Tradition Of The Harp In Venezuela, The - Pascal Coulon

Advantages: Rare
Disadvantages: None

...All Through The Night Traditional Welsh songs for Tenor and Harp Huw Rhys-Evans (Tenor)- Ieuan Jones (Harp) Claudio Records Catalogue No: CR4114-2 Traditional Welsh songs sung in Welsh, from the 14th century to the present,played and sung by two very distinguished artists from the world of the international classical stage Track list Ar hyd Y nos (All through the night) Bugeil'or gwenith gwyn (Watching the white wheat) Wrth Fynd Hefo/Dacw' nghariad/Lisa lân/Paid â deud (Going with Deio to Tywyn/Behold my beloved/Fair Lisa/Never tell) Merch Megan (Megan's daughter - harp solo) Tra bo dau (While there are two) Hiraeth (Yearning - tenor solo) Y deryn pur (The pure bird) (Saith o ganeuon ar Gywyddau Dafydd ap Gwilm ac eraill) Seven songs on poems in the Cywydd metre by Dafydd ap Gwilym & others summer) c.1340-1400 Llwyn Onn (The Ash... Read review

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Advantages: Innovative and a delight to listen to
Disadvantages: None

...Alice Coltrane brings a range of cultural influences to bear on this recording, more explicitly than in the work she did with her husband John towards the end of his life - with excellent results. She features a number of instruments not normally associated with jazz: her own harp (in addition to her piano) which gives a whole new dimension to the sound - and was to be influential a generation later when Radiohead took the idea for the harp runs on "Motion Picture Soundtrack" from this album - as well as the traditional stringed instruments, the tamboura and the oud. These would probably have been unfamiliar to most Western listeners when the album first came out in 1970. Yet the blend with the jazz instruments is seamless. This is established when the double bass and soprano sax join the tamboura on the title track, and remains so... Read review

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Advantages: mellow, musical
Disadvantages: too folky for some

...It's not easy getting a new musician onto the ciao list, and once again it hasn't quite worked. The album 'of fire, wind and silver stream' is indeed a folk album, but the artist is Nick Hennessey, not Faith Hill as stated above. I'm hoping this will get resolved, in the meantime, here's the op. Nick Hennessey is posessed of a fantastic mellow and expressive singing voice. In addition to this, he plays the harp, gets a really good sound out of the tin whistle and has been known to weild a squeeze box. Live he really is impressive, and adds story telling into the mix. Inevitably the recording lacks some of the sparkle you get with a live event, but its rather good none the less. Tracks: A Call - short musical introduction. The Generous Lover - traditional song, unaccompanied, about a girl being messed about by her bloke. Carolan... Read review

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