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Track(s) taken from CDA66941/2

Bugeilio'r Gwenith Gwyn 'Watching the Wheat'

First line:
Mi sy'n fachgen ifanc ffôl 'I am a young and foolish lad'
composer
Anonymous - traditional
Collected by Maria Jane Williams; also known as 'I was lonely and forlorn'
arranger
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Eight Folk Song Arrangements with Harp: No 5; 1976
author of text
Anonymous - traditional
Welsh

Jamie MacDougall (tenor), Bryn Lewis (harp)
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: 2 minutes 12 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
 

Other recordings available for download

James Gilchrist (tenor), Alison Nicholls (harp)

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)

Other albums featuring this work

Romantic Residues
James Gilchrist (tenor), Alison Nicholls (harp)
CDA67725

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