BRITTEN: Folksongs etc - Esswood / Griffett / Ridgeway / Walker
Catalog Number: RRC1054
Label: Regis Records
Format: CD
Categories: Vocal Music
Available: 8
Price: $8.99
Label: Regis Records
Format: CD
Categories: Vocal Music
Available: 8
Price: $8.99
Benjamin Britten: Folksong Arrangements
Songs of the Chinese, Abraham & Isaac
Paul Esswood and James Griffett, voice
Judith Ridgeway, piano
Timothy Walker, guitar
| Track Listing | Time | MP3 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folksongs with Piano (Paul Esswood/Judith Ridgeway) | |||
| 1 | The Salley Gardens | 2:48 | |
| 2 | There's none to soothe | 1:40 | |
| 3 | The foggy, foggy, dew | 1:49 | |
| 4 | The Ash Grove | 2:44 | |
| 5 | O Waly, Waly | 3:25 | |
| Songs from the Chinese (James Griffett/Timothy Walker) | |||
| 6 | (i) The big chariot | 1:49 | |
| 7 | (ii) The Old lute | 2:43 | |
| 8 | (iii) The Autumn wind | 1:22 | |
| 9 | (iv) The herd-boy | 1:25 | |
| 10 | (v) Depression | 1:31 | |
| 11 | (vi) Dance song | 1:06 | |
| Folksongs with Guitar (James Griffett/Timothy Walker) | |||
| 12 | The shooting of his Dear | 2:57 | |
| 13 | I will give my love an apple | 1:26 | |
| 14 | Master Kilby | 1:58 | |
| 15 | Bonny at morn | 2:47 | |
| 16 | Sailor-boy | 1:45 | |
| 17 | The soldier and the sailor | 2:12 | |
| Folksings with Piano (James Griffett/Judith Ridgeway) | |||
| 18 | Little Sir William | 2:39 | |
| 19 | The Bonny Earl o'Moray | 2:31 | |
| 20 | The Plough boy | 1:49 | |
| 21 | Oliver Cromwell | 0:45 | |
| Canticle II | |||
| 22 | (Abraham and Isaac) | 17:03 |
"Well chosen programme...alternation of piano and guitar accompaniment supplies a further element of welcome variety...unfailing pleasure...how well the folksongs sung by Esswood suit such a voice...skill with which Griffett softens and colors..."
Gramophone Publications Ltd
