| Other author/creator | Gardiner, John Eliot conductor. |
| Included Work | Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961 British folk-music settings. I'm seventeen come Sunday. |
| Included Work | Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961. British folk-music settings. Brigg Fair. |
| Included Work | Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961 Love verses. |
| Included Work | Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961 Settings of dance-folksongs from the Faeroe Islands. Merry wedding. |
| Included Work | Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961 Sea-chanty settings. Shallow Brown. |
| Included Work | Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961. Settings of dance-folksongs from the Faeroe Islands. Father and daughter. |
| Included Work | Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961 Mo nighean dubh. |
| Included Work | Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961 Bride's tragedy. |
| Included Work | Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961. British folk-music settings. Irish tune from County Derry, orchestra. |
| Included Work | Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961 British folk-music settings. Scotch Strathspey and reel, orchestra. |
| Included Work | Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961 British folk-music settings. Lost lady found. |
| Included Work | Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961. British folk-music settings. Three ravens. |
| Included Work | Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961 Kipling settings. Danny Deever. |
| Included Work | Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961. Tribute to Foster. |
| Other author/creator | Monteverdi Choir, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Monteverdi Orchestra, performer. |
| Uniform title | Songs. Selections |
| Variant title |
Songs and dancing ballads |
| Variant title |
Subtitle on container insert: Songs & dancing ballads |
| Variant title |
Subtitle on container insert: Music of Percy Grainger |
| Series |
Digital classics
Digital classics. ^A470720
|
| Contents |
I'm seventeen come Sunday (2:56) -- Brigg Fair (3:05) -- Love verses from The Song of Solomon (7:18) -- The merry wedding (5:45) -- Shallow Brown (6:32) -- Father and daughter (2:38) -- Mo nighean dubh = My dark haired maiden (4:01) -- The bride's tragedy (9:16) -- Irish tune from County Derry (Danny boy) (3:50) -- Scotch strathspey and reel (6:54) -- The lost lady found (2:51) -- The three ravens (4:11) -- Danny Deever (3:15) -- Tribute to Foster (11:15). |
| General note | Prinicipally for mixed chorus with orchestra; some works unacc. |
| General note | "World première [3rd-4th, 6th, 8th, 13th works]"--Container. |
| General note | Eds. recorded: Schott (1st-2nd, 5th-6th, 8th-12th works) ; Oxford University Press (3rd-4th, 14th works) ; Bardic (7th, 13th works). |
| General note | Compact disc. |
| General note | Biographical and program notes by John Eliot Gardner, Wilfrid Mellers, and Stephen Lloyd, and texts with commentary (28 p. : ports.) inserted in container. |
| Performer |
Various vocal soloists ; Monteverdi Choir ; English Country Gardiner Orchestra ; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Mar. 1994, Guildhall, London (2nd work), and Jan. 1995, Abbey Road Studios, London (remainder). |
| Language | Sung in Gaelic (7th work) or English; the 4th work originally in Faroese. |
| UPC |
2894466572 |
| Publisher number | 446 657-2 Philips |
