Irish Folk Songs

~ Release by Robert Shaw Chorale (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

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1Avenging and Bright
recording engineer:
Bernard Keville (RCA recording engineer)
producer:
Peter Dellheim (producer for RCA)
choir vocals:
Robert Shaw Chorale
conductor:
Robert Shaw (conductor)
arranger:
Alice Parker (American composer, arranger, conductor and teacher)
recording of:
Folksong: Avenging and Bright
lyricist:
Thomas Moore (Irish poet)
composer:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
2:01
2Wearin’ of the Green
recording engineer:
Bernard Keville (RCA recording engineer)
producer:
Peter Dellheim (producer for RCA)
choir vocals:
Robert Shaw Chorale
tenor vocals:
Thomas Motto (tenor)
conductor:
Robert Shaw (conductor)
arranger:
Alice Parker (American composer, arranger, conductor and teacher)
recording of:
The Wearing of the Green
lyricist:
Dion Boucicault
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3278)
1:30
3The Croppy Boy
recording engineer:
Bernard Keville (RCA recording engineer)
producer:
Peter Dellheim (producer for RCA)
choir vocals:
Robert Shaw Chorale
conductor:
Robert Shaw (conductor)
arranger:
Alice Parker (American composer, arranger, conductor and teacher)
recording of:
The Croppy Boy
lyricist:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
is based on:
Cailín Óg a Stór (traditional Irish melody)
3:59
4Silent, O Moyle
recording engineer:
Bernard Keville (RCA recording engineer)
producer:
Peter Dellheim (producer for RCA)
choir vocals:
Robert Shaw Chorale
conductor:
Robert Shaw (conductor)
arranger:
Alice Parker (American composer, arranger, conductor and teacher)
recording of:
Silent, Oh Moyle! Be the Roar of Thy Water (The Song of Fionnuala)
lyricist:
Thomas Moore (Irish poet)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sir John Andrew Stevenson
3:29
5Sing, Sing
recording engineer:
Bernard Keville (RCA recording engineer)
producer:
Peter Dellheim (producer for RCA)
choir vocals:
Robert Shaw Chorale
conductor:
Robert Shaw (conductor)
arranger:
Alice Parker (American composer, arranger, conductor and teacher)
recording of:
Sing, Sing (Tune "Humors of Ballymaguiry")
lyricist:
Thomas Moore (Irish poet)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Alice Parker (American composer, arranger, conductor and teacher)
2:58
6’Tis Pretty to Be in Balinderry
recording engineer:
Bernard Keville (RCA recording engineer)
producer:
Peter Dellheim (producer for RCA)
choir vocals:
Robert Shaw Chorale
conductor:
Robert Shaw (conductor)
arranger:
Alice Parker (American composer, arranger, conductor and teacher)
recording of:
'Tis Pretty to Be in Balinderry
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Alice Parker (American composer, arranger, conductor and teacher)
1:59
7My Gentle Harp
recording engineer:
Bernard Keville (RCA recording engineer)
producer:
Peter Dellheim (producer for RCA)
choir vocals:
Robert Shaw Chorale
conductor:
Robert Shaw (conductor)
arranger:
Alice Parker (American composer, arranger, conductor and teacher)
recording of:
My Gentle Harp
lyricist:
Thomas Moore (Irish poet)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Alice Parker (American composer, arranger, conductor and teacher)
is based on:
Londonderry Air
3:28
8Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye
recording engineer:
Bernard Keville (RCA recording engineer)
producer:
Peter Dellheim (producer for RCA)
choir vocals:
Robert Shaw Chorale
conductor:
Robert Shaw (conductor)
arranger:
Alice Parker (American composer, arranger, conductor and teacher)
recording of:
Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye
lyricist:
Joseph Geoghegan (in 1867)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3137)
3:21
9The Minstrel Boy
recording engineer:
Bernard Keville (RCA recording engineer)
producer:
Peter Dellheim (producer for RCA)
choir vocals:
Robert Shaw Chorale
conductor:
Robert Shaw (conductor)
arranger:
Alice Parker (American composer, arranger, conductor and teacher)
recording of:
The Minstrel Boy
lyricist:
Thomas Moore (Irish poet)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:54
10I Know Where I’m Goin’
recording engineer:
Bernard Keville (RCA recording engineer)
producer:
Peter Dellheim (producer for RCA)
choir vocals:
Robert Shaw Chorale
conductor:
Robert Shaw (conductor)
arranger:
Alice Parker (American composer, arranger, conductor and teacher)
recording of:
I Know Where I'm Goin' (traditional song, no arrangement credits)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 5701)
2:48
11Has Sorrow Thy Young Days Shaded?
recording engineer:
Bernard Keville (RCA recording engineer)
producer:
Peter Dellheim (producer for RCA)
choir vocals:
Robert Shaw Chorale
conductor:
Robert Shaw (conductor)
arranger:
Alice Parker (American composer, arranger, conductor and teacher)
recording of:
Has Sorrow Thy Young Days Shaded (Tune "Sly Patrick")
lyricist:
Thomas Moore (Irish poet)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Alice Parker (American composer, arranger, conductor and teacher)
3:28
12The Girl I Left Behind Me
recording engineer:
Bernard Keville (RCA recording engineer)
producer:
Peter Dellheim (producer for RCA)
choir vocals:
Robert Shaw Chorale
conductor:
Robert Shaw (conductor)
arranger:
Alice Parker (American composer, arranger, conductor and teacher)
recording of:
The Girl I Left Behind
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
1:32
13A Ballynure Ballad
recording engineer:
Bernard Keville (RCA recording engineer)
producer:
Peter Dellheim (producer for RCA)
baritone vocals:
Thomas Pyle (baritone)
choir vocals:
Robert Shaw Chorale
conductor:
Robert Shaw (conductor)
arranger:
Alice Parker (American composer, arranger, conductor and teacher)
recording of:
A Ballynure Ballad
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Alice Parker (American composer, arranger, conductor and teacher)
1:50
14To Ladies’ Eyes
recording engineer:
Bernard Keville (RCA recording engineer)
producer:
Peter Dellheim (producer for RCA)
choir vocals:
Robert Shaw Chorale
conductor:
Robert Shaw (conductor)
arranger:
Alice Parker (American composer, arranger, conductor and teacher)
recording of:
To Ladies' Eyes (Tune "Fague a Ballah")
lyricist:
Thomas Moore (Irish poet)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Alice Parker (American composer, arranger, conductor and teacher)
1:52
15We May Roam Through This World
recording engineer:
Bernard Keville (RCA recording engineer)
producer:
Peter Dellheim (producer for RCA)
choir vocals:
Robert Shaw Chorale
conductor:
Robert Shaw (conductor)
arranger:
Alice Parker (American composer, arranger, conductor and teacher)
recording of:
We May Roam Through This World (Tune "Garyone")
lyricist:
Thomas Moore (Irish poet)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Alice Parker (American composer, arranger, conductor and teacher)
2:03
16The Parting Glass
recording engineer:
Bernard Keville (RCA recording engineer)
producer:
Peter Dellheim (producer for RCA)
choir vocals:
Robert Shaw Chorale
conductor:
Robert Shaw (conductor)
arranger:
Alice Parker (American composer, arranger, conductor and teacher)
recording of:
The Parting Glass
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) (until 1605)
publisher:
Fearing and Loathing Music and Mummy Dust Music Ltd
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3004)
2:16

Credits

Release

engineer:Anthony Salvatore (engineer)
producer:John Pfeiffer (producer and engineer)
remastering:André Gauthier (producer and engineer)