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Folk Songs --- 2022-07-07

CD comes in matt-laminated gatefold cover with 16pp lyrics booklet. CD from Irish chamber group Ficino Ensemble, and Irish vocalist Michelle O’Rourke. The album presents Luciano Berio’s collection of folk song arrangements from 1964, alongside four brand new works specially commissioned by the Ficino Ensemble in 2020 from composers Judd Greenstein (USA), Kevin O’Connell (IRL), Kate Moore (AUS-NL), and Garrett Sholdice (IRL). Curated by Nathan Sherman, violist and artistic director of Ficino Ensemble.