Fungi from Yuggoth: A Sonnet Cycle

Overview:

• Title: Fungi from Yuggoth: A Sonnet Cycle
• Author: Howard Phillips Lovecraft
• Year: 2015
• ISBN-10: 9781878252777
• Publisher: Fedogan & Bremer
• Price: $19.95
• Pages: [17]+[5]
• Binding: audio CD
• Type: Collection
• Title Reference: The Book
• Notes: 2 CD set The first CD contains a reading of Lovecraft's poetry by John Arthur with music composed and performed by Mike Olson. There is an Overture before the poems and a Reprise at the end. The reprise is combined in the same track with "Continuity" The second CD, noted as a bonus disk contains 11 tracks. The first five have music composed by Harold Farnese. The vocal pieces are performed by Maria Jette. Track 1 is the setting of Mirage (1932) without the lyrics Track 3 is the setting of The Elder Pharos (1932) without the lyrics Track 5 is an instrumental titled "Elegy for H.P. Lovecraft" (1937) Track 6 is an instrumental composed by Alfred Galpin titled "Lament for H.P. Lovecraft" (1937). The chorale settings of the poems for track 7&8 were composed by Jonathan Adams in 2010. Tracks 9&10 are instrumentals composed by Paul Dice Track 9 is titled "The Festival" (1987) Track 10 is titled "The Will of Erich Zann" (1988) The poem for track 11 is excerpted from an unspecified Lovecraft story. The music is by Del Merritt (2004) The booklet accompanying the CD is bound tête-bêche with the notes for the bonus disk from the back. The artist for the front cover is not credited but reuses the artwork from the 1987 cassette release where it was. The artwork for the bonus disk cover (listed as back cover) is signed. That artwork is also printed on both disks. The illustration on the back cover of the cd case is not signed or credited.