Songs and Dances of the British Isles

Here's a 1983 cassette of:  guess what?!?

And unlike a lot of dulcimer stuff, this is fun and interestingly arranged and played.  Not droning, boring, up-and-down the scale like some stuff I have even myself posted.  Ahem …

Another interesting feature is that you can buy sheet music for this album:

https://www.amazon.com/Songs-Dances-British-Isles-Frodsham/dp/B01GYQV106 

 

These are the tunes:

01. Trois Chansons Pour Les Enfantes (1:26)

02. Ae Fond Kiss (4:17)

03. Salonika (2:43)

04. Tripping Up the Stairs / The Connaughtman’s Rambles (2:19)

05. Bedlam Boys (4:37)

06. Be Back Soon (2:34)

07. Morgan Magan (2:27)

08. I Was a Young Man (2:37)

09. Foud Sword Dances (4:04)

10. Nottamun Town (2:51)

11. Black Jack David (2:46)

12. The Frost Is All Over / Sixpenny Money (2:26)

13. When You Wish Upon a Star (1:20)

Another thing that's kind of funny is that the cover photograph of Frodsham looks a lot like the way I did in 1983.

Gi'e it a wee listen.

And I'll see you on Thursday.

Rule Britannia - Nimbus Records

This 1989 CD is a fine catenation of Anglophilia.

01. 'Trumpet Aire' and 'Symphony of flatt trumpits' - Jeremiah Clarke (3:13)

02. I Overture - 'Mr Handel's Water Piece'  (1:29)

03. II Gigue (Allegro) - 'Mr Handel's Water Piece'  (1:53)

04. III Aire (Menuetto) - 'Mr Handel's Water Piece'  (1:32)

05. IV March I (Bourée)- March II - 'Mr Handel's Water Piece'  (2:19)

06. 'The Choice of Hercules': I Overture (Largo-Allegro) - John Stanley (2:54)

07. 'The Choice of Hercules': II March - John Stanley (1:45)

08. 'Europe revells in ye Peace' - John Eccles (2:24)

09. 'Suite de Clairque': I Prelude - The Duke of Gloster's March - Minuet & Sybelle - March (reprise) - Jeremiah Clarke (3:25)

10. 'Suite de Clairque': II Serenade & Ecossaise - Jeremiah Clarke (2:21)

11. 'Suite de Clairque': III Bourrée & Hornpipe - Jeremiah Clarke (1:42)

12. 'Suite de Clairque': IV Gigue - Jeremiah Clarke (0:43)

13. 'Suite de Clairque': V Rondeau: The Prince of Denmark's March - Jeremiah Clarke (2:13)

14. 'The Fairy Queen': I Introduction - Canzona - Henry Purcell (1:37)

15. 'The Fairy Queen': II Adagio - Henry Purcell (1:36)

16. 'The Fairy Queen': III Battle (Allegro) - Pastoral - Battle - Henry Purcell (2:33)

17. 'The Indian Queen': Trumpet Overture to Act II - Henry Purcell (2:34)

18.  'Sonata in E', Op. 3, No. 5: I Allegro - William Corbett (1:25)

19.  'Sonata in E', Op. 3, No. 5: II Largo - William Corbett (1:33)

20.  'Sonata in E', Op. 3, No. 5: III Giga: Allegro - William Corbett (0:57)

21. 'Atalanta: Overture': I Adagio - Allegro - George Frideric Handel (3:32)

22. 'Atalanta: Overture': II Andante - George Frideric Handel (1:59)

23. 'The Judgment of Paris': Recitative and Chorus - John Eccles (3:16)

24. 'Come ye Sons of Art': I Symphony (Largo - Allegro) - Henry Purcell (1:38)

25. 'Come ye Sons of Art': II Adagio - Henry Purcell (1:34)

26. 'Come ye Sons of Art': III Ritornello - Chorus - Henry Purcell (1:23)

27. 'Funeral Music for Queen Mary': I March - Henry Purcell (2:13)

28. 'Funeral Music for Queen Mary': II Canzona - Henry Purcell (2:01)

29. 'Funeral Music for Queen Mary': III March (reprise) - Henry Purcell (1:21)

30. 'Rule Britannia from Alfred' - Thomas Augustine Arne (5:15)

Included are scans of the 12-page booklet also.

Veddy Brditish, wot?

I'll see thee again on Monday next, old pip!
 

Master of the Gipsy Violin

Yes, it's another cassette of unknown provenance, with Gypsy music!

Doesn't this fellow look like Walt Disney (or Mel Blanc)?

This 1966 album (released on tape in 1981) was tracked down through a translation of a Discogs page.

However, the Discogs page inaccurately has 4 tracks on side 2, there are FIVE, as proven by that page’s LP images as well as tape insert’s listing

And, here, according to Google Translate, is what the track titles work out to be, in English:

01     Primate imagination    

02     Advertising dance / Csárdás Rhapsody

03     Sad Song / Since Six Days Sounds The Song ...

04     Irene Serenade

05     Hora

06     Lavotta Serenade

07 - Hour of the Shepherds

08 III. Csárdás Scene

09 - Not true, you already say it to another ... / do not speak bad about me / landlady, beautiful landlady ... / end, end already over

10 - A letter came from my little village ... / the woman left me ... / my boots creak ... / blue eyes has my sweetheart / banda-csárdás

11 - Solemn Palotástanz

12 - I Ask A Flower ... / I Do not Believe, That Once Again / Stork, Stork ... / Do You Hear Song, Joyful Bird / It Was Night, When I Was Born / Man Says, That The Lenz Is Blooming / At Us, My sweetheart / I guilty none

But never fear, campers.  The provided CD art is a faithful reproduction of the actual whatever-language titles.  What the heck, why not give it here, too?

Zándor Lakatos and His Gipsy Band

Master of the Gipsy Violin - 1981

01 - Primás fantázia   (4:09)

02 - A-dúr verbunkos - Csárdás rapszódia   (3:15)

03 - f-moll kersegö - Hat nap óta szól a nóta   (3:46)

04 - Irenéne szerenád   (2:05)

05 - Hóra   (2:24)

06 - Lavotta szerenád   (2:32)

07 - A pásztor horája   (1:48)

08 - III csárdajelenet   (6:26)

09 - Ugy-e, most már másnak mondod - Ne szidjatok soha engem

- Koscmárosné eszem azta a - Vége, vége, vége már   (7:13)

10 - Levél jött a kis falumból - Elhagyott az asszony - Csikorgós a

csimám - Az én rózsám kékszemü - Banda csárdás (ism

szerzö)   (5:47)

11 - Diszpalotás   (3:11)

12 - Megkérdeztem egy virágtól - Nem hiszem, hogy mégegyszer

is - Gólya, gólya - Hallod-e, nótáskedvü kismadár   (4:58)

13 - Éjszaka volt, amikor én születtem - Azt mondják, hogy tayasz

nyilik - Már minálunk babam - Nem vagyok én senkinek sem

adósa   (5:06)

Can you handle this much excitement? I bet you can!

See you on Thursday.