The Witch of Atlas (Bantock)
from Bantock: Hebridean & Celtic Symphonies (CDA66450)
1 A lady-witch there lived on Atlas mountain [2'07]
2 'Tis said, she was first changed into a vapour [2'17]
3 And old Silenus, shaking a green stick [2'36]
4 And every nymph of stream and spreading tree [1'31]
5 For she was beautiful [1'01]
6 The deep recesses of her odorous dwelling [0'31]
7 And then she called out of the hollow turrets [1'52]
8 To those she saw most beautiful [2'53]
14 minutes 48 seconds 8 tracks
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