℗ 2023 SOMM Recordings
Released | May 19, 2023 |
Duration | 1h 19m 31s |
Record Label | SOMM Recordings |
Catalogue No. | SOMMCD 0668 |
Genre | Classical |
Folksongs of the British Isles
Various Artists
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
1.1
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She Moved Through the Fair
Traditional; Caroline McCausland |
2:39 | |||
1.2
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The Lark in the Clear Air
Traditional; Fiona Kelly; Jean Kelly |
2:33 | |||
1.3
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By the Short Cut to the Rosses
Norah Hopper Chesson; Caroline McCausland |
1:48 | |||
1.4
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Si Bheag Si Mor
Irish Traditonal; Fiona Kelly; Jean Kelly |
2:19 | |||
1.5
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Give Me Your Hand
Irish Traditonal; Fiona Kelly; Jean Kelly |
2:52 | |||
1.6
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Irish The Last Rose of Summer
Traditional; Caroline McCausland |
3:26 | |||
1.7
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Down by the Salley Gardens
Irish Traditonal; Benjamin Britten; Nicky Spence; John Wilson |
2:39 | |||
1.8
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Can Ye Sew Cushions
Scottish Traditional; Benjamin Britten; Nicky Spence; John Wilson |
2:11 | |||
1.9
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My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose
Scottish Traditional; Nicky Spence; John Wilson |
3:57 | |||
1.10
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Skye Boat Song
Scottish Traditional; Janis Kelly |
3:37 | |||
1.11
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Ye Banks and Braes
Scottish Traditional; John Wilson; Janis Kelly |
2:27 | |||
1.12
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The Rowan Tree
Scottish Traditional; Janis Kelly; John Wilson |
4:00 | |||
1.13
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Dance te Thi Daddy
Northumbrian Traditional; Kevin Whately; John Wilson |
2:38 | |||
1.14
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Blaydon Races
Northumbrian Traditional; Kevin Whately; John Wilson |
4:06 | |||
1.15
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Blow the Wind Southerly
Northumbrian Traditional; Yvonne Howard; John Wilson |
3:43 | |||
1.16
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Sweet Polly Oliver
Traditional; Benjamin Britten; Yvonne Howard; John Wilson |
2:30 | |||
1.17
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Oliver Cromwell
Traditional; Benjamin Britten; Yvonne Howard; John Wilson |
0:49 | |||
1.18
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English Folk Song
Duncan Lamont; Elaine Delmar |
2:56 | |||
1.19
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Can yr Arad Goch
Idris Lewis; Mark Llewelyn Evans; Michael Pollock |
2:01 | |||
1.20
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Myfanwy
Joseph Parry; John Quirk; Mark Llewelyn Evans; Michael Pollock |
2:42 | |||
1.21
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The Foyy, Foggy Dew
Traditional; Benjamin Britten; Wynne Evans; Michael Pollock |
2:13 | |||
1.22
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Bugail Aberdyfi
Welsh Traditional; Wynne Evans; Michael Pollock |
4:36 | |||
1.23
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My Little Welsh Home
William Sydney Gwynn Williams; Mark Llewelyn Evans; Michael Pollock |
2:31 | |||
1.24
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Sospan Fach
Traditional; John Quirk; Wynne Evans; Mark Llewelyn Evans; Michael Pollock |
2:12 | |||
1.25
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Drink to Me Only
John Wall Callcott; Maria Jagusz; John Wilson |
3:24 | |||
1.26
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The Oak and the Ash
Northumbrian Traditional; Maria Jagusz |
1:58 | |||
1.27
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Song for Gwyn
John Wilson; Maria Jagusz; John Wilson |
6:44 |
SOMM Recordings is pleased to announce a musical journey around the
four nations of the United Kingdom with Folk Songs of the British Isles.
Celebrating the “living, breathing heritage of British and Irish folksong down
the ages”, the 27-track recital features soprano Janis Kelly, mezzos Yvonne
Howard and Maria Jagusz, tenors Nicky Spence and Wynne Evans,
baritone Mark Llewelyn Evans, jazz doyenne Elaine Delmar and actor-
singer Kevin Whately.
