FOLKWORKS

The Louisville Mandolin Orchestras's first CD (recorded 1997) is a collection of suite's and medley's from Russia, Hungary, Ireland and America.

Tracks on this release:

RUSSIA
1 - Balalaika Medley, Arr. Jack Ashworth
Petrus
Kalinka
The Slender Mountain Ash
In the Garden
The Red Sarafan
The Bending Branch
Brightly Shines the Moon

HUNGARY
2 - Ten Pieces for Children, Bela Bartok
Based on Hungarian folk songs.
Look For the Needle
Chain, Chain
I Lost My Young Couple
Parsley and Celery
Margitta Is Not Far Away
Canon
Drinking Song
My Sheep Are Lost
Stars, Stars, Brightly Shine
Ten Liters Are Inside Me

IRELAND
3 - Irish Folk Suite - Arr. Elke Tober-Vogt
Merrily Kiss the Quaker's Wife (jig)
Macgillicuddy Mountains (slow air)
Proudlock's Hornpipe
Bill Hart's Jig
The Essence (strathspey)
Brian Boru's March
Sally Gardens (reel)

AMERICA
4 - Stephen Foster Medley, Arr. Jim Bates
Camptown Races
Beautiful Dreamer
Oh Suzanna
I Dream of Jeanie
Ring, Ring the Banjo
My Old Kentucky Home

Production notes:

Produced by Mike Schroeder and Steve Cooley
Engineered by Steve Cooley
Illustration by Blaine Adams
Photography by Phil Wakeman, Dawghouse Photography
Art Direction and Design by Joe Burch
© 1997 The Louisville Mandolin Orchestra