Fungi from Yuggoth: A Sonnet Cycle
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| Rating | : | 4.71 (860 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1878252771 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 459 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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The electronic musical score by Mike Olson subsequently won a Minnesota Music award. For the first time ever, soprano Maria Jette has recorded Farnese's 1932 versions of two of the Lovecraft sonnets-- the ONLY music HPL himself approved for his work during his lifetime. Joshi round out this Deluxe re-issue.. Other musical treats and rarities, along with an informative booklet of commentary by Lovecraft scholar S.T. The first (perhaps still the best!) commercial performance of HP Lovecraft's sonnet cycle "Fungi From Yuggoth" originally recorded in 1986-87 features equity actor John Arthur's highly-dramatic readings. This re-issue includes the original recordings mastered to CD, along with a bonus disk
"A Major Crontribution to Lovecrafts Mythos"" according to Amazon Customer mitch henson. This CD is an absolute must for any Lovecraft fan. First a little background. In the mid 1980's Fedogan and Bremer released a audio edition Lovecrafts Sonnet Cycle on cassette. It went out of print and was never redone until now. In this remarkable CD edition F&B has certainly out done themselves. The original cassette was a straight recording of the Fungi from Yuggoth and really, to be honest was well done but nothing remarkable.Now with the releas. A Reissue of First Importance for the Lovecrafty It was probably in 2011 I discovered this “eldritch” (to use one of Lovecraft’s favorite words) version of “Fungi” via a mutilated YouTube “video”. Since then, I’ve been craving a properly respectful CD reissue. Here it is at last.Lovecraft’s best writing is, of course, his “weird fiction.” Most of his poetry recreates the polite verses of the Georgian poets. However “Fungi&rdqu. "A strange journey presented with great talent." according to Captain America. Verdict: This largely musical and reading of Lovecraft’s own series of strange poems will lead you into a trance that is at once dreamlike and horrifying, and the reading could be described as nothing short of first class voice acting.Billed as rerelease in high definition of a recording from some years ago, Fungi from Yuggoth: A Sonnet Cycle is an ambitious undertaking by narrator John Arthur and scorer Mike Olsen. Composed of A strange journey presented with great talent. Verdict: This largely musical and reading of Lovecraft’s own series of strange poems will lead you into a trance that is at once dreamlike and horrifying, and the reading could be described as nothing short of first class voice acting.Billed as rerelease in high definition of a recording from some years ago, Fungi from Yuggoth: A Sonnet Cycle is an ambitious undertaking by narrator John Arthur and scorer Mike Olsen. Composed of 37 tracks (the . 7 tracks (the