Library and Archive: II. Recordings
All items are CDs unless otherwise noted.
CONCERTINA
1. The Victorian tradition
The Great Regondi: Original Compositions by the 19th
Century's Unparalleled Guitarist & Concertinist,
vols. 1-2, The Giulio Regondi Guild: David Starobin, guitar;
Douglas Rogers, English concertina; Julie Lustman, piano;
D'Anna Fortunato, mezzo-soprano. Bridge BCD 9039 (1993),
9055 (1994)-- includes Leisure Moments, Nos. 2-5, 7-8, Remembrance,
Les Oiseaux, Op. 12, Serenade in A
Molique, Bernhard. Sonata, Op. 57, Willem Wakker,
English concertina; Paul van der Reijden, piano (cassette
tape)
2. "Vernacular" traditions
A Chesapeake Sailor's Companion: Four Centuries of
Maritime Music on the Chesapeake Bay. The Press Gang,
with John Townley, concertina. Adelphi Records GCD
1032 (2000)
Anglo International. 3-CD set, Folksound
Records, FSCD 70 (2005)
Absolutely Classic: The Music of William Kimber.
English Folk Dance and Song Society, EFDSS CD 03 (1999)
After the Dance. Swallowtail, George Marshall, concertina.
Swallowtail SWT 003 (1999)
The Animals are in the West, OLA, with Michael Jary,
English concertina. Green Fingers Music GFMS CD 25 (2000)
Blow Boys Blow, Ewan MacColl and A.L. Lloyd, with
Alf Edwards, English concertina. Tradition TCD 1024 (1996)--sea
chanties
Boeremusiek-'n Historiese oorsig: Vir die Wheatstone
200-jarige herdenkingsfees/Boer Music-An Historic Overview:
For the Wheatstone Bi-Centenary Festival, Séan
Minnie et al. Issued by the Traditional Boer Music Club,
2 CDs (2002); see www.boeremusiek.org.za
The Call of the Wild, Wild Asparagus, with George
Marshall, concertina. Wild Asparagus WA 004 (1993)
The Celtic Consort. Oak Leaf Records 2105 (no date)--cassette,
Wendy Morrison, English concertina
Concertina Music from West Clare. Elizabeth Crotty,
concertina. RTÉ 225CD
Country Meath: An O'Carolan Sojourn.The Angel Band
(2000)
The Dance at the Phoenix: Village Band Music from
Hardy's Wessex and Beyond. The Mellstock Band, Dave
Townsend, English concertina. Beautiful Jo Records
BEJOCD-28 (1999).
English Country Dance Music, with Stewart Dean,
concertina; Adlai Waksman, organ; issued privately (2001)
Flowers & Frolics. Reformed Characters, with
Mike Bettison and Graeme Smith, melodeons; Roger Digby,
anglo concertina. Hebe Music, Hebe CD 002 (2000)
From the Floor Up. Wild Asparagus, George Marshall,
concertina. Wild Asparagus WA 005 (1997)
Ghosts and Lovers. The Mellstock Band, Dave
Townsend, concertina. The
Serpent Press SER 007 (2003)
Glad Tidings: A West Gallery Christmas. The
Mellstock Band, Dave Townsend,
concertina. The Serpent Press SER 008 (2004)
The Green House. Grey Larsen, concertina. Sleepy
Creek Music SCM 102 (2001).
Hymns, Songs, and Fiddle Tunes of the Utah Pioneers,
The Beehive Band, with Stephen Jardine, English Concertina.
Honeybee Recordings HBCD 3024-1/2 (1997) -- a wonderful
collection of music from those who settled Utah in the 19th
century
In Knocknagree, Noel Hill, Anglo concertina, and
Tony MacMahon, accordion. Shanachie 34003 (1992)
Die Konzertina in Franken, Susaton TG 532 -- a collection
of pieces from Oberfranken
The Irish Concertina, Noel Hill, Anglo concertina.
Shanachie 79073 (1992)
Live at WICA. No Band is an Island, Randy Hudons,
English concertina. No Band is an Island, NBIAI 0001 (2000)
March, Strathspey, & Surreal, Simon Thoumire
Three. Green Linnet GLCD 1171 (1996)--English concertina
Noel Hill and Tony Linnane. Tara CD 2006--Anglo
concertina
Other Places, Other Times, Simple Gifts, Rachel
Hall, English concertina. Purple Finch Productions PFP-208
(1996)
Over the Water: Traditional English Morris Music,
with Tom Kruskal, Anglo concertina. Cottey Light Industries
CLI-903 (1993)
Petri Ikellä: Accordions, Bandoneon, Concertina.
