Daniel Hope & Air Ensemble – Irish Roots – Double Vinyl Records

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Daniel Hope & Air Ensemble – Irish Roots – Double Vinyl Records

Irish Roots is violinist Daniel Hope’s musical exploration of Ireland and of his own family connection to the country. Working with Air Ensemble, Lúnasa, harpist Siobhán Armstrong, singer Rea Garvey, flutists James and Jeanne Galway, and other guests, Hope moves between traditional tunes, baroque works, and newly arranged material.

The album opens with Lúnasa’s “Morning Nightcap,” followed by the air “Codladh an Óigfhir” and “Follow Me Up to Carlow.” Hope treats ornament and rhythmic lift as living practices, allowing traditional players to shape the arrangements rather than forcing the music into a standard classical presentation.

Baroque Ireland becomes part of the story through works by Thomas Roseingrave, Henry Purcell, Johann Sigismund Kusser, Francesco Geminiani, and others. These pieces show the traffic between Ireland and continental Europe, while Hope’s violin links courtly forms to the articulation and melodic turns of folk playing.

The large twenty-eight-track program also includes Carolan tunes, dance sets, contemporary collaborations, and orchestral passages with the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra. The varied forces make the album a journey through several centuries rather than a single-style Celtic anthology.

This double-vinyl edition contains the complete physical program. Its contents and guest credits distinguish Irish Roots from a conventional violin recital or a short collection of traditional airs.

Brand new, never played and still sealed in the factory plastic

Track Listing

1. Morning Nightcap (Arr. Lúnasa for Ensemble)

2. Codladh an Óigfhir (The Young Man’s Sleep) [Transcr. Siobhán Armstrong for Violin and Harp]

3. Follow Me Up to Carlow (Transcr. Daniel Hope for Vocals and Ensemble)

4. Irish Tunes I: Cooley’s – Seán Frank – Fair and Forty (Arr. Olivier Fourès for Ensemble)

5. Phantasy for Violin and Chamber Orchestra

6. The Minor Bee (Arr. Lúnasa for Ensemble)

7. A New Irish Tune in G Major, Z. 646 "Lilliburlero" (Transcr. Daniel Hope for Ensemble)

8. Erindo oder Die unsträfliche Liebe: Gavotte (Transcr. Daniel Hope for Ensemble)

9. Erindo oder Die unsträfliche Liebe: Menuet (Transcr. Daniel Hope for Ensemble)

10. Erindo oder Die unsträfliche Liebe: Branle de village (Transcr. Daniel Hope for Ensemble)

11. Erindo oder Die unsträfliche Liebe: Bourrée I (Transcr. Daniel Hope for Ensemble)

12. Erindo oder Die unsträfliche Liebe: Aria (Transcr. Daniel Hope for Ensemble)

13. Erindo oder Die unsträfliche Liebe: Bourrée II (Transcr. Daniel Hope for Ensemble)

14. Makrinitsa (Transcr. Paul Bateman for Solo Violin, Solo Lyra and Ensemble)

15. Concerto No. 5 in A Major for 2 Violins, RV 519 (From "L’estro armonico, Op. 3): I. Allegro

16. Concerto No. 5 in A Major for 2 Violins, RV 519 (From "L’estro armonico, Op. 3): II. Largo

17. Concerto No. 5 in A Major for 2 Violins, RV 519 (From "L’estro armonico, Op. 3): III. Allegro

18. Introduction to Scarlatti’s Lessons (Transcr. Olivier Fourès for Ensemble)

19. 8 Suites of Lessons / Fifth Sett: Gavotte (Transcr. Olivier Fourès for Ensemble)

20. Auld Bob Morrice (Transcr. Daniel Hope for Ensemble)

21. Irish Tunes II: The One-Horned Cow – Patsy Jouhey’s – Killavil Jig (Arr. Olivier Fourès for Ensemble)

22. O’Carolan’s Concerto (Transcr. Olivier Fourès for Ensemble)

23. Molly Malone (Transcr. Daniel Hope for Vocals and Violin)

24. The Red-Haired Boy (Transcr. Daniel Hope for Ensemble)

25. The Waterford Waltz (Transcr. Daniel Hope for Ensemble)

26. Danny Boy (Transcr. David Overton for Ensemble)

27. Ladies, Step Up to Tea (Arr. Lúnasa for Ensemble)

28. O’Carolan’s Farewell to Music (Transcr. Daniel Hope for Vocals and Ensemble)