The Wild Mountain Thyme

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 01:12:58
Personnel includes: John Langstaff, Heather Woodcock, Leigh Deacon, Sybil Johnson, David Jones, Tim Van Ness, Christopher Welles, Susan Ward, Jeff Davis, Jerome Epstein, Jeff Warner, Lakshmi Nayak (vocals); Mary Lea (violin, viola); Marshall Barron, Ruth Dorfman, Ruth Dornfeld (violin); Peter Barnes (piano, penny whistle). Recorded at Paine Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts in Spring, 1993. Includes liner notes by Susan Cooper. Personnel: Jeff Warner (vocals, guitar, concertina, Jew's harp); Jeff Davis (vocals, banjo, mandolin); Hannah Emlen (vocals, cello); Jermone Epstein (vocals, concertina); Susan Ward (vocals, recorder); Alexander Haring, Tommy Elder, Kathy Fitzgerald, Mark Dooley, David Jones, Shelly Kellman, Jim Congo, Polly Fiveash, Tim Van Ness, Adelaide Aitken, Jamie Jaffe, Peter Aitken, Gerret Warner, Claire Blumenson, Henry Kettell, Robert Aguero-Hoffman, Mac Howland, Lakshmi Nayak, Thayer Christodoulo, Judith Lyon-Mitchell, Murray Cion, Heather Woodcock, Christopher Wells , Kathie Fiveash, Lew Kimball, Kate Silver-Heilman, Keith Ohmart, Henry Olds, Sybil Johnson, Audrey Rose, Sandra Spring, Carl Corey, Leigh Deacon, Paul Rahmeier, Ben Soule, Mimi Gredy, Jameela Pedicini, Victoria Hart Gaskell, Nancy Hurlbut, Mark J. Deck, Jeff Jones, David Rose, Ron Mitchell (vocals); John Fleagle (rebec, bagpipe, cornet, cornett); Mary Lea (violin, fiddle, viola); Ruth Dorfman (violin, fiddle); Neal MacMillan (violin, bagpipe); Marshall Barron, Ruthie Dornfeld (violin); Hildur Colot (flute, bamboo flute, bagpipe, shawm, dulcian); Peter Barnes (pennywhistle, piano); George Emlen (accordion, concertina, piano); Janet Fuchs (recorder, sackbut, percussion); Sarah Tenney (electric piano, percussion); Eric Levenson (double bass). Liner Note Author: Susan Cooper. Recording information: Paine Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (1993). Introduction by: Susan Cooper. Arrangers: Jermone Epstein; Marshall Barron; The Watersons; George Emlen. For The Wild Mountain Thyme, Massachusetts folk and choral ensemble the Revel Players -- best known for their peerless Christmas performances -- delve into the changing of the seasons. Focusing primarily on tunes from the British Isles, the group takes the listener through spring, summer, and autumn with work songs ("Sheep-Shearing Song"), children's songs ("Sweet Potatoes"), hymns ("Summer Is I-Cumen In"), and carols ("The Mayday Carol") with joy and precision. The Revels Company is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization that relies on donations and gifts, and each recording feels like the culmination of hard work, love, and dedication. The record sounds like a last rehearsal before the big night, and like a small-town musical, they do nothing to polarize their (imaginary) audience, allowing the music to speak for everyone in the building. Wild Mountain Thyme is a testament to their tenacity, and it rivals only Blow, Ye Winds, in the Morning as their finest work. ~ James Christopher Monger
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)