The Eternal Harp

by Eternal Harp / Various

Overview

Perhaps because of the simplicity of its design, the harp is one of the few instruments that shows up in the musical history of just about every culture around the world (the same is understandably true of the drum, and, perhaps less understandably, the bagpipes). This delightful collection brings together tunes and players from a wide variety of traditions and regions: Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, even Estonia. The selections are taken from 11 previously released Dorian titles by such artists as Carol Thompson, Kim Robertson, the Ensemble Alcatraz, and Chatham Baroque, and they range in style and period from 13th century Galician love songs ("Rosa das Rosas") to Nordic folk tunes ("Miks ei Mulle Tulnud") and traditional Welsh melodies played on the bray harp, an instrument that buzzes like a sitar ("Kaingk Dafydd Broffwyd"). All of the albums from which this collection is drawn are worth seeking out on their own, but The Eternal Harp also gives a worthy overview on its own. ~ Rick Anderson

Product Details

Release Date:	04/24/2001
Label:	DORIAN RECORDINGS
UPC:	0053479001924

Tracks

1. Work(s)~Traditional Strathspeys / Traditional Reel / The Strathbogie Toast / M  - Alex Bigney  - Byron A. Nilsson  - Alex Bagney  -  Kirkmount
2. Piva (from il Libro del Cortegiano)  - Byron A. Nilsson  - Becky Baxter
3. Cantiga de Santa Mar¿¿a 10, Rosa das rosas e Fror das frores  -  Ensemble Alcatraz  - Cheryl Ann Fulton  - Byron A. Nilsson  -  Kitka
4. Down by the Salley Gardens, folk song  - Byron A. Nilsson  - Carol Thompson  - Carol Thompson
5. Perceval: la qu¿¿te du Graal (The Quest for the Grail)~The Arran Boat  - Robin Grenon  -  La Nef  - Byron A. Nilsson
6. Perceval: la qu¿¿te du Graal (The Quest for the Grail)~A Jig  - Robin Grenon  -  La Nef  - Byron A. Nilsson
7. Perceval: la qu¿¿te du Graal (The Quest for the Grail)~Le d¿¿part de Beaurepaire  - Robin Grenon  -  La Nef  - Byron A. Nilsson
8. Surge cor lasso  - Byron A. Nilsson  - Becky Baxter
9. Why did you not come to me?  - Kirk Elliot  -  Ensemble Polaris  - Byron A. Nilsson  - Kirk Elliott
10. Alleluya, post partum (13th century)  - Rob MacKillop  - Byron A. Nilsson  - Paul Rendall  - William Taylor  - Paul Rendall
11. Alvorada, traditional melody  -  Ensemble Alcatraz  - Cheryl Ann Fulton  - Byron A. Nilsson  -  Kitka
12. The Foggy, Foggy Dew, folk song  - Byron A. Nilsson  - Carol Thompson  - Carol Thompson
13. Orkney Wedding Song  - Rob MacKillop  - Byron A. Nilsson  - Paul Rendall  - William Taylor  - Paul Rendall
14. Pour ung plaisir qui si pere dure, chanson for 4 voices  - Byron A. Nilsson  - Becky Baxter
15. Zarambeque Criollo  - Becky Baxter  -  Chatham Baroque  - Byron A. Nilsson
16. Paradetas  - Becky Baxter  -  Chatham Baroque  - Byron A. Nilsson
17. The Lass of Humberside  - Kirk Elliot  -  Ensemble Polaris  - Byron A. Nilsson  - Kirk Elliott
18. Kaingk Dafydd Broffwyd (Cainc of David the Prophet)  - Byron A. Nilsson  - William Taylor
19. Caingc Dafydd Brophwyd (Cainc of David the Prophet)  - Byron A. Nilsson  - William Taylor
20. Helen Douglas Waltz  -  Ensemble Galilei  - Byron A. Nilsson  - Sue Richards
21. Beautiful Dreamer, for voice & piano  - Custer LaRue  - Chris Norman  - Kim Robertson

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Paul Rendall   Tenor (Vocal),Tenor (Vocal)
Kitka   Ensemble
Cheryl Ann Fulton   Harp,Medieval Harp
Alex Bagney   Harp
Kirkmount   Ensemble
Kim Robertson   Harp,Celtic Harp
William Taylor   Harp,Clarsach
Becky Baxter   Harp
Carol Thompson   Celtic Harp,Celtic Harp
Kirk Elliott   Celtic Harp
Kirk Elliot   Celtic Harp
Alex Bigney   Harp
Chatham Baroque   Ensemble
La Nef   Ensemble
Chris Norman   Flute
Robin Grenon   Harp
Ensemble Galilei   Ensemble
Ensemble Polaris   Ensemble
Sue Richards   Celtic Harp
Ensemble Alcatraz   Ensemble
Custer LaRue   Soprano (Vocal)
Rob MacKillop   Lute

Technical Credits

Byron A. Nilsson   Liner Notes