Release date 2001 | Label Virgin Classics | |
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Artists Hughes de Courson, Youenn Le Berre, Hugues de Courson et Youenn Le Berre Similar Mozart in Egypt, Lux obscura, Lambarena ‑ Bach to Africa, Songs of Innocence, Mozart in Egypt 2 | ||
O'Stravaganza – Vivaldi in Ireland is an album published in 2001 by Hughes de Courson.
Contents
De Courson's work is a kind of World fusion music. There are only a handful of such arrangers who combine folk music and classical music in a similar vein. Other examples are Mark O'Connor ("The Fiddle Concerto" 1995), Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin ("Between Worlds", 1995) and Shaun Davey ("The Pilgrim" 1984).
His aim was to create a fusion of Irish music and Baroque music. It is mostly instrumental but there is one song "Lulaby for Diarmid" based on Gaelic poems from the Ossianic cycle, sung in Irish. The tune is adapted from Vivaldi's "Nisi Dominus cum dederit". The tracks with uillann pipes are the only ones in which the Irish element dominates over the baroque elements.
Track listing
- O'Stravaganza
- Damhsaigh
- Berceuse de Grainne pour Diarmait
- Estro-Reel
- Il Sonno
- Ceol cuaine
- Il Duello
- A Clairseach
- Jig Della Inquietude
- Eirin sonata
- Bunch of rushes
- Am cain
- Mister Bethag and the Princess
- La Ciaconna Rossa
Credits
Songs
1O'Stravaganza3:47
2Damhsaigh3:12
3Berçeuse de Grainne Pour Diarmait (After Motet 'Nisi Dominus') (Breda Mayock and La Orfanelle della Pieta)5:10