Christian Gerhaher sings British & American Folk Songs (Munich, 2006)



The German baritone sings eight folk songs orchestrated by Dmitri Shostakovich with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Thomas Sanderling. The folk songs were arranged during the Second World War in 1943, apparently as a gesture of solidarity with the allied nations.

• “Blow the wind southerly” (The Sailor’s Bride) 0:00
• “When we were first acquent” (John Anderson, my jo) 3:35
• “Billy Boy” 5:23
• “Oh! the Oak and the Ash” (The North Country Maid) 7:24
• “Servants of King Arthur” (variant of “Three Sons of Rogues”) 9:46
• “Comin thro’ the Rye” 10:50
• “Come Lasses and Lads” (Spring Round Dance) 12:03
• “When Johnny Comes Marching Home” 14:00

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