Disaster was prophesized for a Choir which sang Psalm tunes and Hebridean airs, but Hugh Roberton and his Choir proved (them) wrong... He made arrangements pieces of great beauty and warmth, shaped to fi t their voices... With this Choir, which became his life's work, he strove to preserve the folk music of Scotland, to make people realize that tunes they knew and loved were of great musical worth and that... there is a rich treasure house of melody which must not be allowed to wither and die. He strove, in his own words, 'to do a fine thing finely', and he succeeded nobly.' (Christi an Science Monitor).

Tracklist:

Belmont
Peat-Fire Smooring Prayer
Ae Fond Kiss
Bonnie Dundee
Orlington
Scots Wha Hae Wi' Wallace Bled
An Eriskay Love Lilt
Ca' The Yowes
The Dashing White Sergeant
Crimond
Hark, Hark The Echo Falling
The Blue Bird
Gretna Green
Ellan Vannin
All In The April Evening
Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring
The Cloud Capp'd Towers
The Immortal Hour
Far Away/The Old Woman
Go Lovely Rose
O Can Ye Sew Cushions?
Iona Boat Song
Mice And Men (Set To The Psalm Tune 'desert')
Stracathro
Kedron
All Through The Night

UPC: 5055354419614
Label: Alto
Release Date: 5.30.17
Format: CD

Glasgow Orpheus Choir - Very Best Of The Glasgow Orpheus Choir (CD)