Enchanted Isle reflects on the landscape of the British Isles and features a diverse programme with works from Sir John Tavener, Thomas Ades, Samuel Barber, Jake Runestad, Dan Forrest, and Radiohead, music from The Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones, and a selection of newly arranged folk songs.
The disc includes Ešenvalds’ arrangement My Luve is Like a Red, Red Rose, based on Robert Burns’ 1794 song A Red, Red Rose. Composed for mixed choir and recorder/tin whistle and/or fiddle, the work was commissioned in 2016 by the Wartburg Choir and conductor Dr Lee Nelson at Wartburg College in Waverly, IA.
