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Bonnie Shaljean
Farewell to Lough Neaghe
Saydisc 372, 1988
This recording features wire-strung Gaelic harp as well as a gut-strung Grecian pedal harp.
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Sileas
Delighted with Harps
Green Linnet, 1986
Mary Macmaster and Patsy Seddon contrast two different Scottish harps, wire-strung and gut-strung. They also sing traditional Gaelic songs. Their other records are Harpbreakers (Lap Wing, 1990), Beating Harps (Green Linnet, 1987) and Play on Light (Green Linnet, 1996).

Sprangeen
Sprangeen
Springthyme SPR 1013, 1984
Mary Macmaster and Patsy Seddon's first record, from before they formed their duo Sileas. Sprangeen was a band of seven women, playing diverse Scottish folk music on various instruments; there are also songs in English and Gaelic.

Patrick Ball
The Music of Turlough O'Carolan
Fortuna, 1983
Patrick has made a number of solo recordings since this, his first.

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Ann Heymann & Alison Kinnaird
The Harper's Land
Temple Records 1983
Ann plays Gaelic harp (a replica Castle Otway) while Alison plays lever harp (a 1930s Briggs).
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Clairseach
Ann's Harp
Clairseach Records 1981
Ann and Charlie Heymann play traditional Irish music and songs on this LP which is sadly no longer commercially available.
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Gráinne Yeats
Féile na gChruitirí Bhéal Feirste 1792
Gael Linn, CEF 053-4, 1980
A double LP of accompanied songs and solos, many on lever harp but some on Gaelic harp. I understand some of the tracks were recorded many years before the record was released. Harps used include a dire-sounding Trinity-style instrument made after Chris Warren's designs, and a Sirr replica by Jay Witcher as well as a couple of neo-Irish lever harps. The singing is rather classical-sounding but overall this is an excellent overview of the big music of the 18th century Irish harpers, especially for reminding us how much of their repertory was song. Many tracks on this recording were included on "Féile Cruitirí Bhéal Feirste" (double CD CEFCD 156) issued in 1992 for the bicentenary of the 1792 Belfast Harp Festival.
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Ordering instructions: I carry a number of Gaelic harp books and CDs in stock at the Emporium. Click on the link to order, or call or email me to discuss what you want - I am happy to try and source out-of-print or hard-to-find items not currently in stock. Go to the Emporium homepage for more details.

I also will buy secondhand copies of many of these items. Contact me with details of what you have and we can discuss terms.

Simon Chadwick