{"product_id":"songs-of-courtship-hebrides-ensemble-consort-of-voices","title":"BAKER: Songs Of Courtship and Other Works - Hebrides Ensemble, Consort Of Voices","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/official_about_this_recording_sept_2022_e7703d5a-a47d-4dfb-8593-486633b5ac7a_480x480.png?v=1668436318\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis disc affords the listener a unique opportunity to explore fascinating and uncharted waters of twentieth-century British music. The majority of works date from the 1980s and early 90s, and were written during the time the composer spent in Fortrose, on the Black Isle in northern Scotland.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSongs of Courtship were set to music by Bevan Baker in 1992 for the Black Isle Singers. The poems, written by Mao Shih in the 7th century BC, were translated from the Ancient Chinese in 1946 by Arthur Waley. John loved them and maintained that they had \"a simple directness which could have been written Yesterday\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe courtship songs, richly imaginative, vary greatly in metre and in their treatment of the enigmatic oriental lyrics, some being lightfooted, some more robust, always rhythmically challenging. The 'Wedding Song' is a triumphant, rejoicing finale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/official_TRACK_LISTING_WITH_WORLD_0dc0c6c8-3485-4867-8aa8-a09c520223c1_480x480.png?v=1668436329\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSongs of Courtship: Out in the bushlands\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e01:53\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Songs of Courtship: In the lowlands\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e01:22\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Songs of Courtship: Plop fall the plums\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e00:51\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Songs of Courtship: A very handsome gentleman\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e01:26\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Songs of Courtship: Of fair girls the loveliest\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e01:12\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Songs of Courtship: The cock has crowed\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e01:10\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Songs of Courtship: Shu is away\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e01:09\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Songs of Courtship: A moon rising\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e01:46\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Songs of Courtship: Outside the Eastern Gate\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e01:15\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Songs of Courtship: If along the highroad\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e00:50\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Songs of Courtship: By the willows of the Eastern Gate\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e01:09\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Songs of Courtship: I brought my great carriage\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e01:26\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Songs of Courtship: Wedding Song: My lord is all aglow\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e01:04\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Duo\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e08:33\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Suite for Piano: March\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e01:24\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Suite for Piano: Jig\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e01:32\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Suite for Piano: Intermezzo\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e01:50\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Suite for Piano: Berceuse\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e02:24\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Suite for Piano: Finale\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e01:17\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Spring\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e03:11\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Triptych\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e08:18\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e A Song for Kate\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e02:59\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Eclogue\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e08:16\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Rorate Coeli Desuper\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e09:51\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LINN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43646397087994,"sku":"691062028622","price":3.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/products\/81zwn4vFEjL._SL1400.jpg?v=1668723893","url":"https:\/\/classicselectworld.com\/de-de\/products\/songs-of-courtship-hebrides-ensemble-consort-of-voices","provider":"ClassicSelect World","version":"1.0","type":"link"}