The Eternal Harp 永恆的豎琴
作曲: Canadian Traditional, Joan Ambrosio Dalza, et al.
演奏: Alex Bigney, Cheryl Ann Fulton, et al.
廠牌編號: Dorian - #90019
發行日期: April 24, 2001
不知是遠古時代的哪一年，一種撥絃樂器———豎琴在愛爾蘭誕生了。豎琴形狀像滿弦的弓，據說它的發明是有感於箭發弓鳴，而豎琴被撥動時發出的聲音也確實如箭出弓弦時般乾淨、單純，只是少了刺耳的銳利破空聲。豎琴的發明使愛爾蘭有了堪與蘇格蘭風笛媲美的民族樂器，它很快成為愛爾蘭的象徵：愛爾蘭國徽的圖案是豎琴；街上許多建築物的門首上都有豎琴浮雕；甚至在美國的俚語裡，將愛爾蘭人就叫做「豎琴」。
豎琴是由凱爾特人發明的。愛爾蘭早期居民凱爾特人是個很有音樂藝術才能的民族。他們在勞動中創作了大量歌曲，如紡織歌曲、磨谷歌曲、捕魚歌曲等等，並且還有專門的彈唱詩人，他們用豎琴歌唱生活，是古代專業音樂詩歌藝術大師。今天愛爾蘭的許多民歌中還能找到那時的影子。
提起豎琴，就會令人聯想起在愛琴海邊的女神。當豎琴手端坐琴前，雙手撫琴如行雲流水般飛舞撥動琴弦時，其形態姿勢之優美，確如落在凡間的精靈。豎琴有不同的分類，會根據國家和地域的差別在結構上有所差異。愛爾蘭豎琴又稱凱爾特豎琴，它有一個三角形的外框，約90厘米高，55厘米寬，沒有踏板，不同長度的琴弦發出的音符也不相同，並且音色優美清亮，宛如水珠落盤。演奏者通過手指對琴弦的擠壓來改變琴弦的固有音符，而傳統的愛爾蘭豎琴是用手指甲彈奏的。傳說假如一個演奏者的演奏使聽者感到苦惱，他的指甲就會斷裂。愛爾蘭豎琴的音域很寬，泛音表現同樣出色，這就使愛爾蘭豎琴在演奏時猶如瀑布飛流直下，流暢而又緩急分明。在加上它獨特的清音，豎琴對於愛爾蘭民樂特點的最終形成起到關鍵作用。風笛與豎琴一旦合作，樂器對曲意的表達便更為豐富，能夠充沛地表達各種情緒，在優美的基調上引起聽眾的共鳴。
AMG REVIEW:
Perhaps because of the simplicity of its design, the harp is one of the few instruments that shows up in the musical history of just about every culture around the world (the same is understandably true of the drum, and, perhaps less understandably, the bagpipes). This delightful collection brings together tunes and players from a wide variety of traditions and regions: Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, even Estonia. The selections are taken from 11 previously released Dorian titles by such artists as Carol Thompson, Kim Robertson, the Ensemble Alcatraz, and Chatham Baroque, and they range in style and period from 13th century Galician love songs ("Rosa das Rosas") to Nordic folk tunes ("Miks ei Mulle Tulnud") and traditional Welsh melodies played on the bray harp, an instrument that buzzes like a sitar ("Kaingk Dafydd Broffwyd"). All of the albums from which this collection is drawn are worth seeking out on their own, but The Eternal Harp also gives a worthy overview on its own. — Rick Anderson
曲目:
1. Strathbogie toast by Traditional
Performer: Alex Bagney (Harp)
Orchestra/Ensemble: Kirkmount
Country of Origin: Scotland
Notes: This selection shares a track and timing with "Strathspey(s)," "Reel(s)" and "Mackinnon's Rant."
2. Mackinnon's rant by Traditional
Performer: Alex Bagney (Harp)
Orchestra/Ensemble: Kirkmount
Country of Origin: Scotland
Notes: This selection shares a track and timing with "Strathspey(s)," "Reel(s)" and "Strathbogie toast."
