Sounds of Scotland [Import]

Sounds of Scotland [Import]

Track Listings

1. Scottish Trilogy

2. Oil Rigger

3. My Scottish Homeland

4. Rock In The Wee Pickle To

5. Six Weeks Every Summer

6. Campbeltown Loch

7. He Bought My Soul At Calv

8. Highland Cradle Song

9. Bonnie Annie

10. Lonely Scapa Flow

11. Flower Of Scotland

12. Scottish Soldier

13. Mull Of Kintyre

14. Take Me Home Country Road

15. Atholl Highlanders

16. Come By The Hills

17. Song Of Freedom

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Tracks Include: Lena Martell / 'scottish Trilogy,' Andy Stewart / 'bonnie Annie,' Alexander Brothers / 'come by the Hills,' Dragoon Guards / 'highland Cradle Songs' and More.

Tracks:

O Come, O Come Emmanuel/God Rest Ye Merry, Gentleman
Here We Come A-Wassailing/Bottom Of The Punch Bowl
Christmas Duanag/Hark The Bonny Christ Church Bells
What Child Is This (Greensleeves)
Rock Thee O' Child/Christ Child's Lullaby
Christmas Carousing/Ale Is Dear/New Christmas
Da' Day Dawis/Christmas Day I' Da Moornin'
Adeste Fidelis (O Come All Ye Faithful)
Baloo, Lammy
Gloomy Winter
The Huntsman's Bag of Grain/Goosegirl's Song/New Year's Day
New Year's Day/On Christmas Night
Yeoman's Carol/Sound Of Sleat
Rorate (Nativity)
All Sons Of Adam
Auld Lang Syne

Album Description

Celebrate the many moods of A Scottish Christmas!Traditional Scottish carols, wassail tunes, strathspeys and reels for the celebration of Christmas, Hogmanay & the New Year, featuring Bonnie Rideout on Scottish fiddle, Al Petteway on guitar & cittern, Maggie Sansone on hammered dulcimer, Eric Rigler (the piper on "Braveheart" soundtrack) on Highland bagpipes, Scottish smallpipes & Uilleann pipes, with Abby cello and percussion.A Scottish Christmas in now a national touring ensemble and this CD recording captures all the sounds and magic of the stage show with performances on Scottish fiddle, viola, hammered dulcimer, guitar, pipes and drums. It was featured on CBS-TV's Sunday Morning and praised as "ancient and infectious...one of the best selling CDs of the season and so compelling no matter what the listener's ancestry." It made The New York Times "Top 10 Holiday Picks" and was featured on both NPR's Performance Today and The Thistle & Shamrock. It was a WAMMI! E winner, "Celtic Recording," Washington Area Musicians Association. Here the THE BRAVEHEART SOUND of Eric Rigler was the piper on Mel Gibson's BRAVEHEART; HOLIDAY FAVORITES WITH A SCOTTISH FLAIR Oh, Come All Ye Faithfull, What Child Is This LIVELY COUNTRY DANCE TUNES FOR THE HOLIDAYS: The Bottom of the Punch Bowl, Ale is Dear and SCOTLAND'S GREATEST MUSICAL GIFT TO THE SEASON: Auld Lang Syne- written by Scotland's Greatest Poet Robert Burns .

Customer Reviews:

A truly Celtic Christmas.......2005-12-19

Many albums claim to be "Celtic Christmas," but few actually deliver the goods. This one does. It is a collection of traditional Scottish carols, wassail tunes, strathspeys and reels. Nothing synthesized here. No morphing into New Age. Exceptional muscianship, interesting arrangements, authentic sounds fill the album. If you love Scottish and Celtic music, you will love this album. If you hate bagpipes, this is not for you. The hammered dulcimer is beautiful, with an almost music box sound. You get just over 60 minutes of music, definitely your money's worth. I highly recommend this album. Just be aware that it is not for everyone. Listen to some of the clips before purchasing. I am thrilled to have this album in my collection. Many others will feel the same way, but you have to appreciate this style of music to truly appreciate the album. Think of Christmas comes to "Lord of the Rings."

exquisite performances.......2005-01-25

A truly beautiful Holiday CD. Even if you are not an afficionado of Celtic music, this is a CD all could enjoy. The performances are thoughtful and beautifully crafted by caring, diligent artists, yet possess the joyous spontaneity that is the hallmark of Celtic music.

