Dorian Recordings
DOR-90120
Harp Music of Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales
Carol Thompson - Harps
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The tunes chosen for this album include traditional pieces, both anonymous and by composers whose names are known. Among them are some of the loveliest melodies of the British Isles, many of them notable for their richly Celtic flavour. When rendered on the harp, they reveal a wealth of unforgettable qualities: here a reasonance of windswept grandeur, there a strain lilting with a haunting lyricism and elsewhere still, a magical shimmer of earthy humour. - Carol Thompson |
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Ireland [1] Women of Ireland (O'Reada) NC [2] Brian Boru's March (Anon.) NC [3] Father Brian Mac Dermot Roe (Turlough O'Carolan) NC [4] Lord Inchiquin (Turlough O'Carolan) NC [5] Miss Hamilton (Cornelius Lyons, 18th c.) NC [6] Lord Mayo (David Murphy, 18th c.) NC [7] Planxty Murphy (Turlough O'Carolan) NC [8] Irish Lullaby (Anon.) NC [9] Hugh O'Donnell (Turlough O'Carolan, 1670-1738) NC Scotland [10] Jenny (Thomas d'Urfey, c. 1653-1723 from Pills to Purge Melancholy, 1698) NC [11] Joy to the Person of My Love (anon., from Thomas Wode's Part-Books, c. 1562-1590) NC [12] Over the Hills and Far Away (Thomas d'Urfey, from Pills to Purge Melancholy, harmonies: Lawrence Lipkis) NC England [13] The Irish Lady, or Anniseed-water Robin; Parsons Farewell; Nonesuch (John Playford, 1623-86, from The English Dancing Master, 1651) NC Wales [14] The Royal Dream (arr. Samuel Milligan, recorded by permission) TH [15] Winter has Come (arr. Samuel Milligan, recorded by permission) TH [16] Maid from the Parish of Penderyn (anon., Welsh, harmony and countermelody, Lawrence Lipkis) TH [17] All Through the Night (Anon.) PH [18] The Ash Grove (arr. Samuel Milligan, recorded by permission) TH [19] David of the White Rock (Anon.) PH NC = Neo-Celtic Harp TH = Triple Harp PH = Pedal Harp Arrangements by Carol Thompson, unless otherwise noted. |
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