Rosa Mundi (album)
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| Rosa Mundi | ||||
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| Released | 2001 | |||
| Recorded | Great Linford Manor, Buckinghamshire, England | |||
| Studio | Red Bus studios, London NW8 | |||
| Genre | Folk | |||
| Label | Topic Records | |||
| Producer | John Ravenhall | |||
| June Tabor chronology | ||||
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Rosa Mundi is a 2001 album by folk singer June Tabor.
Rosa Mundi is a concept album that represents Tabor’s exploration of the rose as a symbol of love, of beauty and hope.[1] As a folk singer, Tabor’s primary sources are traditional[2] but it is her secondary source choices that range from Tchaikovsky, to a Great War ballad via Robbie Burns and a version of a German traditional piano song Es Ist ein Rose Ersprungen that separate this album from being a generalist folk music album. [1][2] June Tabor’s singing is understated reflecting her desire for the songs to be centre stage.[3]
The album was reviewed favourably by a number of British Folk Roots critics. RootsWorld's Jim Foley described Rosa Mundi in positive terms.[4] Robin Denselow in The Guardian in his critique offered Rosa Mundi fulsome praise [3] whilst Pulse Music Magazine commented that Tabor's work demonstrated a commitment to the art of song with each song sung with Tabor's distinctive vocals. The article praised Tabor as amongst the finest of contemporary singers.[citation needed] A separate RootsWorld review said that Rosa Mundi was outstanding and that June Tabor was a contemporary singer of importance with an ability to express herself with clarity and beauty.[5] fRoots, a British folk magazine reviewed the album at the time of release,[6] and had championed Tabor for over twenty years republishing an interview with Tabor in the final issue in 2019.[7]
Track listing
- Roses of Picardy (words & music: Fred Weatherly)
- Belle Rose (traditional)
- Deep In Love (traditional)
- O My Luve’s Like A Red Red Rose (words: Robert Burns/tune: traditional)
- Rose In June (traditional)
- Paint Me , Redouté (words: Les Barker / tune: Tabor & Emmerson)
- Rhosyn Wyn / Winterrose aka Es Ist ein Rose Ersprungen (trad 15th century German /arr. Tabor, Warren, Emerson, Bolton)
- The Rose Is White, The Rose Is Red/ Dargason (traditional) / tune: music in manuscript)
- The Crown of Roses (Tchaikovsky’s legend (words: Plechteev/ tune: Tchaikovsky/ arrangement: Tabor, Warren, Emerson, Bolton)
- Barbary Ellen (trad) (Child 84, Roud 54)
- Maybe I’ll be a Rose (words :Les Barker/ tune: Savourna Stevenson)
Issued on Topic Records , Catalogue Number: TSCD532
Personnel
- June Tabor - vocals
- Huw Warren – piano
- Mark Emerson - viola, violin
- Richard Bolton -cello
References
- ^ a b https://www.allmusic.com/album/rosa-mundi-mw0000017185 Allmusic review
- ^ a b http://georgegraham.com/reviews/taborose.html The Graham Weekly Album Review #1260 Review of Rosa Mundi by June Tabor
- ^ a b https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2001/sep/21/shopping.artsfeatures1 Guardian review by Robin Denselow, 21 Sept 2001
- ^ https://www.rootsworld.com/reviews/tabor-rosa.shtml review by Jim Foley Roots World
- ^ https://www.cdroots.com/gl-tabor-rosa.html RootsWorld Review of Rosa Mundi undated
- ^ Review of Rosa Mundi by June Tabor (Topic) fRoots magazine Issue 220
- ^ fRoots magazine: The Final Issue 2019, June Tabor on decorating in the bathroom by Ian Anderson, first published January 1980
Category:June Tabor albums
Category:2001 albums
Category:Topic Records albums