Greensleeves: Folk Music of the British Isles / Monks, Armonico Consort

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Label
Signum Classics
Release Date
June 10, 2016
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      MORLEY PEARSALL STANFORD
    • PERFORMER
      Armonico Consort
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 10, 2016
    • UPC
      635212044728
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SIGCD447
    • LABEL
      Signum Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    Works ⌄

    1. Lisa Lân (Fair Lisa) (arr. G. Webber for vocal ensemble)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Armonico Consort

      Performer: Eloise Irving, Matthew Vine

      Conductor: Christopher Monks

    2. The Blue Bird

      Composer: Charles Villiers Stanford

      Ensemble: Armonico Consort

      Performer: Philippa Murray

      Conductor: Christopher Monks

    3. The Banks of My Own Lovely Lee (arr. G. Webber for vocal ensemble)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Armonico Consort

      Performer: Philippa Murray, Matthew Vine

      Conductor: Christopher Monks

    4. She Moved Through the Fair (arr. T. Young for vocal ensemble)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Armonico Consort

      Performer: Clara Kanter, Matthew Vine

      Conductor: Christopher Monks

    5. Lay a garland on her hearse

      Composer: Robert Lucas Pearsall

      Ensemble: Armonico Consort

      Conductor: Christopher Monks

    6. Sweet Kitty

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Armonico Consort

      Performer: Philippa Murray, Matthew Vine

      Conductor: Christopher Monks

    7. Suo Gân (arr. T. Young for vocal ensemble)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Armonico Consort

      Performer: Eloise Irving, Guy Simcock

      Conductor: Christopher Monks

    8. I Love My Love (arr. G. Holst for vocal ensemble)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Armonico Consort

      Conductor: Christopher Monks

    9. Dadl Dau (arr. G. Webber for vocal ensemble)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Armonico Consort

      Conductor: Christopher Monks

    10. Ballets for 5 Voices, Book 1: No. 11. Now is the month of maying

      Composer: Thomas Morley

      Ensemble: Armonico Consort

      Conductor: Christopher Monks

    11. An Rosen Wyn (The White Rose) (arr. C. Monks for vocal ensemble)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Armonico Consort

      Conductor: Christopher Monks

    12. Greensleeves (arr. G. Webber for vocal ensemble)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Armonico Consort

      Performer: Philippa Murray, Francis Brett

      Conductor: Christopher Monks

    13. Loch Lomond (arr. R. Vaughan Williams for vocal ensemble)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Armonico Consort

      Performer: Matthew Vine

      Conductor: Christopher Monks

    14. O Love, 'Tis a Calm Starry Night (arr. P. Hadley for vocal ensemble)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Armonico Consort

      Conductor: Christopher Monks

    15. The Wraggle-Taggle Gypsies, O! (arr. G. Webber for vocal ensemble)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Armonico Consort

      Conductor: Christopher Monks


This new release is a celebration of the music of the British Isles. Spanning the breadth and width of the Isles, this is some of the most beautiful folk music ever written. The arrangements by Geoffrey Webber and Toby Young are mesmerizing. Performing these songs is the Armonico Consort, directed by Christopher Monks.