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Formats and Editions
1. Riddle Song, A (Overture)
2. Song of the Universal
3. Whoever You Are Holding Me Now in Hand
4. Part I (I Celebrate Myself)
5. Part II (A Child Said, What Is the Grass?)
6. Part III (A Learner With the Simplest)
7. Part IV (I Exist as I Am)
8. Part V (I Am He That Walks)
9. Part VI (Through Me Forbidden Voices)
10. Part VII (Now I Will Do Nothing But Listen)
11. Part VIII (I Believe a Leaf of Grass)
12. Part IX (I Fly Those Flights)
13. Part X (My Lovers Suffocate Me)
14. Part XI (Why Should I Wish to See God)
15. Mystic Trumpeter, The
16. At the Close of the Day (Instrumental)
17. To You/Perfections
18. Sleepers, The
19. Spirit That Form'd This Scene / On The Beach At Night Alone (Int
20. After the Dazzle of Day
More Info:
Over his 30 year carrer, pianist and composer Fred Hersch has established himself as a master in solo, duo, trio and quintet settings. For his 3rd release on Palmetto Records, he departs radically from these forms with his biggest and most personal musical compositional statement to date LEAVES OF GRASS. On this record, Hersh leads a 10-peice ensemble in a full-evening work that features Kurt Elling and Kate McGarry singing the words of Walt Whitman set to compositions by Hersh.