3. Piva by Joan Ambrosio Dalza
Performer: Becky Baxter (Harp)
Country of Origin: Italy
Period: Renaissance
Length: 2 Minutes 3 Secs.
4. Cantigas de Santa María: no 10, Rosa de Rosas by Alfons X (El Sabio)
Performer: Cheryl Ann Fulton (Harp)
Orchestra/Ensemble: Alcatraz Ensemble, KITKA
Country of Origin: Spain
Language: Spanish
Period: Medieval
Length: 4 Minutes 51 Secs.
5. Down by the Salley Gardens by Traditional
Performer: Carol Thompson (Celtic Harp)
Country of Origin: Ireland
Length: 2 Minutes 30 Secs.
6. The Arran boat by Traditional
Performer: Robin Grenon (Harp)
Orchestra/Ensemble: La Nef
Length: 0 Minutes 47 Secs.
7. Jig by Traditional
Performer: Robin Grenon (Harp)
Orchestra/Ensemble: La Nef
Length: 2 Minutes 47 Secs.
8. Le départ de Beaurepaire by Traditional
Performer: Robin Grenon (Harp)
Orchestra/Ensemble: La Nef
Length: 1 Minutes 7 Secs.
9. Surge cor lasso by Bartolomeo Tromboncino
Performer: Becky Baxter (Harp)
Country of Origin: Italy
Period: Renaissance
Length: 2 Minutes 37 Secs.
10. Miks ei mulle tulnud by Traditional
Performer: Kirk Elliott (Celtic Harp)
Orchestra/Ensemble: Ensemble Polaris
Country of Origin: Estonia
Length: 2 Minutes 49 Secs.
11. Alleluia Post partum by Anonymous
Performer: Paul Rendall (Tenor), Rob MacKillop (Lute), William Taylor (Harp)
Period: Medieval
Length: 2 Minutes 16 Secs.
12. Alvorada by Traditional
Performer: Cheryl Ann Fulton (Harp)
Orchestra/Ensemble: Alcatraz Ensemble, KITKA
Country of Origin: Portugal
Language: Portuguese
Period: Medieval
Length: 3 Minutes 9 Secs.
13. The foggy, foggy dew by Traditional
Performer: Carol Thompson (Celtic Harp)
Country of Origin: England
Length: 4 Minutes 2 Secs.
14. Ex te lux oritur by Anonymous
Performer: Paul Rendall (Tenor), Rob MacKillop (Lute), William Taylor (Harp)
Country of Origin: France
Period: Medieval
Length: 5 Minutes 10 Secs.
15. Pour ung plaisir by Claude de Sermisy
Performer: Becky Baxter (Harp)
Country of Origin: France
Period: Renaissance
Length: 5 Minutes 23 Secs.
16. Zarambeque criollo by Diego Fernandez de Huete
Performer: Becky Baxter (Harp)
Orchestra/Ensemble: Chatham Baroque
Country of Origin: Spain
Period: Baroque
Length: 2 Minutes 19 Secs.
17. Lass of Humberside by Traditional
Performer: Kirk Elliott (Celtic Harp)
Orchestra/Ensemble: Ensemble Polaris
Country of Origin: Scotland
Length: 1 Minutes 54 Secs.
18. Kaingk Dafydd Broffwyd by Robert Ap Huw
Performer: William Taylor (Harp)
Country of Origin: Wales, UK
Period: Baroque
Length: 1 Minutes 22 Secs.
19. Caingc Dafydd Brophwyd by Edward Jones
Performer: William Taylor (Harp)
Country of Origin: Wales, UK
Period: Classical
Length: 7 Minutes 49 Secs.
20. Helen Douglas waltz by Traditional
Orchestra/Ensemble: Ensemble Galilei
Country of Origin: Scotland
Length: 2 Minutes 40 Secs.
21. Beautiful dreamer by Stephen Foster
Performer: Custer LaRue (Soprano), Chris Norman (Flute), Kim Robertson (Harp)
Country of Origin: USA
Period: Romantic
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