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Beethoven Alla Brittania: Folk Song Settings & Variations

Various Artists

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Cat No: CRC3497

Release Date:  02 November 2018

Label:  Centaur

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  044747349725

Genres:  Classical  

  • Description

    Beethoven, at the height of his fame, took time out from writing his extraordinarily complex late works to set folk songs. These settings are the least familiar and most underappreciated group of works from the composer's output.



    Beethoven wrote 179 folk song arrangements over a period of 11 years from 1809 to 1820. Most of the settings are of Scotish, Irish and Welsh folk songs, a surprising fact considering that Beethoven did not journey to the British Isles at any point in his life.



    Artists
    Nathan Whittaker - Cello
    Ingrid Matthews - Violin
    Byron Schenkman - Fortepiano
    Linda Tsatsanis - Soprano


  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. 25 Scottish Songs
      • 2. Op. 108 - No. 5
      • 3. The Sweetest Lad Was Jamie
      • 4. 25 Scottish Songs
      • 5. Op. 108 - No. 8
      • 6. The Lovely Lass of Inverness
      • 7. 25 Scottish Songs
      • 8. Op. 108 - No. 2
      • 9. Sunset
      • 10. 12 Variations on 'See the Conqu'ring Hero Comes'
      • 11. WoO 45
      • 12. 5 Variations on 'Rule Britannia'
      • 13. WoO 79
      • 14. 26 Welsh Songs
      • 15. WoO 155 - No. 6
      • . The Fair Maids of Mona