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Diane Taraz, Beat of the Heart

Audio CD

Disk ID: 132407

Disk length: 52m 33s (14 Tracks)

Original Release Date: 2003

Label: Unknown

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Tracks & Durations

1. Beat of the Heart 4:13
2. The Sea-Serpent of Cape Ann 2:29
3. The Wreck of the Caspian 5:35
4. The Trees They Do Grow High 2:56
5. Cannily, Cannily 2:20
6. Celina 6:07
7. A la Claire Fontaine 5:26
8. Colcannon 2:23
9. Eileen Aroon 4:07
10. Froggie Went a-Courtin' 3:34
11. My Johnny 1:18
12. The Children's Hour 3:06
13. En Montant la Riviere 3:34
14. Fern Hill 5:16

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Review

Songs new and old, bursting with life. The title track celebrates the univeral pulse that marks our fleeting time on earth. Taraz sets Dylan Thomas' "Fern Hill" and Longfellow's "The Children's Hour" to transcendent melodies. "The Sea-Serpent of Cape Ann" presents New England's version of the Loch Ness monster and muses on why the creature hasn't been spotted lately. "The Wreck of the Caspian" is based on a true story of a shipwreck off the Florida Keys in 1857, in which a resourceful mother saves the ship's company by using a ball of twine and a little dog. (You can't make stuff like this up!) We visit old Quebec as Taraz weaves together French and her own English translations, and the album also includes a Scottish lullaby, Taraz's unique interpretation of the Irish classic "Eileen Aroon," and the rollicking "Froggie Went a-Courtin'."

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