Early One Morning

Higgenbottom (Artist), Choir of New College Oxford (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 27, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Erato
• ASIN: B00000DD9E
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #222,383 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Blow The Wind Southerly

2. Early One Morning

3. Londonderry Air

4. The Minstrel Boy

5. The Kerry Dance

6. Linden Lea

7. Down By The Sally Gardens

8. Brigg Fair

9. Loch Lomond

10. Shenandoah

11. O No John!

12. Sumer Is Icumen In

13. Waly, Waly

14. The Skye Boat Song

15. Steal Away

16. Greensleeves

17. The Oak And The Ash

18. The Ash Grove

19. My Love Is Like A Red, Red Rose

20. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Early One Morning" by Choir of New College, Oxford, February 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Early One Morning (Audio CD)

Early one morning is a collection of traditional English, Irish, and American folk songs. The choir is composed of Adult male choristers and a strong, very talented treble section (boys' choir). Some of the songs included on this lovely album are "Early one Morning", "Loch Lomond", "Greensleeves", "Shenandoah",& "The Minstrel Boy" and "The Londonderry Air" (melody used for "O Danny Boy"). The songs are sung so beautifully a capella that you never notice the lack of instumental backing.I can confidently recommend this album to anyone who appreciates beautiful choral music.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars haunting harmonies and beautiful voices, February 21, 2004

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This review is from: Early One Morning (Audio CD)

These are some of the most beautiful choral renditions of traditional music I have ever heard. Sung 'a cappella', the voices are exquisite and the simple melodies of these songs I learned as a child are so richly harmonized I get shivers down my back and feel my heart fill to bursting when I listen.

This is a classical choral treatment of songs which are usually sung with one voice. So you shouldn't expect a 'folk' treatment of the songs with a dulcimer...however if you like harmony and choral music I can't imagine how you would not find this album to be one of your greatest treasures. It includes the most beautiful folksongs and traditional melodies of the British Isles and the US like Greensleeves, The Ash Grove, The Skye Boat Song, and Shenandoah, to name just a few. Excellent album!

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars simple beauty, May 29, 2001

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NotATameLion (Michigan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Early One Morning (Audio CD)

The world has moved on. The winds of time have blown away almost all signs of the industrial world's rural past. While in exile in Babylon, similarly removed from all signs of what he had known, the Psalmist cried out: "How can we sing the LORD'S song In a foreign land?" (Psalm 137:4) We too live in a world in exile. The post-modern world has little conception of the kind of world that produced the songs of "Early One Morning." Thankfully, we have collections like this CD to remind us of, and preserve the songs of the past.

I still don't know what possessed me to buy this album. "Early One Morning" is like no other recording in my collection. The disc is composed acapella renditions of traditional folk songs--all of which are outstanding. Songs like "Blow the Wind Southerly," "Linden Lea," "Shennandoah," and "Greensleeves" carry the listener away with their simple beauty. The beauty is not one that fades easily either...this CD still gets a lot of play time almost six months after I first heard it. So, even if you are like I was--unfamiliar with and uncertain about trying this kind of music, I highly recommend this disc.