging (Schlafe, holder süßer Knabe)
16 - O Isis And Osiris
17 - Brother Sing Your Countries Anthem (Freude schöner Götterfunken)

Paul Robeson - Paul Robeson singt (ETERNA)
(320 kbps, cover art included)



Here you can read the lecture "Paul Robeson - schwarzer Zeit- und Kampfgenosse von Ernst Busch” (Hans Christian Nørregaard, 20. Mai 2011 bei Helle Panke e.V.).