Anthems in Eden [Original recording remastered, Import]

Shirley Collins | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 14, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered, Import
• Label: Bgo - Beat Goes on
• ASIN: B00000JTB4
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #355,757 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Song-Story, Medley: A Beginning/A Meeting: Searching for Lambs/A ...

2. Rambleaway

3. Ca' the Yowes

4. God Dog

5. Bonny Cuckoo

6. Nellie the Milkmaid

7. Gathering Rushes in the Month of May

8. The Gower Wassail

9. Fare Thee Well My Dearest Dear

10. Medley: C'est la Fin/Pour Mon Cuer

11. Bonny Kate

12. Adieu to All Judges and Juries

13. Edi Beo Thu Hevene Quene

14. Black Joker/Black, White, Yellow and Green

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An innovative approach, ahead of its time, April 2, 2006

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Dr Hilary Rhodes "[e-mail]" (Erskineville, NSW Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Anthems in Eden (Audio CD)

Shirley Collins has an interesting vocal timbre and often sounds quite ingenuous, with a hint of unsureness and breathiness. This quality adds to the charm of this collection of English folk and medieval music.

It is a remarkable production for its time, as Collins not only includes her sister Dolly who plays the portative organ, but The Early Music of London (EML), directed by the late David Munrow, wind player extraordinare. This collection was produced in the mid 1970s when this distinguished group was not as well known as it is today. It is a very happy marriage between the sounds of the instruments used in Renaissance and Medieval music, accompanying the traditional folk songs (traditionally unnacompanied). The arrangements are remeniscent of Vaughan Williams' folk song suite and work very well with the melodic line. The cornetto (renaissance wooden trumpet, fingered like a recorder gives a beautiful counter melody to the vocal line, its timbre being much like the human voice.

A collector's album.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Folk Album ., August 29, 2010

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P. D. Laffey (Hitchin) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Anthems in Eden (Audio CD)

This classic folk album was released in 1969 . and not as the previous reviewer stated , the mid 1970's .

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 5 Stars not enough, February 19, 2005

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B. W. Thew (Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Anthems in Eden (Audio CD)

For a long time this album was my absolute favourite. Over thirty years later it stills sounds fresh, adventurous and ahead of most music. Shirley Collins is backed by sympathetic musicians creating something exciting and different. Very little music is this good, almost nothing is better. Give it a listen, you'll love it.