Recorded 2009 | ||
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Label RTÉ with the Lannan Foundation | ||
Collected Poems is a spoken-word recording of the Nobel Prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney reading his own work. It was released by RTÉ to mark his 70th birthday, which occurred on 13 April 2009. The fifteen-CD boxed set spans 556 tracks in over twelve hours of oral performance by the poet (some poems span multiple tracks). The entire work was also released on one disc in MP3 format.
Contents
All of Heaney's poetry collections are performed except his final one, Human Chain, which was published in the following year. The poems are presented in the chronological order of Heaney's first eleven poetry collections. A 58-page essay about Heaney by Irish poet Peter Sirr is included in a booklet.
Collection summary
Complete track listing
(Track information source)
Disc 1: Death of a Naturalist – 1966
Disc 2: Door into the Dark – 1969
Disc 3: Wintering Out – 1972
Disc 4: North – 1975
Disc 5: Field Work – 1979
Disc 6: Station Island – 1984 (disc one)
PART ONE
Disc 7: Station Island – 1984 (disc two)
Disc 8: The Haw Lantern – 1987
Disc 9: Seeing Things – 1991 (disc one)
Disc 10: Seeing Things – 1991 (disc two)
PART II - SQUARINGS
Disc 11: The Spirit Level – 1996 (disc one)
Disc 12: The Spirit Level – 1996 (disc two)
Disc 13: Electric Light – 2001 (disc one)
I
Disc 14: Electric Light – 2001 (disc two)
Disc 15: District and Circle – 2006