Tag: Hugh Roberton
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The Very Best of the Glasgow Orpheus Choir
“Disaster was prophesied 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 fit their voices … With this Choir, which became his life’s work, he strove to preserve the folk music of Scotland,…
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Favourite Ballads of Yesteryear
The songs in this collection form part of a rich, yet sometimes unfairly derided, heritage of music made popular in the Victorian era throughout the English-speaking world. The recording contains all the great singers of Victorian and Edwardian ballads with many favourites on one quality CD.
