Release Date: 20 April 2015
Label: Australian Eloquence
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 0028948074006
Genres: Classical  Chamber Music  
Release Date: 20 April 2015
Label: Australian Eloquence
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 0028948074006
Genres: Classical  Chamber Music  
Description
Wales is rich in folk songs, and the art of singing these songs is very much alive today,' writes Osian Ellis to the original note (reprinted in the CD booklet) accompanying this L'Oiseau-Lyre LP. Renowned for his harpistry and to many through his recordings of music by Benjamin Britten (with whom he worked closely), this extremely rare recording, made for L'Oiseau-Lyre in 1961 here receives its first release on CD.
What makes it even more of a collector's item is the fact that Ellis is both singer and harpist on this recording. It ranges from Baroque songs to music from the nineteenth century (Boughton's once-popular Faery Song) to folk songs from Wales, and includes a composition ('O mistress mine') by Ellis himself.
Tracklisting
Rudolf Firkusny
Rafael Orozco
Calvin Abdiel
Josef Krips; Various Orchestras
Josef Krips
Neville Marriner; ASMF
New Vienna Octet, Vienna Wind Soloists
Wiener Oktett
Osian Ellis
Osian Ellis