Vida Guitar Quartet - The Leaves Be Green (2015)

Tracklist

01. English Folk Song Suite: I. March: Seventeen Come Sunday (arr. Mark Ashford)
02. English Folk Song Suite: II. Intermezzo: My Bonny Boy (arr. Mark Ashford)
03. English Folk Song Suite: III. March: Folk Songs From Somerset (arr. Mark Ashford)
04. Fantasy on an Old English Melody
05. Capriol Suite: I. Basse-Danse (arr. Chris Susans)
06. Capriol Suite: II. Pavane (arr. Chris Susans)
07. Capriol Suite: III. Tordion (arr. Chris Susans)
08. Capriol Suite: IV. Bransles (arr. Chris Susans)
09. Capriol Suite: V. Pieds-en-l'air (arr. Chris Susans)
10. Capriol Suite: VI. Mattachins (arr. Chris Susans)
11. Intermezzo
12. Simple Symphony, Op. 4: I. Boisterous Bourrée (arr. Chris Susans, Mark Eden)
13. Simple Symphony, Op. 4: II. Playful Pizzicato (arr. Chris Susans, Mark Eden)
14. Simple Symphony, Op. 4: III. Sentimental Sarabande (arr. Chris Susans, Mark Eden)
15. Simple Symphony, Op. 4: IV. Frolicsome Finale (arr. Chris Susans, Mark Eden)
16. Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1, Op. 39 (arr. Mark Ashford)

Recording from BGS Records continues to highlight Vida’s passion for ground-breaking arrangements. Mark Ashford’s version of the English Folk Songs by Ralph Vaughan Williams is just one example of the quartet’s ability to re-work established masterpieces with breathtaking virtuosity.

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