Beethoven alla Brittania: Folk Song Settings & Variations

Here is Beethoven, at the height of his fame, taking time out from writing his extraordinarily complex late works to set folk tunes from places he never visited and traditions which were entirely foreign to him.  The results are truly worthy of the Beethoven canon.

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25 Scottish Songs, Op. 108
No. 5, The Sweetest Lad Was Jamie
 
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25 Scottish Songs, Op. 108
No. 8, The Lovely Lass of Inverness
 
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25 Scottish Songs, Op. 108
No. 2, Sunset
 
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12 Variations on 'See the Conqu'ring Hero Comes', WoO 45
 
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5 Variations on 'Rule Britannia', WoO 79
 
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26 Welsh Songs, WoO 155
No. 6, The Fair Maids of Mona
 
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26 Welsh Songs, WoO 155
No. 9, To the Aeolian Harp
 
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26 Welsh Songs, WoO 155
No. 19, The Vale of Clwyd
 
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7 Variations on 'God Save the King', WoO 78
 
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6 National Airs with Variations, Op. 105 (Version for Violin & Piano)
No. 6, Air écossais 'Paddy Whack'
 
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6 National Airs with Variations, Op. 105 (Version for Violin & Piano)
No. 4, Air écossais 'The Last Rose of Summer'
 
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25 Irish Songs, WoO 152
No. 8, Come Draw We Round a Cheerful Ring
 
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25 Irish Songs, WoO 152
No. 14, Dermot and Shelah
 
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20 Irish Songs, WoO 153
No. 16, O Might I but My Patrick Love
 
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12 Irish Songs, WoO 154
No. 1, The Elfin Fairies
 
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