Research Catalog

Title

Complete folk song arrangements / [Benjamin] Britten.

Author

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.

Publication

London : Hyperion Records, [1994], ℗1994.

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Additional Authors

• Anderson, Lorna (Soprano)
• Nathan, Regina
• MacDougall, Jamie
• Martineau, Malcolm
• Ogden, Craig
• Lewis, Bryn

Description

2 audio discs (125 min.) : digital, stereo; 4 3/4 in.

Uniform Title

Folk song arrangements

Alternative Title

• Folk song arrangements
• Complete folksong arrangements
• Folksong arrangments from the British Isles and France
• Folksong arrangements from England
• Moore\u0027s Irish melodies

Subject

• Folk songs, English
• Folk songs, French
• Songs (High voice) with piano
• Songs (High voice) with guitar
• Songs (High voice) with harp

Note

• For tenor or soprano with piano, guitar, or harp.
• Sung in English and French.
• Cover title.
• Titles on discs: Folksong arrangements from the British Isles and France ; Folksong arrangements from England ; Moore\u0027s Irish melodies.
• Compact disc.
• Program notes by Lewis Foreman in English with French translation and song texts in English and French with English translations (46 p. : ports.) in container.

Event (note)

• Recorded on 4-8 June, and 24 July 1994.

Contents

v. 1. The British isles, with piano. The Sally Gardens (2:31) ; Little Sir William (2:59) ; The bonny Earl o\u0027 Moray (2:50) ; O can ye sew cushions? (2:01) ; The trees they grow so high (2:37) ; The ash grove (2:04) ; Oliver Cromwell (0:41) -- v. 2. France, with piano. La noël passée (4:22) ; Voici le printemps (1:40) ; Fileuse (2:11) ; Le roi s\u0027en va-t\u0027en chasse (2:20) ; La belle est au jardin d\u0027amour (2:41) ; Il est quelqu\u0027un sur terre (4:55) ; Eho! Eho! (1:54) ; Quand j\u0027étais chez mon père (1:49) -- v. 3. The British Isles, with piano. The plough boy (1:53) ; There\u0027s none to soothe (1:39) ; Sweet Polly Oliver (1:54) ; The miller of Dee (1:55) ; The foggy, foggy dew (2:12) ; O Waly, Waly (3:54) ; Come you not from Newcastle? (1:06) -- v. 5. The British Isles, with piano. The brisk young widow (2:01) ; Sally in our alley (4:34) ; The Lincolnshire poacher (2:00) ; Early one morning (2:50) ; Ca\u0027 the yowes (4:21) -- v. 6. England, with guitar. I will give my love an apple (1:07) ; Sailor-boy (1:33) ; Master Kilby (1:44) ; The soldier and the sailor (2:29) ; Bonny at morn (2:31) ; The shooting of his dear (2:38) -- Eight folk song arrangments, with harp. Lord! I married me a wife (1:14) ; She\u0027s like the swallow (2:41) ; Lemady (1:26) ; Bonny at morn (3:32) ; I was lonely and forlorn (2:12) ; David of the white rock (3:02) ; The false knight upon the road (3:30) ; Bird scarer\u0027s song (0:55) -- v. 4. Moore\u0027s Irish melodies, with piano. Avenging and bright (1:37) ; Sail on, sail on (2:31) ; How sweet the answer (2:05) ; The minstrel boy (2:24) ; At the mid hour of night (2:46) ; Rich and rare (2:57) ; Dear harp of my country (3:03) ; Oft in the stilly night (2:49) ; The last rose of summer (4:09) ; O the sight entrancing (1:57).

LCCN

3457116941

OCLC

• ocm32519621
• SCSB-3224480

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries