Album IE 1962 on Gael-Linn label
Folk, World, and Soundtrack (Celtic)
When Sean O Riada was invited by Four Provinces Films to provide the music for "The Playboy," his reputation as a composer of film music was already well established ("Miss Eire" in 1959: "Saoirse?" in 1961). In this instance, however, O Riada regarded his task less as one of composition than of design and direction, for, in the event, what he gave the producers was not a conventionally "original" score for conventional orchestra, but a wildly unconventional and exciting creative treatment of traditional Irish music. The players, while they may be grouped in a roughly "orchestral" pattern - woodwind, "brass," wind, strings and percussion - do not form an orchestra in the modern Western sense. The high individualism of the Irish muscial traditon is preserved in performance: there are no written parts, each player making his personal contribution to the texture of the music according to a design pre-arranged in discussion with the director: an Impromptu a loisir, in fact! The instruments used are flute, uillean pipes, and tin-whistle; two double-row button accordians; two fiddles; bone-castanets and bodhran, or goatskin drum. These instruments are used for playing this kind of music in different parts of the country; the music itself is of course to be heard in every corner of Ireland. Its strength and freshness and deep popularity (in the real sense of the word) make it the Irish folk-art par excellence: its potential for development may be judged from this recording.
Seán Ó Riada hps, 1931-1971 IE album by | |
Ceoltóirí Chualann , 1960-1969 IE album by |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
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1 | Tuscheol - Teama: Mo Mhuirnin Ban. | Seán Ó Riada Agus Ceoltóirí Chualann | ||
2 | Scanraionn Shawn Keogh Roimh Christy Agus Teann Ag Scaipeadh An Sceil. | Seán Ó Riada Agus Ceoltóirí Chualann | ||
3 | Christy Ag Eachtrai Do Pegreen Ar Uaigneas A Shaoil - Agus Ar Alltacht A Athar. | Seán Ó Riada Agus Ceoltóirí Chualann | ||
4 | Cailini An Bhaile Chuige..."It's A Man!" | Seán Ó Riada Agus Ceoltóirí Chualann | ||
5 | CHristy Ag Eachtrai Do Na Cailini Faoi Mar Mharaigh Se A Athair..."Cuir Uait Iadsan" Adeir Pegeen - "Chrochfaidis Thu! | Seán Ó Riada Agus Ceoltóirí Chualann | ||
6 | Teann Christy Ar Choimu Pegeen. | Seán Ó Riada Agus Ceoltóirí Chualann | ||
7 | An Torramh. | Seán Ó Riada Agus Ceoltóirí Chualann | ||
8 | Ceol Teama. | Seán Ó Riada Agus Ceoltóirí Chualann | ||
9 | Comhchealg Na Baintri Le Shawn Keogh...Tig Old Mahon Isteach. | Seán Ó Riada Agus Ceoltóirí Chualann | ||
10 | Christy Agus Pegeen...Teann Christy Go Pairc Na Luthchleas I Dteannta Na Gcailini. | Seán Ó Riada Agus Ceoltóirí Chualann | ||
11 | Ar Phairc Na Luthchleas...Tig Old Mahon Aris. | Seán Ó Riada Agus Ceoltóirí Chualann | ||
12 | Ar Phairc Na Luthchleas. | Seán Ó Riada Agus Ceoltóirí Chualann | ||
13 | An Rince. | Seán Ó Riada Agus Ceoltóirí Chualann | ||
14 | Christy Agus Pegeen. | Seán Ó Riada Agus Ceoltóirí Chualann | ||
15 | An Gaiscioch..."An Marbh Ba Mharbh Gur Beo Do Bhi. | Seán Ó Riada Agus Ceoltóirí Chualann |