Folk music

Where have you been all these years?

Claire Patti (vocal and harp), Louise Godwin (cello) and Tony Gould (piano) join in a warm tribute to musical friendship, bringing fresh interpretive colour to traditional songs they love.

50 Chinese Folk Songs

The first of two collections on this disc, 50 Chinese Folk Songs, presents Julian Yu’s piano arrangements of well-known Chinese melodies. Fifteen further early piano pieces mix song arrangements with original writing. All 65 tracks are played by Ke Lin.

Pablo

Melbourne a cappella sextet Pablo make their Move debut with pop, folk and spirituals. Close harmony takes in Billy Joel, The Beatles, sea shanties and gospel-tinged arrangements.

Wordless Meanings

In the beginning there was harmony – before anyone asked “What sort of music do you play?”, before everyone grew too busy to listen, before music became ‘the industry’. Somewhere along the way, harmony was lost in a cacophony of meaningless words.

Intuition

Intuition is the Move debut of Italian guitarist–composer Rosario De Marco. Solo guitar pieces of quiet, reflective character draw on flamenco, jazz, classical, folk and popular traditions, and carry the warmth of the southern Mediterranean.

Tuneful Percussion

One of International Record Review’s “Best Discs of 2000”, and nominated for Best Classical CD at the 2001 ARIA Awards. Woof! play Grainger’s complete music for tuneful percussion on authentic instruments, including his own staff bells and steel marimba, with many works previously unrecorded.

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Recorder player Genevieve Lacey and percussionist Poul Høxbro present a programme spanning medieval dance, Irish folk melody, Baroque virtuosity and contemporary Australian works.

Mandolin Christmas

Christmas songs for mandolin orchestra. Arguably Australia’s most acclaimed mandolinist, Kurt Jensen leads an international programme of sparkling carols, from mediaeval favourites to modern classics.

Nardoo

Nardoo weave original improvisations from jazz, ethnic and medieval strands. Zana Clarke and Peter Biffin play new and traditional wind and string instruments on this debut of haunting, cross-cultural duo music.

The Fair Dinkum Matilda

Songs of the Australian bush, including the first ever recording of the original Craigielea setting of Waltzing Matilda. Another disc of bush songs? You bet – and brought to life by one of Australia’s most respected folk singers, Denis Gibbons.

Travellers' Tapestry

Cantigas weave mediæval and folk-based music from Europe, Asia and the Middle East into a tapestry of trade-route exchange, played on recorder, percussion and early string instruments.

Musical Transfiguration

An acoustic journey across Vietnamese soundscapes, from majestic court music and the subtle flow of lullabies to chanted poetry, classical chamber music and lively village festival songs.

Night and Dreams

Soprano Merlyn Quaife and guitarist Jochen Schubert present songs by Mozart and Schubert, among them the Serenade and Nacht und Träume, with Spanish and Argentinian folksong settings by Moretti, Gerhard and Guastavino.

I Can Tell The World

Saucy Purcell rounds, madrigals, drinking songs, spirituals and English folk settings from one of Australia's finest choirs, directed by Douglas Lawrence.

Australian Folksongs... Now!

A mid-1980s vocal synth-pop take on familiar Australian folk songs by The Australia Music Band, whose members include Peter Barlow and Brenton Broadstock.

Listen to the Band, Vol. 3

A musical experience for children, this recording follows on from Volumes 1 and 2 of the series with Australia's best-known bush band, Cobbers.

Listen to the Band, Vol. 1

It has been apparent for some time that of all the children’s records available, many styles of music have been neglected. That gap is the reason this series was begun.

Gabriel's Mother's Highway

Franciscus Henri presents songs by Sydney Carter, Elton John and Arlo Guthrie alongside three of his own. Produced by Brian Cadd, the album settles into a gentle folk-rock style with clear acoustic colour.

The Present Tense: Songs of Sydney Carter

The songs of Sydney Carter are an enigma. Folk, religious, satire and protest never quite fit. They have depth and integrity, and they press us to face and question our innermost thoughts and conflicts.

…for Sonja

Dedicated to Tony Gould’s dear friend Sonja Krawatt, this album gathers traditional Jewish melodies of lasting emotional warmth. Cello and clarinet join Gould’s piano on several tracks, framing two original pieces written for her.

La vida es un pasahe: a life in Sephardic song

Troveresse shapes a life-cycle programme from Sephardic song: cradle and courtship, marriage and mourning, in Ladino traditions that travelled from Spain across Morocco, the Balkans, Greece and the wider Orient.

Unity

A wide-ranging blend of traditional, contemporary and original Scottish music — from haunting Gaelic airs and foot-stomping dance sets to chamber textures and evocative new works.

A Valley Fair

Pastance's then most recent offering is a delightful collection of traditional, original and early music for Celtic harp, recorders and voices.

Forgotten Dreams

In 1999 Concordia director Basil Hawkins first heard Hadjidakis’s The Waltz of Forgotten Dreams. Struck by its atmospheric, evocative character, he shaped a programme of kindred nostalgia, including Eileen Pakenham’s Reverie and Fred Witt’s Memories of Bendigo.

Songs from Georgia

Unique for its sound, melodies, harmonies, polyphony and modes, Georgian music was declared by Igor Stravinsky a stimulus for modern Western music. Australian ensemble Golden Fleece collects, teaches and researches this tradition, painting a vivid portrait of a rich cultural heritage.