Year round listening.......2004-04-16

This is a wonderful CD. I listen to it year round when I need to listen to something soothing. Try it--you'll like it.

Soothing Sounds For The Soul.......2003-12-29

I recently had the chance to see Bonnie Rideout in concert when they came to Fairbanks AK. Having just moved there recently and not knowing many people, I went to this concert as a way to feel at home. I have grown up on this music and this concert was no diappointment. The musicianship of these performers is unquestionable. They are highly talented, extremely friendly, and undeniably one of the best live shows I have see. The perfection in which the music is played is so wonderful it sounds almost as same as the albulm. I will be following this lady's career, because she is such a joy to see and hear.

True Christmas Spirit.......2003-06-21

If you want to hear some beautiful Chrismas music with a Celtic flair and you cannot see the corresponding concert live, then this album is for you. "What Child Is This" will bring tears to your eyes, it's so beautiful.

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Celtic Lace
I play this cd ESPECIALLY at Christmas
Beautiful, Riveting Celtic Harps

Celtic Lace
Ceoltoiri
Manufacturer: Maggie's Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 1993-12-22

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Album Description

All-instrumental album by Ceoltoiri Celtic Ensemble ( also called Ceoltoiri Irish Band or simply Ceoltoiri- which means "musicians" in Irish-Gaelic) featuring the Celtic harp and hammered dulcimer with fiddle, guitar and concertina. Performing music from Ireland and Scotland, Ceoltoiri weaves a rich and varied tapestry of textures and sounds. Includes: Irish jigs, reels, hornpipes and slow airs, a Scottish reel and strathspey, Swedish polskas, Coilsfield House/Jig of Slurs, and Knit the Pocky, a reel from the Bremner Collection (1757). Musicians featured are: Ceoltoiri band members: Karen Ashbrook - hammered dulcimer; Sue Richards - Celtic harp ;Connie McKenna - guitar (1,12)and guests musicians:Dan Blum - Bouzouki, guitar (7);Myron Bretholz - Bodhran (4);David Kornblum - guitar (11);Wendy Morrison - Concertina (11).

Customer Reviews:

Celtic Lace.......2007-06-08

I enjoyed this one very much. A family member was so impressed that they purchased the item.

I play this cd ESPECIALLY at Christmas.......2000-12-17

I heard this cd at a Hallmark store once, and I asked them for the title and went out to purchase it immediately. I love this Cd and play it most often at Christmas...To me it sounds like the kind of music that should really express Christmas sounds and moods of years gone by... when Christmas had a less commercial feeling and more serene and peaceful time.

Beautiful, Riveting Celtic Harps.......2000-11-02

This is beautiful, elegant instrumental Celtic music. Ceoltoiri breathes new life into the classics. They are as new today as they were hundreds of years ago. I've owned many Celtic discs over the last ten years. This is one of the vital few I've kept. My favorite is track 3!! For fans of Ceoltoiri, I also recommend the work of Joemy Wilson! I give it five stars because this is in the top 2% of its genre. I only wish there was more of a percussive/bassy backbone to it.

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Pipes & Drums of Scotland
Douglas Ford
Manufacturer: Sounds of the World
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000024KLF
Release Date: 1999-11-11

Tracks:

Amazing Grace
Battle On The Tyne
My Home In The Hills
Pio Braireachd
Regimental March
Pipe Set 1: The Rustic Bridge By The Mill/Towsay Castle/Money Musk/Miss McLeod O'Raasey...
Route March
When The Battle Is Over
The Conund Rum
Regimental Company March
Pipe Set 2: Skye Boat Song/Barren Rocks Of Aden/Faery Dance/Bonnie Dundee/Skye Boat Song (Reprise)
Reveille
Miss Kirkwood
Scotland The Brave

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Part of the 'sound of the World' Series.