Suomen Harmonikka-instituutti FAICD-14 (1996)
Plain Capers: Morris Dance Tunes from the Cotswolds,
John Kirkpatrick, Anglo concertina. Topic Records TSCD 458
(1992)
Santa Lucia, with Petri Ikellä, English
concertina. Taljanka TECD 101 (2001)
Send your Best Men Forward, Bob Davenport, with
Roger Digby, Anglo concertina. not available commercially.
A Short History of John Kirkpatrick. Topic Records
TSCD 473 (1994)--Anglo concertina and melodeon
Songs of Thomas Hardy's Wessex. The
Mellstock Band, Dave Townsend,
English concertina. Saydisc SDL-410 (1995).
Squeezers of Yiddish, Gregory Matusewitch -- see
listing under Accordions, 2, "Vernacular" traditions
Tape of performances from the 1920s by Alexander Prince
and Ernest Rutterford
TBK Vyftien Goue Jare (198101996). TBK 12 CD MRS
307 (1996).
Time and Again, Simple Gifts, Rachel Hall, English
concertina. Purple Finch Productions, PFP 312 (1999)
To Welcome Paddy Home, Boys of the Lough. Shanachie
79061 (1989)
Tone Roads, Wild Asparagus, George Marshall, concertina.
Wild Asparagus WA 003 (1990)
Tracin': Traditional Music from the West of Ireland,
Gearoid O hAllmhurain, Anglo concertina, and Patrick Ourceau.
Celtic Crossings CC 0299-02 (1999)
Tradisionele Boeremusiek. Oudag Boereorkes. Teal
Records MORCD 527 (1995).
Traditional Music from Clare and Beyond, Gearòid
Ò hÀllmhurain, Anglo concertina, with Clare
fiddlers Paddy Canny, Peter O'Loughlin, and Martin Hayes.
Celtic Crossings OWR-0046-2 (1996)
Waltzes for Playboys, Simon Thoumire Three. Acoustic
Radio ARAD C 102 cassette (1993)--English concertina
Wherever You Go, Wild Asparagus, George Marshall,
concertina. Wild Asparagus WA 006 (2001)
3. Miscellaneous
Concertina Landscape, Dave Townsend, English concertina;
Gill Redmond, cello; Margret Knight, harp. Serpent Press
SER 006 (1998) -- traditional music, transcriptions of Baroque
pieces, and Victorian compositions by Molique and Warren
The English Concertina, recorded by Richard Carlin,
The Smithsonian Institution, Folkways Cassette Series, 08845
(1992)--includes performances by Gregory Matusewitch, Wilfred
Pearce and Reuben Shaw, The Fayre Four Sisters, the Boris
Matusewitch Quartet, Richard Carlin, Alf Edwards, and Harry
Minting
James Cohn, Concertos and Tone Poems. XLNT Music.
XLNT CD 18010 (2002)--includes a performance of the Concerto
for Concertina and Strings, Op. 44 (1966), performed by
Wim Wakker, English concertina, and the Latvian National
Symphony Orchestra, cond., Vakhtang Jordania
On Cheviot Hills, Alistair Anderson, English concertina,
Lindsay String Quartet, White Meadow Records, WMR 2002CD
-- two compositions by Anderson: On Cheviot Hills: A Suite
for Concertina and String Quartet; The Shivering Stone;
Three Tunes for Northumbrian Pipes, cello, and violin.
Portrait of a Concertina, Dave Townsend, English
concertina. Saydisc CD-SDL 351 (1985)--includes performances
of J.S. Bach, Suite in E Minor, BWV 996, and "traditional"
music
Sergei Matusewitch: Accordion-Concertina Recital.
S-M Records, S.M. 002 (no date)--LP, with a performance
of the Bach Concerto in D minor for two violins
[Untitled cassette]--includes performances by Raphael playing
Chopin, Friml, Kreisler, et al.; Gregory Matusewitch playing
Wienawski et al.; Harry Boyd playing Mascagni and Hérold;
and concertinists from the Swedish Concertina Society
[Untitled cassette]--features performances by the Bristol
Concertina Band, Jenny Cox, director; ensemble of the Swedish
Concertina Society, Göran Rahm, director
[Untitled cassette]--contains the 1994 BBC special celebrating
the 150th anniversary of Wheatstone's 1844 patent
