Ca' the yowes (Anon/Britten) - from CDA66941/2 - Hyperion Records

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Track(s) taken from CDA66941/2

Digital booklet (PDF)

Ca' the yowes

composer

Anonymous - traditional

traditional Scottish melody

arranger

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

The British Isles: Vol 5 No 5

author of text

Robert Burns (1759-1796)

Lorna Anderson (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano)

Recording details: July 1994
St Alban's Church, Holborn, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: November 1994
Total duration: 4 minutes 21 seconds

Cover artwork: The green grass over him … (1994, watercolour inspired by Britten's folk songs). Jane MacKay (b?)
Reproduced by permission of the artist

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Reviews

‘This is a superb collection … this will be one of my favorite sets of 1995’ (Fanfare, USA)

‘Delivered faultlessly. The Plough Boy whistles jauntily, the bluebells ring in The Ash Grove, the Miller of Dee sings at his workplace. Exquisite’ (The Leeds Guide)

«Interprètes exceptionelles» (Répertoire, France)

'El sonido es magnifico, y la recomendabilidad absolute por la belleza de la musica y el alto nivel de las versiones' (Scherzo, Spain)

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The initial impetus for Songs of Innocence came from Andrew Swait who was extremely keen to investigate repertoire rarely sung by a treble; indeed, several of the songs featured are world premiere recordings.A wonderful collaboration of English an ...» More

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