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Beethoven: Irish Songs

Maria Keohane (soprano), Ricercar Consort, Philippe Pierlot

Beethoven: Irish Songs

Beethoven: Irish Songs

Maria Keohane (soprano), Ricercar Consort, Philippe Pierlot

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This recording includes an excellent selection from Beethoven’s many settings of Irish folksongs, with imaginative new arrangements of his accompaniments, rescored for more traditional instruments than the original piano, violin and cello.

His settings are interspersed with more conventional versions of Irish and Scottish folk tunes taken from other sources. These help to highlight his remarkable ingenuity, which preserves the original character of the folksongs while elevating them to a much higher level of interest.

  • Release date: 3rd Dec 2021
  • Label: Mirare
  • Catalogue number: MIR540
  • Length: 56 minutes

Contents and tracklist

Beethoven: The pulse of an Irishman, WoO 154 No. 4
Work length2:39
Beethoven: O soothe me, my lyre, WoO 153 No. 7
Work length3:35
Beethoven: The morning air, WoO 152 No. 4
Work length2:29
Beethoven: My bonny laddie has my heart
Work length4:45
Beethoven: En midsommarafton
Work length2:36
Beethoven: Lilla Carl, WoO 158 No. 17
Work length4:32
Beethoven: Since greybeards inform us, WoO 153 No. 4
Work length1:41
Beethoven: Thy ship must sail, WoO 153 No. 20
Work length2:06
Beethoven: Open the door softly - I would rather than Ireland
Work length3:48
Beethoven: By the side of the Shannon, WoO 157 No. 8
Work length2:18
Beethoven: The Miller o' drone - St. Kilda wedding - Port-a-Beul
Work length2:38
Beethoven: On the Massacre of Glencoe, WoO 152 No. 5
Work length7:08
Beethoven: From Garyone, WoO 154 No. 7
Work length3:50
Beethoven: The elfin fairies, WoO 154 No. 1
Work length2:33
Beethoven: Gu ma maith thig an crùn dha Tearlach (Well may Charlie wear the crown)
Work length3:56
Beethoven: Di-moladh an Uisge-bheatha (In dispraise of whisky)
Work length1:53
Beethoven: The parting glass
Work length4:11
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