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Track(s) taken from SIGCD447

An rosen wyn

First line:
My agaran rosen wyn mar whek mar dek del dyfhy
composer
Anonymous - traditional
arranger
Christopher Monks (b?)
author of text
Anonymous - traditional

Armonico Consort, Christopher Monks (conductor)
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Recording details: June 2013
St Mark's Church, Leamington Spa, United Kingdom
Produced by Christopher Monks & John Taylor
Engineered by John Taylor
Release date: April 2016
Total duration: 5 minutes 10 seconds
 

Reviews

'Best are solo contributions from soprano Eloise Irving and tenor Matthew Vine, who take the lead in the exquisite opener, Lisa Lan' (Gramophone)

'The best is Holst's version of 'I Love My Love', which develops from simplicity gradually into more elaboration that works' (Early Music Review)

'This is a disc which works because the singers combine fine musical quality with a sympathy and enthusiasm for their material, giving us a delightfully evocative 50 minutes' (Planet Hugill)

An rosen wyn (The white rose) is a popular Cornish folk-song of relatively narrow compass (a minor 7th). Apparently the song was first recorded by Peter Kennedy in Boscastle as late as 1975, from the singing of Charlie Jose. It has been suggested that the tune may have originated in America only to be, along with other songs, modified and adopted into the Cornish repertoire.

from notes by Phillip Borg-Wheeler © 2016

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