Old Hearth: Welsh Music on Triple Harp to Fire the Soul [Import]

Robin Huw Bowen | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 14, 2000)
• Original Release Date: March 14, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Marquis Music
• ASIN: B00004RD4C
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #272,795 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #2 in Music > Folk > British & Celtic Folk > Welsh Folk

Track Listings

1. Old Hearth/Ystwyth's Flow

2. The Queen's Marsh

3. The Gentleness of Montgomeryshire

4. The Day

5. David of the White Rock/The Barown's Barn

6. Hiraeth/The Grey Window Pane

7. The Thread of Life

8. Sailing Home

9. The Bells of the Old Country

10. Farewell to the Days of My Youth

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not To Be Missed!!!!, January 22, 2002

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Beth Hensley (Memphis, TN, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Old Hearth: Welsh Music on Triple Harp to Fire the Soul (Audio CD)

Perhaps you've listened to performances on the pedal/symphonic harp or the folk harp, but if you've never heard the Welsh triple harp, you have a wonderful surprise awaiting you with this CD. Robin Huw Bowen's playing is spectacular - the only thing better is being at one of his live performances. The tracks that are my personal favorites include The Day, The Thread of Life, The Bells of the Old Country, and Farewell to the Days of my Youth. So put your feet up, close your eyes, and release the cares of the day as this lovely music washes over you.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rob Hue Bowen's "Old Hearth", August 24, 2008

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R. L. Tompkins (Albuquerque, New Mexico United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Old Hearth: Welsh Music on Triple Harp to Fire the Soul (Audio CD)

This is one of the best albums of Welsh triple harp music out there. Bowen plays with warmth and with passion (in a Welsh sense). The tune selections are great and his playing is superb. Highly recommended for those who like the Welsh triple harp or those exploring this old tradition. (Wales is the only celtic country with an unbroken tradition of harp music). I have another album of his, but this one is definitely much better, being recorded far better and having a great selection of tunes.
If you are interested in the harp, and especially harp music from the various celtic-speaking countries, then this is a must have album. Highly recommended.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lovely music great record, June 25, 2001

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Luis GARCIA LAURENT - See all my reviews

This review is from: Old Hearth: Welsh Music on Triple Harp to Fire the Soul (Audio CD)

I am fairly new in Celtic (should it, really, be Keltic?), music I found the playing magnificent. The warmth he gets from his intrument the sonority are really great. Songs in themselves are very attractive. As a beginer, I do not see what better introduction to this wonderful world, there could be.