Fiona Kelly (flute), Jean Kelly (harp) and pianists Michael Pollock and John
Wilson provide instrumental contributions with singer Caroline McCausland
accompanying herself on guitar.
Much-loved songs include She Moved Through the Fair, The Last Rose of
Summer, The Foggy, Foggy Dew and Down by the Salley Gardens.
Local colour is provided by songs such as Blaydon Races, Skye Boat Song, Sosban
Fach and The Oak and the Ash while the entirely new Song for Gwyn (words by
Christopher Morley, music by John Wilson) tributes Gwyn Williams, former
Principal Viola with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, which he
joined in 1965 and where he played for conductors Hugo Rignold, Louis
Frémaux and Sir Simon Rattle.
Royalties will be donated to the Gwyn Williams Bursary Fund which supports
young violists at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and endows three viola
chairs in the CBSO Youth Orchestra.
SOMM’s long commitment to British vocal music includes the acclaimed
three-volume One Hundred Years of British Song by James Gilchrist and Nathan
Williamson (SOMMCD 0621, 0636, 0646), two discs of Parry’s English Lyrics
(SOMMCD 257, 270), volumes by Eric Coates (SOMMCD 0192), Ethel Smyth
(SOMMCD 0611) and a British song recital by Kathleen Ferrier (ARIADNE
5010).
Recent releases include a first volume of songs by Stephen Dodgson (The
Peasant Poet, SOMMCD 0659) and Robert Matthew-Walker’s A Bad Night in Los
Angeles (SOMMCD 0662), hailed by MusicWeb International as “individual and
accessible but with a sophistication and craft that repays attentive listening”.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – SOMM Recordings Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -5.73 -17.30 to -0.26 | -28.69 -36.11 to -23.47 | -24.96 -32.80 to -19.80 | 14 9 to 17 | |
1 | She Moved Through the Fair | -17.30 | -35.27 | -30.9 | 9 |
2 | The Lark in the Clear Air | -5.20 | -25.48 | -22.2 | 12 |
3 | By the Short Cut to the Rosses | -14.65 | -34.87 | -30.4 | 12 |
4 | Si Bheag Si Mor | -8.06 | -26.04 | -23.3 | 11 |
5 | Give Me Your Hand | -6.53 | -26.47 | -23.8 | 12 |
6 | Irish The Last Rose of Summer | -14.40 | -32.74 | -28.1 | 10 |
7 | Down by the Salley Gardens | -9.28 | -31.90 | -28.1 | 14 |
8 | Can Ye Sew Cushions | -7.43 | -28.31 | -25.0 | 13 |
9 | My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose | -2.12 | -26.75 | -22.9 | 15 |
10 | Skye Boat Song | -7.59 | -29.90 | -26.0 | 13 |
11 | Ye Banks and Braes | -4.28 | -27.45 | -23.9 | 14 |
12 | The Rowan Tree | -2.21 | -25.81 | -22.2 | 13 |
13 | Dance te Thi Daddy | -6.53 | -32.03 | -28.9 | 15 |
14 | Blaydon Races | -1.27 | -23.47 | -20.5 | 15 |
15 | Blow the Wind Southerly | -1.00 | -29.88 | -26.0 | 17 |
16 | Sweet Polly Oliver | -3.43 | -27.27 | -24.0 | 15 |
17 | Oliver Cromwell | -3.66 | -24.57 | -20.8 | 12 |
18 | English Folk Song | -13.79 | -36.11 | -32.8 | 13 |
19 | Can yr Arad Goch | -2.99 | -25.73 | -22.0 | 14 |
20 | Myfanwy | -5.57 | -27.12 | -22.9 | 14 |
21 | The Foyy, Foggy Dew | -6.48 | -32.95 | -29.5 | 15 |
22 | Bugail Aberdyfi | -1.39 | -27.26 | -23.1 | 16 |
23 | My Little Welsh Home | -1.13 | -28.98 | -23.8 | 14 |
24 | Sospan Fach | -0.26 | -23.81 | -19.8 | 13 |
25 | Drink to Me Only | -3.21 | -29.28 | -26.1 | 14 |
26 | The Oak and the Ash | -2.90 | -28.09 | -23.8 | 15 |
27 | Song for Gwyn | -2.07 | -27.00 | -23.1 | 15 |