Welcome to Hyperion Records, an independent British classical label devoted to presenting high-quality recordings of music of all styles and from all periods from the twelfth century to the twenty-first.

Hyperion offers both CDs, and downloads in a number of formats. The site is also available in several languages.

Please use the dropdown buttons to set your preferred options, or use the checkbox to accept the defaults.

Click cover art to view larger version
Track(s) taken from CDH88023

The Star of the County Down

First line:
Near to Banbridge town, in the County Down
composer
traditional Irish tune 'My Love Nell'
arranger
author of text

Alison Pearce (soprano), Susan Drake (harp)
Recording details: February 1981
Unknown, Unknown
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Tony Faulkner
Release date: May 1989
Total duration: 2 minutes 12 seconds

Cover artwork: The Morne Mountains, County Down, Northern Ireland.
 

Other recordings available for download

Sir Thomas Allen (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
Here is yet another Irish song that owes much of its wide popularity to the delightful interpretation of John McCormack. He recorded it commercially in November 1939, as well as including it in many of his broadcast recitals. It has words by Cathal MacCarvey, set to an old Irish tune called ‘My Love Nell’, and it parades the charms of a young lady from Banbridge, some twenty-odd miles south-west of Belfast. The singer considers those charms surpass those of any other ‘from Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay and from Galway to Dublin town’, which is to say the length and breadth of Ireland.

from notes by Andrew Lamb © 2003

Other albums featuring this work

More songs my father taught me
CDA67374Download only
Waiting for content to load...
Waiting for content to load...