Britten/ Langridge/ Allen Bedford/ Joly - Folk Song Arrangements 2Benjamin Britten was throughout his life drawn to folk song, possessing a special gift for wordsetting and vocal writing. This second disc of the complete folk song arrangements focuses on the orchestral versions and the volumes for guitar and harp.

It proved to be the most popular and enduring of all Purcell's stage works

particularly a formerly buried acoustic guitar

each with it's own unique character

a neighborhood in New Orleans

or will the tides turn for the worse

best known through his working partnership with Andres Segovia

In the space of four months

the album is a joyous celebration of the Christmas season

first performed in 1744

Paus' contemporary composition enhances Ives' visionary dissonance as well as the contrasting melodic shifts of Weill's orchestrations

and 12-14 resonating strings on the bass side

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