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Folk song arrangements. 2
Folk song arrangements. Selections
- Author / Creator
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- Online
Details
- Creator
- Britten
- Format
- Sound Recordings
- Languages
- English, French
- Contributors
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- Ellis, Osian
- Norris, David Owen
- Langridge, Philip, 1939-2010
- Feaviour, Margaret
- Harris, Judith
- Kirk, Vernon
- Titus, Graham
- Allen, Thomas, 1944-
- Joly, Simon
- Barnett, Christopher, conductor
- Bedford, Steuart
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Folk song arrangements
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Holly and the ivy
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. King Herod and the cock
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Twelve apostles
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Bitter withy
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Folk song arrangements Selections
- Wenhaston Boys Choir
- BBC Singers
- Northern Sinfonia
- Publication
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- [Place of publication not identified] : Naxos, [2005]
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (1 sound file)
- digital
- data file
- OCLC
- ocn811258642
- Credits
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- Philip Langridge, tenor, Osian Ellis, harp ; Margaret Feaviour, soprano, Judith Harris, mezzo-soprano, Vernon Kirk, tenor ; Graham Titus, baritone, BBC Singers ; Simon Joly, conductor ; Wenhaston Boys Choir ; Christopher Barnett, conductor ; David Owen Norris, piano ; Thomas Allen, baritone ; Northern Sinfonia ; Steuart Bedford, conductor
- The seventh folksong set from the third Collins disc (performed by Langridge and Osian Ellis). Also to be found there are the orchestral arrangements (sung by Langridge and Thomas Allen, with the Northern Sinfonia conducted by Steuart Bedford), and a number of the then-unpublished folksongs - The Holly and the Ivy with the BBC Singers conducted by Simon Joly, and King Herod and the Cock, The Twelve Apostles and The Bitter Withy with Langridge and the Wenhaston Boys Choir conducted by Christopher Barnett and accompanied by David Owen Norris.
- Originally released by Collins Classics in 1995.
- Recorded Feb. 20-21 and Mar. 20-21, 1995 at St. Giles Cripplegate, London (1st-8th tracks); June 9, 1995 at St. Paul's Knightsbirdge, London; Jan. 21-22, 1995 at Snape Maltings Concert Hall; Mar. 31, 1995 at All Saints Church, Gosforth, Newcastle.
- Sung in English or French.
- Folksong arrangements (8) : for high voice & harp (18:51) -- The holly and the ivy : folksong arrangement for chorus (3:18) -- King Herod and the cock : for unison chorus & piano (2:01) -- The Twelve Apostles : for tenor, unison voices & piano (6:11) -- The bitter withy : folk song for tenor, boys' chorus & piano (unfinished) (5:11) -- French folk songs (5) : for baritone & orchestra (10:00) -- The Salley Gardens : folk song for high voice & strings (2:48) -- Little Sir William : folk song for high voice & orchestra (2:54) -- The bonny Earl o' Moray : folk song for high voice & orchestra (2:39) -- O can ye sew cushions? : folk song for high voice & orchestra (2:14) -- Oliver Cromwell : folk song for high voice & orchestra (:40) -- The plough boy : folk song for high voice & orchestra (1:59) -- O Waly, Waly : folk song for high voice & strings (3:22) -- Come you not from Newcastle? : folk song for high voice & orchestra (1:12) -- The Salley Gardens : folk song for high or medium voice, bassoon or cello, harp or piano & strings (2:39)