Music of the British Isles

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Annotation

cds 1 thru' 5 have individual cat #s RDCD5841 thru' RDCD5845 respectively

Annotation last modified on 2017-07-04 03:18 UTC.

Tracklist

1CD: Traditional Instrumental Favourites
2CD: Our Lands of Song
3CD: Mood Music of the Isles
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Molly MaloneJames Yorkston2:56
2She Moved Through the Fair
choir vocals:
ANÚNA (Ireland's National Choir)
[traditional]3:07
3Suo Gân[traditional]3:40
4The Last Rose of Summer
Irish harp / clàrsach [celtic harp]:
Claire Hamilton (Celtic harpist)
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)
Thomas Moore2:35
5Bonny Light Horseman[traditional]3:42
6Up the Raw[traditional]2:58
7Women of Ireland
performer:
Stella Dickinson
recording of:
Mná na hÉireann (Women of Ireland)
lyricist:
Peadar Ó Doirnín
composer:
Seán Ó Riada (birth name John Reidy)
Seán Ó Riada4:44
8I’ll Take You Home Again, Kathleen
performer:
The Eireann Players
recording of:
I’ll Take You Home Again, Kathleen
lyricist and composer:
Thomas P. Westendorf (in 1875)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 12907)
Thomas P. Westendorff5:07
9Auld Scots Song Medley: Sing Tae Me the Auld Scotch Sangs / The Rowan Tree / The Auld Hoose
performer:
The Alexander Brothers (Scottish easy listening folk duo)
Joseph Frederick Leeson / [traditional] / Lady Nairne4:00
10I’ll Give My Love an Apple[traditional]4:12
11October Winds
performer:
Margie Butler
[traditional]3:52
12Medley: Beauty of the North / Glen of Copsewood
performer:
Margie Butler
Simon Fraser / [traditional]5:19
13The Brandy Burn
performer:
The Campbells (Scottish vocals)
Frankie Hepburn, Austin Ince4:20
14The Leaving of Liverpool[traditional]3:27
15Carolan’s Draught
performer:
Margie Butler
recording of:
Carolan's Draught
composer:
Toirdhealbhach Ó Cearbhalláin (Turlough O’Carolan, Irish harper)
part of:
The Complete Works of Turlough O’Carolan (number: 186)
Turlough O’Carolan4:29
16My Love Is Like a Red, Red Rose
performer:
Stella Dickinson
recording of:
My Love Is Like a Red, Red Rose
lyricist:
Robert Burns (18th century Scottish poet/lyricist)
composer:
Pietro Urbani
Pietro Urbani4:04
17The Celts
orchestra:
The Taliesin Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Sayre (American composer, conductor, arranger)
recording of:
The Celts
lyricist:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter) and Roma Ryan
composer:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter) and Nicky Ryan
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. and EMI Songs Ltd.
Enya3:52
18The Life of the Irish Rover
performer:
Will Millar
[traditional]3:32
4CD: Great Songs, Golden Voices
5CD: The Heart and Soul of the British Isles

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rights society:MCPS (UK rights society; do not use this as a label or work publisher!)
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 2007)
ASIN:UK: B009TSOKFK [info]