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Original and Energetic Celtic Rock
Not your grandmother's celtic!

The Big Dream
Homeland
Manufacturer: Homelandmusic
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0002V2BJA
Release Date: 2004-11-19

Tracks:

Homeland
Wonder
Donald McGillivray
Can it Be
Jamie Rayburn's Farewell
Hold Me Down Love
Cold
Morrison's Jig/ Allie in the Morning
Slip Jam
Hold On
Grey
Sweet Mary
Smile and a Stone
Smack the Piper

Album Description

With a unique brand of progressive rock combined with a Celtic influence, "The Big Dream" mixes the sounds and rhythms of the Anglo-Celtic music of Scotland and combine it with energetic American rock.

Customer Reviews:

Original and Energetic Celtic Rock.......2005-05-18

With The Big Dream, Homeland really brings out their individual as well as collective talents. From the first song, 'Homeland', to the last traditional instrumental,'Smack the Piper', this CD will have you soon singing and clapping along to it. Scott McGillivray, the lead singer and leader of the band contributes his strong vocals and songwriting talents, showing off his range in songs as 'Can it Be' and 'Hold On'. Their fiddler, Ric Smith, does a fine job with the traditional tune 'Morrison's Jig' going into an original 'Allie in the Morning' - by the end of these tunes, the listener is left exhausted from tapping their feet to the tempo created by Smiths' playing. Bringing up the back beat are Rob Koogler, the bassist, who lends his strong support, especially in 'Hold On', where he carries the song out with his strong basslines, along with Trent Crace, who's powerful drumming is felt all throughout the CD and carries the listener into the songs rocking and reelin' - one almost feels exhausted as he is at the end of a live set.
While The Big Dream is Homeland's best effort, with mostly original material, the band is best when alive on a stage, whether it's at your local pub, or at a festival. Recordings do not do justice to these four talents from central Ohio. The last three CD's they have released, A Night at the Pub and 10,000 Miles Live, show off they way they can take a tradional song such as 'Leaving of Liverpool' and make it their own, with their own twisted combination of energy and originality. In their live shows they are very much audience oriented, often encouraging sing-alongs and clapping as much as possible.
My advice to you is to purchase The Big Dream, I am postive that you will not be disspointed. Let yourself get carried away for at least the duration of the CD, and check them out when they are in your town.

Not your grandmother's celtic!.......2004-12-05

Quite honestly, there are a few tracks where you have to stretch your imagination to hear the celtic influence at all. No matter. They classify their music as "energetic rock with a celtic edge." I consider it my caffeine substitute on the morning drive to work, and refer to it as "head-banging celtic". Either description is accurate. Whether it's their arrangement of a traditional tune or their original material, the songs are all unmistakably Homeland. What does that mean? A lot of heart, a lot of soul, and a lot of hard-driving energy.

These four talented musicians (guitar, bass, fiddle and drums) meld into a tight, cohesive unit -- and the results are a sound all their own. One could make comparisons to more established bands like Tempest or Seven Nations, but that won't quite paint the whole picture. Homeland manages to take their sound and bend it various ways so that you have a CD where the tracks -- traditional, original, vocal, instrumentals, slow, or rocking - all fit nicely with each other, and yet each song has its own unique personality. While there is such a thing as the "Homeland sound", there is no such thing as "Homeland homogeneity"!

Want an example of a traditional song getting the Homeland treatment? Rather than yet another marching version (not that there's anything wrong with those) of "Donald McGillivray", you now have a slowed-down, fiddle-infused, more dramatic and intense telling of the Scottish story.

