Maria Keohane, Ricercar Consort & Philippe Pierlot - Beethoven: Irish Songs (2021) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

This recording includes an excellent selection from Beethoven’s many settings of Irish folksongs, with imaginative new arrangements of his accompaniments, rescored for more traditional instruments than the original piano, violin and cello.

His settings are interspersed with more conventional versions of Irish and Scottish folk tunes taken from other sources. These help to highlight his remarkable ingenuity, which preserves the original character of the folksongs while elevating them to a much higher level of interest.

Tracklist
1. Pierlot Philippe, Keohane Maria, Ricercar Consort & Sarah-Jane Summers – The pulse of an Irishman, WoO 154 No. 4 (02:39)
2. Pierlot Philippe, Keohane Maria, Ricercar Consort & Sarah-Jane Summers – O soothe me, my lyre, WoO 153 No. 7 (03:35)
3. Pierlot Philippe, Keohane Maria, Ricercar Consort & Sarah-Jane Summers – The morning air, WoO 152 No. 4 (02:29)
4. Pierlot Philippe, Keohane Maria, Ricercar Consort & Sarah-Jane Summers – My bonny laddie has my heart (04:45)
5. Pierlot Philippe, Keohane Maria, Ricercar Consort & Sarah-Jane Summers – En midsommarafton (02:36)
6. Pierlot Philippe, Keohane Maria, Ricercar Consort & Sarah-Jane Summers – Lilla Carl, WoO 158 No. 17 (04:32)
7. Pierlot Philippe, Keohane Maria, Ricercar Consort & Sarah-Jane Summers – Since greybeards inform us, WoO 153 No. 4 (01:41)
8. Pierlot Philippe, Keohane Maria, Ricercar Consort & Sarah-Jane Summers – Thy ship must sail, WoO 153 No. 20 (02:06)
9. Pierlot Philippe, Keohane Maria, Ricercar Consort & Sarah-Jane Summers – Open the door softly - I would rather than Ireland (03:48)
10. Pierlot Philippe, Keohane Maria, Ricercar Consort & Sarah-Jane Summers – By the side of the Shannon, WoO 157 No. 8 (02:18)
11. Pierlot Philippe, Keohane Maria, Ricercar Consort & Sarah-Jane Summers – The Miller o' drone - St. Kilda wedding - Port-a-Beul (02:38)
12. Pierlot Philippe, Keohane Maria, Ricercar Consort & Sarah-Jane Summers – On the massacre of Glencoe, WoO 152 No. 5 (07:08)
13. Pierlot Philippe, Keohane Maria, Ricercar Consort & Sarah-Jane Summers – From Garyone, WoO 154 No. 7 (03:50)
14. Pierlot Philippe, Keohane Maria, Ricercar Consort & Sarah-Jane Summers – The elfin fairies, WoO 154 No. 1 (02:33)
15. Pierlot Philippe, Keohane Maria, Ricercar Consort & Sarah-Jane Summers – Gu ma maith thig an crùn dha Tearlach (Well may Charlie wear the crown) (03:56)
16. Pierlot Philippe, Keohane Maria, Ricercar Consort & Sarah-Jane Summers – Di-moladh an Uisge-bheatha (In dispraise of whisky) (01:53)
17. Pierlot Philippe, Keohane Maria, Ricercar Consort & Sarah-Jane Summers – The parting glass (04:11)