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Land of heart's desire songs of the Hebrides : from the collection by Marjory Kennedy-Fraser.

Title
Land of heart's desire [sound recording] : songs of the Hebrides : from the collection by Marjory Kennedy-Fraser.
Author
Milne, Lisa.
Publication
London : Hyperion, p1997.

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AudioUse in library *LDC 20120 (F)Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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Additional Authors
  • Kennedy-Fraser, Marjory, 1857-1930.
  • Williams, Sioned, 1953-
Description
1 sound disc : digital; 4 3/4 in.
Alternative Title
Songs of the Hebrides
Subjects
Note
  • Compact disc.
  • Biographical and program notes by Ted Perry, and texts with English translations (27 p. : ill.) inserted in container.
Event (note)
  • Recorded June 11-12 and July 16, 1997.
Language (note)
  • Sung in Scottish Gaelic and English.
Contents
Land of heart's desire (2:35) -- Love songs and laments, lullabies and a wedding song. An Eriskay love lilt (2:15) ; Loch Broom love song (1:46) ; Loch Leven love lament (2:16) ; Caristiona (2:41) ; An Eriskay lullaby (2:50) ; Kirsteen (1:27) ; A thirteenth-century love lilt (2:06) ; Benbecula bridal procession (2:09) -- Songs of the supernatural. The witchery milking croon (1:13) ; The uncanny mannikin of the cattlefold (2:20) ; Skye water-kelpie's lullaby (3:01) ; The harper (1:55) -- Work songs. The cockle gatherer (1:16) ; Birds at the fairy fulling (1:04) ; Uist cattle croon (2:04) ; The crone's creel (1:22) ; Islay reaper's song (2:02) ; A spinning song (2:18) -- Seafaring and sea-rapture songs. The ship at sea (1:41) ; Sea wandering (1:42) ; Sea-longing (2:33) ; The reiving ship (2:01) ; The birlinn of the white shoulders (2:51) ; Heart of fire-love (1:48) ; The Coolin of Rhum (1:39) ; The leaping galley (1:37) ; Isle of my heart (3:29) ; Kishmul's galley (2:21) ; Sleeps the noon in the deep blue sky (2:15) ; The wild swan (1:46) ; The black loorgin (A Hebridean seafaring song) (2:07) -- Mouth music and valediction. Dance to your shadow (1:27) ; Aignish on the Machair (2:35).
Call Number
*LDC 20120 (F)
LCCN
034571169880
OCLC
39272448
Author
Milne, Lisa. voc
Title
Land of heart's desire [sound recording] : songs of the Hebrides : from the collection by Marjory Kennedy-Fraser.
Imprint
London : Hyperion, p1997.
Playing Time
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Performer
Lisa Milne, soprano ; Sioned Williams, harp.
Event
Recorded June 11-12 and July 16, 1997.
Language
Sung in Scottish Gaelic and English.
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Added Author
Kennedy-Fraser, Marjory, 1857-1930.
Williams, Sioned, 1953- Instrumentalist
Other Standard Identifier
034571169880
Publisher No.
CDA66988 Hyperion
Research Call Number
*LDC 20120 (F) Program notes and texts on file.
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