Their original songs contain lyrics of hopes and plans that may not have -- or might still -- come true, if you apply hard work and faith. Simply put, the pursuit of "the big dream". The Homeland boys definitely put in plenty of hard work and faith. And we listeners get to reap the rewards.

If you like this album, I highly recommend that you visit homelandmusic.com to pick up their live CD ("10,000 Miles") not available on Amazon.com. And if you ever get a chance to see this band live -- do so!! Their style seems even more suited to live performance than recordings. Be prepared to be blown away! (If you have sensitive ears, take along ear plugs as the volume is always waaay up at a Homeland show!)

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Flower of Scotland
C W S Glasgow Band
Manufacturer: Doyen
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00002MPVM
Release Date: 1990-01-01

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Australasian
Capriccio
Flower Of Scotland
Softly Sounds The Little Bell
Frolic For Trombones
You'll Never Walk Alone
Polovtsian Dances
Star Lake
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The Man I Love
Holiday For Strings
Beautiful Dreamer
Prelude To A New Age
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Pipes & Drums of Scotland
Douglas Ford
Manufacturer: Sounds of the World
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002XVC
Release Date: 1996-02-20

Tracks:

Amazing Grace
Battle On The Tyne
My Home In The Hills
Pio Braireachd
Regimental March
Pipe Set 1: The Rustic Bridge By The Mill/Towsay Castle/Money Musk/Miss McLeod O'Raasey...
Route March
When The Battle Is Over
The Conund Rum
Regimental Company March
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Reveille
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Scotland The Brave

Celtic Sounds of Scotland: Celtic Collections, Vol. 6

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Celtic Sounds of Scotland: Celtic Collections, Vol. 6
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Greentrax
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000509IC
Release Date: 2001-02-13

Tracks:

Pipe Tunes - Shooglenifty
Gale Warning - Ceolbeg
Lexy MacAskill - The Peatfog Faeries
Gie's A Drink - Deaf Shepherd
Jenny's Chickens - Seelyhoo
Just For Seumas - Gordon Duncan
All I Ask/The Boiling Black Kettle - Burach
Moonshine - Mac Umba
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Galician Jigs - Hamish Moore & Dick Lee
The Ale Is Dear - Keltik Elektrik

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Hits the Heart...

Sounds of the Isles
Gayle Torla and John Patrick Newman
Manufacturer: Sounds of the Isles
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00008WM5M
Release Date: 2002-12-15

Tracks:

Sally Gardens
Hills of Donegal
Loch Lomond
Let Love Guide Your Heart
Will Ye Go Lassie Go
Mingulay Bay
The Tall Ships
Bonnie Strathyre
Boolavogue
Toora Loora Loora
Fanny Power
Cliffs of Dooneen
Danny Boy
Skye Boat
A Mother's Love's a Blessing
Maggie
The Water's Wide
Amazing Grace
The Tall Ships-final farewell

Album Description

Sounds of the Isles is a breathtaking CD composed of 19 instrumental tunes. It features the captivating sounds of the Tin Whistle with traditional tunes of Ireland and Scotland. Through the sounds of the Tin Whistle, the melodies conjure up images of the fields, mountains, and scenery of the isles. The Tin Whistle is accompanied by the guitar, keyboards and accordion. The album features a newly released tune, written by Gayle Torla, (artist on the cover) titled "Let Love Guide Your Heart". Track 7, "The Tall Ships" was co-written by Gayle Torla and her father John Newman. The tunes on this Album are a soothing collection of traditional Celtic tunes that capture the heart of the isles.

Customer Reviews:

Hits the Heart..........2003-03-24

I purchased the cd for my grandfather. I sat down and watched him as he heard it for the first time. I thought for sure with everything going on in his life he woud be hit hard by the sounds of Amazing Grace. However when Maggie played, his eyes closed and he grabed my hand. This is the song he used to sing to his grandmother when he was a little boy. Oh the memories the cd gave him. He tells me he listens to it at least once a day. It is wonderful.

