0028948074006

Songs With Harp

Osian Ellis

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Format: CD

Cat No: ELQ4807400

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

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. TRADITIONAL: Song of the Birds (Rew di Ranno)
      • 2. A B C
      • 3. Song of the Miller (Cân y Melinydd)
      • 4. Longing (Hiraeth)
      • 5. The Loom (Y Gwydd)
      • 6. Song of Gwenny (Gwenni aeth i Ffair Bwllheli)
      • 7. By the Seashore (Ar lan y mor)
      • 8. Where are you going to, my pretty maid?
      • 9. Morning Song (Y bore glas)
      • 10. Where is my love? (Pa le mae nghariad?)
      • 11. As I walked out (Pan oeddwn ar ddydd yn cyd-rodio)
      • 12. The Old Man’s Ballad (Pan oeddwn i gynt yn fachgen)
      • 13. The Slumber Song (Cysga Di)
      • 14. Gee up, little horse (Gee ceffyl bach)
      • 15. ROSSETER What then is love but mourning
      • 16. DOWLAND Sweet, stay awhile
      • 17. CAMPION There is a garden in her face
      • 18. PILKINGTON Rest sweet Nymphs
      • 19. JONES Sweet Kate
      • 20. ARNE Come away, death
      • 21. ELLIS O Mistress Mine
      • 22. ANONYMOUS Blackbird, wilt thou go? (Ei di’ir deryn dur?
      • 23. Penillion Songs – settings by Ellis
      • 24. Song of the Sea Captain (Cywydd Tomos Prys)
      • 25. Invitation to Dyddgu (I wahodd Dyddgu)
      • 26. A Sunset Poem
      • 27. LESLIE Annabelle Lee
      • 28. BOUGHTON Faery Song (The Immortal Hour)