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O Sweet Woods: Irish And Scottish Airs by Dowland and Burns / Munro

1 CD / ATMA / 2013-02-26

Works: Scottish Traditional: Work(s); Leezie Lindsay, song; The Dewey Dells of Yarrow; Matt Highland; Bonny Barbry O, song; Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonnie Doon, folk song; Robert Burns: Craigieburn Wood; Scot...
Performers: Hall, Meredith; Slattery, Michael [Tenor Vocal]; White, Matthew [Countertenor Vocal]
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Ensemble: La Nef; Skye Consort

The Scottish and Irish airs and instrumental pieces chosen for this delightful new sampler were selected from previous popular ATMA recordings. Michael Slattery sings John...continue...
Includes lament for the death of his second wife (gow) / th by various composers....continue...

Turlutte et Reel / Suzie LeBlanc; La Nef, Les Charbonniers de l'Enfer

1 CD / ATMA / 2012-11-13

Works: Quebecois Traditional: Turlutte et reel; Reel a bouche / Dans Paris y' a t' une brune, medley of traditional melodies; Le navire de Bayonne; Valse d'Évangéline / Acadiana Two Step, medl...
Performers: Bordeleau, Michel; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Miron, Normand; Norman, Chris
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Ensemble: Joli Bois; La Nef; Les Charbonniers de l'Enfer

For holiday merrymaking, ATMA proposes a jaunt to Quebec and into the world of Acadian traditional music with a festive compilation of turluttes (wordless songs),...continue...
Includes reels côté-benoœt-leblanc by various composers....continue...

Dowland in Dublin / Michael Slattery, tenor; La Nef

1 CD / ATMA / 2012-01-31

Works: John Dowland: Firste Booke of Songes; Third and Last Booke of Songes; Second Booke of Songes or Ayres; Say love if ever thou ditst find, D 58; Come Again; Lachrimae Pavan, for keyboard or lute (from ...
Performers: Bergeron, Sylvain; Slattery, Michael [Tenor Vocal]
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Ensemble: La Nef

"To my loving countryman, Mr. John Forster the younger, merchant of Dublin, in Ireland." - In thus dedicating the song 'From Silent Night' in his...continue...
Recording information: Église Saint-Augustin, Mirabel, Québec, Canada (09/2010)....continue...

Nobil Donna / La Nef

1 CD / ATMA / 2010-09-28

Works: Giovanni Felice Sances: Accenti queruli; Cantada sopra il passacaglia "Usurpator tiranno"; Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger: Corrente no 5; Sinfonia no 12; Stefano Landi: Amarillide, deh vieni; Mentre ...
Performers: LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Weimann, Alexander
Conductors: Weimann, Alexander
Ensemble: La Nef

"Her anguished singing of the great lament 'Lasciate Averno' is immensely moving, without compromising vocal purity...All the musicians display the greatest skill and stylistic sensitivity...This...continue...
Recording information: Saint-Augustin, Mirabel, Québec, Canada (06/2009)....continue...

The Battle of Killiecrankie - Love and War Songs

1 CD / ATMA / 2007-11-20

Works: Robert Burns: Scots wha ha'e wi' Wallace bled (Bruce's address); Ae fond kiss; The Chevalier's Lament, song; Killiecrankie, song; Scottish Traditional: Bonny Barbry O, song; Leezie Lindsay, song; Wor...
Performers: Hall, Meredith; White, Matthew [Countertenor Vocal]
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Ensemble: La Nef

The battle of Killiecrankie in 1689 and its hero, "Bonnie Dundee" have endured as symbols of Scottish national identity. They have been immortalized in the...continue...
Includes lament for the death of his second wife (gow) / th by various composers....continue...

Oikan ayns Bethlehem - Noëls / Hall, Bergeron, La Nef

1 CD / ATMA / 2005-11-01

Works: Christmas Traditional: Oikan ayns Bethlehem, carol (Isle of Man); Duan Nollaig, carol (Scottish); Taladh Chriosta, carol (Isle of Barra); Ballulalow (Ane Sang of the Birth of Christ), carol (Scottish...
Performers: Bergeron, Sylvain; Hall, Meredith
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Ensemble: La Nef

Long before the coming of Christianity, the Winter Solstice was celebrated by the Celts with fire rituals symbolizing the coming of light and hope in...continue...

My Love is like a Red, Red Rose - Chansons de Robert Burns

1 CD / ATMA / 2004-09-01

Works: Robert Burns: Craigieburn Wood; Comin thro' the rye; Roslin Castle; O my luve's like a red, red rose; The White Cockade; Let Me In This Ae Night; Traditional: Charlie is my darling; When o'er the hil...
Performers: Bergeron, Sylvain; Gignac, Claire; Graham, Patrick; Grenon, Robin; Guay, Elise; Hall, Meredith; MacMillan, Betsy
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Ensemble: La Nef