Smyth: The Prison

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   The Prison, Pt. 1. Close on Freedom: The Prisoner communes with his Soul "I awoke in the middle of the night"
   7:10
2. 2
   The Prison, Pt. 1. Close on Freedom: Voices sing of immortality "We are full of immortality"
   4:29
3. 3
   The Prison, Pt. 1. Close on Freedom: The Prisoner asks the secret of emancipation "I was alone with sorrow"
   2:27
4. 4
   The Prison, Pt. 1. Close on Freedom: His Soul (echosed by Voices) replies "There is no secret"
   3:26
5. 5
   The Prison, Pt. 1. Close on Freedom: He asks in what shape emancipation will come (Who are our saviours?) "Will it return to me w
   1:36
6. 6
   The Prison, Pt. 1. Close on Freedom: The Voices reply "Others are elsewhere, under other names"
   3:38
7. 7
   The Prison, Pt. 1. Close on Freedom: Orchestral Interlude. The first glimmer of Dawn
   3:12
8. 8
   The Prison, Pt. 1. Close on Freedom: The Prisoner understands his own immortality "In the faint grey morning I hear"
   5:09
9. 9
   The Prison, Pt. 2. The Deliverance: Chorale Prelude in the Prison Chapel (The Prisoner awakes)
   3:59
10. 10
    The Prison, Pt. 2. The Deliverance: His Soul tells him the end of the struggle is at hand "The struggle is over. the time has co
    2:51
11. 11
    The Prison, Pt. 2. The Deliverance: He hears his guests (the elements of his personality) moving to depart "I hear them overhead
    2:13
12. 12
    The Prison, Pt. 2. The Deliverance: Pastorale. Sunset calm.
    2:45
13. 13
    The Prison, Pt. 2. The Deliverance: He disbands his ego "I disband myself"
    3:06
14. 14
    The Prison, Pt. 2. The Deliverance: Voices sing (in Greek mode) the indestructibility of human passions "The laughter we have la
    2:01
15. 15
    The Prison, Pt. 2. The Deliverance: Death calls him (The Last Post) - Gloring, he obeys the summons "For years you have been con
    5:13
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    The Prison, Pt. 2. The Deliverance: His farewell, his triumph, his peace "This is no leavetaking"
    10:38

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