Research Catalog

Title

Folk song arrangements. 2 / Britten.

Author

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.

Publication

[Hong Kong] : Naxos, ©2005, ℗1995.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Langridge, Philip, 1939-2010.
• Allen, Thomas, 1944-
• Ellis, Osian
• Joly, Simon
• Bedford, Steuart
• Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
• Wenhaston Boys Choir, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
• BBC Singers, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
• Northern Sinfonia, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Description

1 audio disc : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Series Statement

The English song series ; 13

Uniform Title

• Folk song arrangements (1976)
• English song series ; v. 13.

Alternative Title

Folk song arrangements (1976)

Subjects

• Folk songs > Instrumental settings
• Songs (High voice) with harp
• Folk songs, French > France
• Folk songs, English > British Isles

Note

• Naxos: 8.557222
• 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(sung by Langridge and Thomas Allen, with the Northern Sinfonia conducted by Steuart Bedford), and a number of the then-unpublished folksongs - The Holly and the Ivy with the BBC Singers conducted by Simon Joly, and King Herod and the Cock, The Twelve Apostles and The Bitter Withy with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.
• Compact disc.
• Program notes by Keith Anderson and biographical notes on performers in English with German translations, and texts of the songs in English, or French with English translations (24 p.), in container.

Event (note)

• Recorded at St. Giles Cripplegate, London, 20-25 February and 20-21 March, 1995 (tracks 1-8); St. Paul's Knightsbirdge, London, 9 June, 1995; Snape Maltings Concert Hall, 21-22 January, 1995; All Saints Church, Gosforth, Newcastle, March 31, 1995.

Language (note)

• Sung in English and French.

Contents

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).

OCLC

• ocm61516925
• SCSB-13578352

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries