Come to the Fair: Folk Songs & Ballads

~ Release by Kiri Te Kanawa (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

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1Come to the Fair
producer:
John Fraser (UK producer)
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
arranger:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
balance engineer:
Neville Boyling (engineer)
recording of:
Come to the Fair (1917 song)
lyricist:
Helen Taylor (poet / lyricist)
composer:
Frederick John Easthope Martin
3:00
2Early One Morning
producer:
John Fraser (UK producer)
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
performer:
The Medici Quartet
arranger:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
balance engineer:
Neville Boyling (engineer)
recording of:
Early One Morning
lyricist and composer:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 12682)
2:23
3The Last Rose of Summer
producer:
John Fraser (UK producer)
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
arranger:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
balance engineer:
Neville Boyling (engineer)
recording of:
The Last Rose of Summer
lyricist:
Thomas Moore (Irish poet)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 13861)
3:32
4An Island Spinning Song
producer:
John Fraser (UK producer)
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
arranger:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
balance engineer:
Neville Boyling (engineer)
recording of:
An Island Spinning Song (Irish folk song)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:41
5The Ash Grove
producer:
John Fraser (UK producer)
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
arranger:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
balance engineer:
Neville Boyling (engineer)
recording of:
The Ash Grove (Welsh tune, "Down yonder green valley")
lyricist:
Thomas Oliphant (musician, artist and author)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
version of:
Llwyn Onn ("The Ash Grove", original melody)
2:55
6She Is Far From the Land
producer:
John Fraser (UK producer)
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
arranger:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
balance engineer:
Neville Boyling (engineer)
recording of:
She Is Far From the Land
lyricist:
Thomas Moore (Irish poet)
composer:
Frank Lambert (19th century composer)
4:42
7The Keel Row
producer:
John Fraser (UK producer)
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
arranger:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
balance engineer:
Neville Boyling (engineer)
recording of:
The Keel Row (folksong)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3059)
1:44
8Comin' Thro' the Rye
producer:
John Fraser (UK producer)
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
arranger:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
balance engineer:
Neville Boyling (engineer)
recording of:
Comin’ Thro’ the Rye
lyricist:
Robert Burns (18th century Scottish poet/lyricist) (in 1782)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Heatherfield Music
1:40
9Annie Laurie
producer:
John Fraser (UK producer)
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
arranger:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
balance engineer:
Neville Boyling (engineer)
recording of:
Annie Laurie (19th century Scottish song)
lyricist:
William Douglas (Scottish soldier and poet of poem "Annie Laurie")
composer:
Alicia Ann Spottiswoode (Scottish songwriter) (from 1834 until 1835)
is based on:
Annie Laurie (the poem)
4:04
10O Can Ye Sew Cushions?
producer:
John Fraser (UK producer)
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
arranger:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
balance engineer:
Neville Boyling (engineer)
recording of:
O Can Ye Sew Cushions? (Scottish tune)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:11
11Greensleeves
producer:
John Fraser (UK producer)
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
arranger:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
balance engineer:
Neville Boyling (engineer)
recording of:
Greensleeves (generic entry for traditional and unknown arrangements)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
3:36
12The Sally Gardens
producer:
John Fraser (UK producer)
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
performer:
The Medici Quartet
arranger:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
balance engineer:
Neville Boyling (engineer)
recording of:
Down by the Salley Gardens
lyricist:
William Butler Yeats (in 1889)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Herbert Hughes (in 1909)
version of:
Down by the Salley Gardens (poem by W.B. Yeats)
version of:
The Moorlough Shore
2:32
13The Gentle Maiden
producer:
John Fraser (UK producer)
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
arranger:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
balance engineer:
Neville Boyling (engineer)
recording of:
Gentle Maiden (Irish folk song)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:59
14I Have a Bonnet Trimmed With Blue
producer:
John Fraser (UK producer)
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
performer:
The Medici Quartet
arranger:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
balance engineer:
Neville Boyling (engineer)
recording of:
I have a bonnet trimmed with blue
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
1:06
15Danny Boy
producer:
John Fraser (UK producer)
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
arranger:
Douglas Gamley (film composer)
balance engineer:
Neville Boyling (engineer)
recording of:
Danny Boy
publisher:
Alfred Music (publisher of sheet music for music education)
lyricist:
Frederick Edward Weatherly (from 1910 until 1913)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. (USA, publisher; do NOT use as release label)
sub-publisher:
Public Music AB
is based on:
Londonderry Air
4:33

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ASIN:US: B000LUF99Q [info]