Songs from the North Country

 
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ANONYMOUS / ARCHIE FISHER / JERRY HOLLAND / JAMES OSWALD / NIEL GOW / THOMAS D'URFEY / WILLIAM THOMSON / FRANCESCO GEMINIANI / THOMAS RAVENCROFT etc
Songs from the North Country
Rosemary Standley, Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, François Lazarevitch

[ Alpha Classics / CD ]

Release Date: Friday 25 September 2026

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As great lovers of traditional music, Rosemary Standley and François Lazarevitch were bound to meet one day. The founding leader of Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien proposed collaborating on a programme of English ballads with the iconic singer from the legendary rock band Moriarty, who has already recorded two equally iconic albums for Alpha, Love I Obey (Alpha 538) and Schubert in Love (Alpha 418): "This repertoire suits her musical style and her voice perfectly; she brings her experience of folk music and popular song. The old ballads that Child and Sharp collected in the late 19th century are classics of the genre." Rosemary continues: "This repertoire is magnificent. The essence of American folk music lies in these English, Scottish and Irish ballads - it's a genre that resonates with me very naturally."

With a carefully chosen array of instruments - baroque harp, viola da gamba, pandora, Scottish bodhrán drum and, of course, the flutes and bagpipes so dear to Lazarevitch - plus a superb group of singers and musicians, Rosemary and François set sail for the North in the wake of Alfred Deller, Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Nina Simone and Simon & Garfunkel, who had also fallen in love with these tales of sailors, fairs, a tailor and his mouse, murder, betrayal and revenge.

Tracks:

ANONYMOUS
Scarborough Fair (Arr. Vincent Lê Quang)

The Tailor and the Mouse (Arr. François Lazarevitch & Les Musiciens de Saint‑Julien)

Riddles Wisely Expounded (Arr. François Lazarevitch & Les Musiciens de Saint‑Julien)

Every Night When the Sun Goes In (Arr. Vincent Lê Quang)

Katie Cruel (Arr. François Lazarevitch & Les Musiciens de Saint‑Julien)

Whistle, Daughter, Whistle (Arr. François Lazarevitch & Les Musiciens de Saint‑Julien)

Gaol Ise Gaol I (Arr. François Lazarevitch & Les Musiciens de Saint‑Julien)

The Female Rambling Sailor (Arr. François Lazarevitch & Les Musiciens de Saint‑Julien)

The Cuckoo's Nest (Arr. François Lazarevitch & Les Musiciens de Saint‑Julien)

Staines Morris (Arr. François Lazarevitch & Les Musiciens de Saint‑Julien)

Henry Martin (Arr. François Lazarevitch & Les Musiciens de Saint‑Julien)

ARCHIE FISHER
Dreg Song (Arr. François Lazarevitch & Les Musiciens de Saint‑Julien)

ANONYMOUS · JERRY HOLLAND · JAMES OSWALD · NIEL GOW
Cutting Ferns / Brenda Stubert's Reel / Sleepy Maggie / Ranting Highland Man
(Arr. François Lazarevitch & Les Musiciens de Saint‑Julien)

ANONYMOUS · THOMAS D'URFEY
Riddles Wisely Expounded (Arr. François Lazarevitch & Les Musiciens de Saint‑Julien)

WILLIAM THOMSON · JAMES OSWALD · FRANCESCO GEMINIANI
Bonny Christy (Arr. François Lazarevitch & Les Musiciens de Saint‑Julien)

THOMAS RAVENCROFT
The Three Ravens (Arr. François Lazarevitch & Les Musiciens de Saint‑Julien)

TURLOUGH O'CAROLAN
Carolan Welcome (Arr. François Lazarevitch & Les Musiciens de Saint‑Julien)

Planxty Bourk (Arr. François Lazarevitch & Les Musiciens de Saint‑Julien)

NEILIDH BOYLE
Moving Cloud (Arr. François Lazarevitch & Les Musiciens de Saint‑Julien)

THOMAS MOORE
The Last Rose of Summer (Arr. Vincent Lê Quang)

JOHN YOUNG · ANONYMOUS
Bulock's Hornpipe / Cam Ye O'Er Frae France