Credits:

Lorna Anderson, Jamie McDougall

Description:

In early 19th century Europe, there was a growing interest in ethnic matters. Particular attention was paid to the cultures around England, including England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, where the English sheet music merchant and amateur musician George Thomson was active. He collected folk songs from around the country and asked the most famous composers of the time to arrange them into songs with accompaniment, which Handel, Haydn, and Beethoven did. Haydn reportedly enjoyed this work very much, but Beethoven was somewhat dissatisfied, as he could not agree to Thomson's request to rewrite the songs with simpler accompaniment, to which Thomson replied, "I am not accustomed to revising my own works. Despite this, the series of arrangements that remain today are very enjoyable and worth listening to. This is a collection that offers a glimpse into the true face of Beethoven. Naxos Japan

Tracklisting:

1.He promis'd me at parting, WoO 154/12 (153/52)
2.Morning a cruel turmoiler is, WoO 152/21
3.Oh! thou art the lad of my heart, Willy, Op. 108/11
4.Could this ill world have been contriv'd, Op. 108/16
5.The lovely lass of Inverness, Op. 108/8
6.Dermot and Shelah, WoO 152/14
7.Oh had my fate been join'd with thine, Op. 108/12
8.The sweetest lad was Jamie, Op. 108/5
9.Oh would I were but that sweet Linnet, WoO 154/9 (153/48)
10.The British light dragoons, WoO 153/3 (152/28)
11.Thy ship must sail, my Henry dear, WoO 153/20 (153/58)
12.Sally in our alley, Op. 108/25
13.Faithfu' Johnie, Op. 108/20
14.On the massacre of Glencoe, WoO 152/5
15.Enchantress, farewell, Op. 108/18
16.O who, my dear Dermot, WoO 154/5 (153/45)
17.Cupid's kindness, WoO 155/21
18.Love without hope, Wo0 155/4
19.When mortals all to rest retire, WoO 155/15
20.Sad and luckless was the season. WoO 153/6 (153/32)
21.Come fill, fill, my good fellow, Op. 108/13