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Gems of Celtic Story 3 by Robin Williamson
From the magic lore of ancient Ireland these 14 tales tell the conflict of the ancestors, the Tuatha de Danaan, at the dawn of the world. Stark, strange, beautiful, violent, and hinting always at hidden truths. With the voice of the harp entwined throughout to recapture the magic of the first tellings of these ancient stories. Suitable for adults.
Playing time 1hr. 10 mins.
Price: £12.70
Gems of Celtic Story 2 by Robin Williamson
These four ‘wisdom’ stories are from the Scots/Irish Gaelic heritage. “The Dialogue of the two sages”, “Ehe Voyage of Mael Duinn”, “The Birth of Lugh” and “The Wooing of Findabair” Told in words, song and harp music, with a clear love and understanding of the material by a bardic master. Suitable for adults and older children.
Playing time 1hr. 5 mins.
Price: £12.70
Gems of Celtic Story 1 by Robin Williamson
The tale of Culhwch and Olwen from the Red Book of Hergest, one of the four branches of the Mabinogion, it is the earliest tale involving King Arthur. Robin Williamson underpins the story with his harp to recreate the bardic tradition that first produced these tales. Suitable for adults.
Playing time 50 mins.
Price: £12.70
Tales From The Tower by Jan Williams
In 1872 Agnes Bateman sat, recuperating, in her tower at Brightlingsea, she might have been entertained by stories like the nine told here by Jan Williams and her friends from the Brightlingsea schools, inspired by the renovation of Bateman’s Tower in 2005. Suitable for children.
Playing time 52 mins.
Price: £6.70
All Through The Night by Jan Williams
Tales of Welsh magic, some of these nine stories are well known: “The man with no story”, “The Lady of the lake”, “The Devil’s bridge” and “Blodauwedd”, and some are less so: “The Magic Whistle”, “The Elves of Brecon”, “Owen of the red hand”, “Nansi Llwyd and the dog of darkness” and “The timid boy”. Jan tells the tales with quiet authority and separates them with musical interludes. Suitable for adults and children.
Playing time 52 mins.
Price: £8.70
Storyvoice by Graham Whitford
Fifteen stories and proverbs from around the world, old and new, short and long, Graham jumps into each story with verve. Suitable for adults.
Playing time just under an hour.
Price: £12.70
Stone Soup by Richard Walker
Richard’s first recording is still a delight. These seven tales, loved by Mogsy and his gang at festivals, is a hotch-potch of fun tales. The title story is kept company by two Shropshire tales, “Wild Edric” and “The formation of The Wrekin”, “The Dragon of Wantley” from Yorkshire, “Alderly Edge” an Arthurian legend from Cheshire, “The Cow in the Gate” from Derbyshire and “Spooky Gable” from accross the pond. Suitable for Children and adults
Playing time 40 mins
Price: £12.70
A Pinch of Salt by Richard Walker
These six stories with ‘a touch of the briny’ were inspired by a session at the Lancaster Maritime Festival. “Why the Sea is Salty”, “The Ship of the Dead”, “Davy and the King of the Fish”, “Robin Hood in Scarborough”, The Knight and the Sea Monster” and “Boat Hooks” make up this set of sea stories. Suitable for children and adults.
Playing time 50 mins.
Price: £12.70
Jack and the Magic by Richard Walker
Richard loved “Jack Tales”. Originating in England many of them travelled across the Atlantic where they developed a character to suit their surroundings. The first story, “Jack and the Wizard” acts as the holding story for four more stories which draw on the English and American Jack traditions, plus a song from Genevieve Tudor and Mal Brown. Suitable for children and adults.
Playing time 1hr.
Price: £12.70
The Chest by Richard Walker
“The Chest” is the longest of the tales on this disc, a tale of trickery, loyalty and love from the Island of Islay. In “The Golden Ball” true love again comes to the rescue and Richard finishes with a riddle story “King John and the Archbishop of Canterbury”. Richards love of the stories shines throug with these unfussy retellings. Suitable for older children and adults.
Playing Time 45 mins.
Price: £12.70
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