Around the World – A Folk Song Collection

~ Release by The Swingle Singers (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Cachapaya (Peru)
engineer:
Ben Cape and Steve Price (UK recording engineer/producer/orchestrator/arranger)
choir vocals:
The Swingle Singers
arranger:
John Mealing (British keyboards player, composer and arranger.)
2:18
2Star of the County Down (Ireland)
engineer:
Ben Cape and Steve Price (UK recording engineer/producer/orchestrator/arranger)
choir vocals:
The Swingle Singers
arranger:
Ben Parry (British conductor)
recording of:
Star of the County Down
lyricist:
Cathal McGarvey
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4801)
version of:
Dives and Lazarus
2:33
3El paisanito (Argentina)
engineer:
Ben Cape and Steve Price (UK recording engineer/producer/orchestrator/arranger)
choir vocals:
The Swingle Singers
arranger:
Ward Swingle
recording of:
El paisanito
lyricist:
Melecio Pérez
composer:
Pascual Clausi
3:40
4De punta y taco (Chile)
engineer:
Ben Cape and Steve Price (UK recording engineer/producer/orchestrator/arranger)
choir vocals:
The Swingle Singers
arranger:
Ward Swingle
recording of:
La punta y el tacón
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:23
5The Ash Grove (Wales)
engineer:
Ben Cape and Steve Price (UK recording engineer/producer/orchestrator/arranger)
choir vocals:
The Swingle Singers
arranger:
Jonathan Rathbone
recording of:
The Ash Grove (Welsh tune, "The ash grove, how graceful")
lyricist:
John Oxenford
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
version of:
Llwyn Onn ("The Ash Grove", original melody)
recording of:
The Ash Grove (Welsh tune, "Down yonder green valley")
lyricist:
Thomas Oliphant
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
version of:
Llwyn Onn ("The Ash Grove", original melody)
3:13
6David of the White Rock (Wales)
engineer:
Ben Cape and Steve Price (UK recording engineer/producer/orchestrator/arranger)
choir vocals:
The Swingle Singers
arranger:
Ben Parry (British conductor)
recording of:
David of the White Rock
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
recording of:
David of the White Rock (English version of " Dafydd y Garreg Wen")
lyricist:
John Oxenford
composer:
David Owen (Welsh harpist, 1712–1741)
translated version of:
Dafydd y Garreg Wen
3:29
7The Drunken Sailor (England)
engineer:
Ben Cape and Steve Price (UK recording engineer/producer/orchestrator/arranger)
choir vocals:
The Swingle Singers
arranger:
Jonathan Rathbone
recording of:
What Shall We Do With a Drunken Sailor?
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Lugan Music
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 322)
2:38
8Ciao bella ciao (Italy)
engineer:
Ben Cape and Steve Price (UK recording engineer/producer/orchestrator/arranger)
choir vocals:
The Swingle Singers
arranger:
Ben Parry (British conductor)
recording of:
Bella ciao
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Germany GmbH (1967-2001) (in 2005)
3:55
9L’amour de moi (France)
engineer:
Ben Cape and Steve Price (UK recording engineer/producer/orchestrator/arranger)
choir vocals:
The Swingle Singers
arranger:
Ward Swingle
recording of:
L’Amour de moi
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ward Swingle
3:14
10Country Dances (USA)
engineer:
Ben Cape and Steve Price (UK recording engineer/producer/orchestrator/arranger)
choir vocals:
The Swingle Singers
arranger:
Ward Swingle
3:35
11Waltzing Matilda (Australia)
engineer:
Ben Cape and Steve Price (UK recording engineer/producer/orchestrator/arranger)
choir vocals:
The Swingle Singers
arranger:
Jonathan Rathbone
recording of:
Waltzing Matilda
lyricist:
Banjo Paterson (in 1895-01)
composer:
Christina Macpherson (in 1895)
is based on:
Thou Bonnie Wood of Craigielea (Scottish folk song, first published circa 1818)
medley of:
Valsa Matilda
3:22
12Danny Boy (Ireland)
engineer:
Ben Cape and Steve Price (UK recording engineer/producer/orchestrator/arranger)
choir vocals:
The Swingle Singers
arranger:
Jonathan Rathbone
recording of:
Danny Boy (catch-all for unknown arrangements)
lyricist:
Frederick Edward Weatherly
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arrangement of:
Danny Boy
3:08
13Charlie Is My Darling (Scotland)
engineer:
Ben Cape and Steve Price (UK recording engineer/producer/orchestrator/arranger)
choir vocals:
The Swingle Singers
arranger:
Ben Parry (British conductor)
recording of:
Charlie Is My Darling
lyricist:
Robert Burns (18th century Scottish poet/lyricist)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 5510)
2:10
14Loch Lomond (Scotland)
engineer:
Ben Cape and Steve Price (UK recording engineer/producer/orchestrator/arranger)
choir vocals:
The Swingle Singers
arranger:
Jonathan Rathbone
recording of:
Loch Lomond (Scottish folk song)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 9598)
3:57
15The Sally Gardens (England)
engineer:
Ben Cape and Steve Price (UK recording engineer/producer/orchestrator/arranger)
choir vocals:
The Swingle Singers
arranger:
Ben Parry (British conductor)
recording of:
Down by the Salley Gardens
lyricist:
William Butler Yeats (in 1889)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Herbert Hughes (in 1909)
version of:
Down by the Salley Gardens (poem by W.B. Yeats)
version of:
The Moorlough Shore
2:45
16Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho (Spiritual)
engineer:
Ben Cape and Steve Price (UK recording engineer/producer/orchestrator/arranger)
choir vocals:
The Swingle Singers
arranger:
Jonathan Rathbone
recording of:
Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
3:02
17Viel Freuden mit sich bringet (Germany)
engineer:
Ben Cape and Steve Price (UK recording engineer/producer/orchestrator/arranger)
choir vocals:
The Swingle Singers
arranger:
Ben Parry (British conductor)
3:15
18Bushes and Briars (England)
engineer:
Ben Cape and Steve Price (UK recording engineer/producer/orchestrator/arranger)
choir vocals:
The Swingle Singers
arranger:
Ben Parry (British conductor)
recording of:
Bushes and Briars
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
Songs from Essex
2:52
19Sakkijarven Polka (Finland)
engineer:
Ben Cape and Steve Price (UK recording engineer/producer/orchestrator/arranger)
choir vocals:
The Swingle Singers
arranger:
Jonathan Rathbone
recording of:
Säkkijärven polkka (instrumental)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
3:23
20Vem kan segla (Sweden)
engineer:
Ben Cape and Steve Price (UK recording engineer/producer/orchestrator/arranger)
choir vocals:
The Swingle Singers
arranger:
Jonathan Rathbone
recording of:
Vem kan segla förutan vind?
writer:
Svensk folkevise (special purpose artist)
part of:
Barnas beste: Gapatrosten (Book with ISBN 82-02-04760-9) (number: 42)
2:57

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