Cat No:
THEBURNINGDECK003CD
Release Date: 21 September 2018
Label: Longman Records
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 5060269220101
Genres: Folk
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Description
In his latest offering composer and guitar virtuoso Richard Durrant is once again living on the folk/classical cusp with the first of these two L.Ps featuring a collection of solo instrumentals. The un-categorisable Durrant recorded on a concert guitar crafted from a 5,000 year old English Oak by Gary Southwell, a four string Tenor Guitar made by Ian Chisholm (decorated with a silver Uffington Horse) and a humble ukulele. From the offset his recitalist's credentials are apparent in a collection of confident, jazzy and very English arrangements of JS Bach placed alongside Durrant's distinctive renditions of British Folk tunes and his own evocative pieces. This style of guitar playing could be described as "English Folk Baroque" with echoes of Renbourn and Jansch but, as one of the truly great guitarists of his generation, Durrant seems to rise above any glib comparisons with his carefree fluency of technique and musical confidence.
On the second L.P, whimsically titled "The English Guitar Hymnal", Durrant is no longer the virtuoso soloist. Instead he adds touches of double bass, cello, shruti box, mandolin, keyboards and even lead vocals. He is also joined by some stellar players including recorder whizz Piers Adams, Howard Beach (harpsichord & chamber organ), master fiddler Nick Pynn and percussionist Stephen Hiscock. Singer Robert Andrews, daughter Daisy Durrant on backing vocals, accordion & whistle and Sompting Village Morris whose bells, sticks & dance moves can be heard on Durrant's epic song "Morris Dreams" are all added to the mix.
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Tracklisting
- 1. Anaerobic Prelude
- 2. The Deep Dark Woods
- 3. Reefknot Gavotte
- 4. Bog Oak Bouree
- 5. Sorton's Hornpipe
- 6. Under Downham
- 7. A Brief History of Wood
- 8. Two Uke Bourees
- 9. The Skye Boat Song
- 10. Two Minuets
- 11. Speed the Plough
- 12. Two Gavottes
- 13. JS Bark
- 14. Prelude in G
- 1. My Lady Jane
- 2. The Walrus Tree
- 3. Edward the Good Angel
- 4. Kenneth the Hedge
- 5. To Be a Minstrel
- 6. Frank Bough's Allemande
- 7. Morris Dreams
- 8. We Plough and Scatter
Disc 1
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Disc 2
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Hijo De Hombre (Son Of Man)
Richard Durrant
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Where the River Meets the Sea
Ungagged
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The Way I Feel
Jack Cryer
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The Number 26 Bus To Paraguay
Richard Durrant
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The Light Inside
Marybeth D’Amico
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Paradise
Miranda's Beach
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Music From the Colourdome
Richard Durrant
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Horse
John Douglas Clark
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Hijo De Hombre (Son Of Man)
Richard Durrant
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Durrant Y Ledesma
Richard Durrant & Ismael Ledesma
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The Girl At The Airport
Richard Durrant
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Cycling Music
Richard Durrant
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Christmas Guitars
Richard Durrant
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The Number 26 Bus To Paraguay
Richard Durrant
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Music From the Colourdome
Richard Durrant
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