Tracks:

Scottish Trilogy - Lena Martell
Oil Rigger - The Alexander Brothers
My Scottish Homeland - Glen Daly
Rock in the Wee Pickle Tow/Big Barney - Will Starr
Six Weeks Every Summer - Lena Martell
Campbeltown Loch - Andy B. Stewart
He Bought My Soul at Calvary - The Alexander Brothers
Highland Cradle Song/The Skye Boat Song
Bonnie Annie - Andy B. Stewart
Lonley Scapa Flow
Flower of Scotland - The Alexander Brothers
Scottish Soldier - Andy M. Stewart
Mulla of Kintyre - The Alexander Brothers
Take Me Home, Country Roads - Lena Martell
Atholl Highlanders/The Rakes of Kildare/Roaring Jelly - Will Starr
Come by the Hills/Loch Lomond - The Alexander Brothers
Song of Freedom - Jimmy Blue, Andy M. Stewart

Album Details

Tracks Include: Lena Martell / 'scottish Trilogy,' Andy Stewart / 'bonnie Annie,' Alexander Brothers / 'come by the Hills,' Dragoon Guards / 'highland Cradle Songs' and More.

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EXC Reissue of Three LPs, Worth Three Times This Price

Early Sessions
Joe Gordon
Manufacturer: Fresh Sounds Records
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Hello!
Mayreh

Customer Reviews:

EXC Reissue of Three LPs, Worth Three Times This Price .......2006-10-10

So far I have just a few of Spain's Fresh Sound CDs, but every one's a winner with original cover art and audio. (By the way, there's a new kid on the Spanish scene, Gambit Records, and their 2-LP CD reissue of Art Farmer's ART and PERCEPTION albums is as meticulously original as any Japanese CD; budget priced, too.) Back in the '70s I bought the Trip LP reissue of INTRODUCING JOE GORDON (which also included the second album heard on this CD, THE JAZZ SCHOOL). As some of you might recall, though we were excited to have those Trips, Trip's mastering was fair at best. But with Trip you'd get a good idea of how the original sounded, mainly because Trip never added simulated stereo. Based on a listening comparison to the Trip LP, I report to you there's no fake stereo or reverb added to these 1954 sessions.

I'm a stickler for original cover art. I really don't mind that Fresh Sound didn't exactly use the original EmArcy cover, a crop of Joe in the studio. However--and perhaps for the better--Fresh Sound used the full, uncropped session photo from which the crop was taken (wish they wouldn't have tinted it, though). And there are additional black & white session photos in the booklet, but no reproduction of the THE JAZZ SCHOOL cover. The third session, BLAKEY, is a tremendous bonus, eventhough the booklet has no reproduction of that album's cover art. I wanted so much to give this CD five stars, but the absence of these two covers makes this issue incomplete.

BLAKEY is a session I had never heard, and it features Joe with Gigi Gryce playing some fresh sounding tunes, along with a few tunes Gigi recorded with Joe's contemporary, Clifford Brown, just a year or so prior. And if that isn't enough, they also do Horace Silver's "Mayreh," one of the tunes Clifford fans will recognize from Art Blakey's A NIGHT AT BIRDLAND, which was recorded just three months earlier.

In 1963, Joe passed on, a victim of smoking in bed, just after recording some great LPs, like LOOKIN' GOOD, for Contemporary. By that time, his playing was reflecting his interest in players like Miles. He was a work in progress. He's also on Harold Land's West Coast Blues OJC CD, as well as many of Shelly Manne's live dates, also on OJC. And check him out on the Charlie Mariano OJC CDs, too (there were some monster cats in Boston, I'll tell ya). All those dates are great, indeed. But there's something about the feel of these EmArcy dates that make them my favorite Joe.

I'm Mike DiMartino in Rochester, NY, USA

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