Turlough O'Carolan - The Complete Works, Vol. 1 (Isao & Masako Moriyasu)

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Composer: Turlough O'Carolan

1. John Peyton
2. Counsellor Dillon
3. Mrs. Bermingham, First Air - Mrs. Bermingham, Second Air
4. The Two William Davises
5. Bridget Cruise, First Air
6. Bridget Cruise, Second Air
7. Hugh Kelly
8. Henry MacDermott Roe, Third Air
9. The Honourable Thomas Burke
10. Planxty Sweeney
11. Mrs. Garvey, First Air
12. Mrs. Garvey, Second Air
13. Mabel Kelly
14. Planxty Scott
15. Mrs. Edwards
16. Richard Cusack
17. Farewell to Lough Neaghe
18. Miss Crofton
19. Blind Mary
20. Edward Corcoran
21. Nancy Cooper, First Air - Nancy Cooper, Second Air
22. Edward Dodwell
23. James Crofton
24. James Plunkett
25. Mrs. Delany
26. Catherine Martin
27. William Eccles
28. Lady St. John
29. Lady Gethin
30. Mrs. Cole
31. Mrs. Waller
32. Separation of Soul and Body
33. Lament for Terence MacDonough

Isao Moriyasu, flute & whistle

Masako Moriyasu, Irish harp

Date: 2007 / 2026

Label: Waon Records

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A series albums introducing the complete works of Turlough O'Carolan, Ireland's foremost composer and a blind harpist.

Turlough O'Carolan (1670–1738) was among the last great Irish harpist-composers and is renowned for preserving a substantial body of traditional Irish music, with approximately 220 surviving songs containing both lyrics and melodies. Born near Nobber, he lost his sight to smallpox at age 18 and was later supported by Mrs. MacDermott Roe, who financed his musical training as a harpist. Traveling throughout Ireland as an itinerant musician, O’Carolan gained recognition less for his performance skills than for his remarkable talent as a composer and improviser of verse. His compositions became widely circulated in 18th-century music collections and remain central to the Irish musical tradition today.

Isao Moriyasu is a Japanese musician and educator specializing in recorder performance, Irish traditional music, and Edo Sato Kagura. A graduate of the Department of Early Music at Toho Gakuen University, he later completed postgraduate studies there and won top honors at the 10th All Japan Recorder Competition. Moriyasu also trained in Japanese flute and drums under Wakayama Taneo and performs with the nationally recognized Edo Sato Kagura Wakayama Troupe. Since the 1990s, he has frequently traveled to Ireland to collaborate with local artists, with his work featured on Irish national television in 2002. He is also an author, translator, concert organizer, and lecturer at Toho Gakuen College of Music.