The Music and Song of Edinburgh [Import]

Track Listings

 
1. Links of the Earth
2. Rattlin' Roarin' Willie
3. Capernaum
4. Holyrood House
5. Lion Wallace Saw
6. Johnny Cope
7. Loose Noose/Deacon Brodie
8. Sandy Bell's Man
9. Festival Lights
10. Duchess of Edinburgh
11. Caller Oysters
12. Fisherrow
13. Mallie Lee
14. Black Swan/Roslin Castle
15. Edinburgh Town
16. Flowers of Edinburgh
17. Waly, Waly
18. Willie's Gane Tae Melville Castle
19. Union Canal
20. Burning Bing
See all 21 tracks on this disc

The Music and Song of Edinburgh,Various Artists,Greentrax,Celtic/Irish,Contemporary Folk,Int'l & World Music,Pipe Bands,Pop,Scotland,Singer/Songwriter,Traditional Folk,Traditional Scottish Folk,World Music
The Edinburgh Military Tattoo: Bagpipe Marches of Scotland
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Stay Away
  • Edinburgh Military Tattoo
  • Not like being there, but a good appetizer
  • Pipes and Drums: Amazing Grace
The Edinburgh Military Tattoo: Bagpipe Marches of Scotland

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ASIN: B000002NQ9
Release Date: 1994-07-18

Tracks:

  1. Pipes And Drums: Amazing Grace/Fanfare Trumpets: Fanfare Militaire
  2. Pipes And Drums: The Rock And Wee Pickle Tow/I Lo'ed A Laddie But Ane/The Drummer's Call...
  3. Massed Military Bands: The Band Strikes-Mexican Hat Dance
  4. 4/4 Marches And 3/4 Retreats: Hills Of Alva/Far O' Er Struy/Torosay Castle/Lord Byron...
  5. Waltzes: Hearken My Love/The Herding Song/My Lodging's On The Cold Cold Ground/Westering Home
  6. 2/4 Marches: Kitchener's Army/Balkan Hills/The Rhodesian Regiment
  7. 2/4 March, Strathspey And Reel: Miss Elspeth Campbell/The Shepherd's Crock/Smith O' Chilliechassie
  8. 4/4 And 2/4 Marches: Scotland The Brave/Highland Laddie/The Earl Of Mansfield...
  9. 6/8 Marches: 10th H.L.I. Crossing The Rhine/Mrs. Lily Christie/Dovecote Park
  10. Waltzes: Loch Broom Bay/My Home
  11. 4/4 March, Strathspeys, Reels, Hornpipes And Jigs: Peter McKenzie Warren/Sporting Jamie...

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars Stay Away.......2006-01-05

While the piping is excellent, the audio, particularly in the first half of the cd is terrible. Nearly 15 minutes are almost indecipherable. I think the recording was made with a hand held mike at the edge of a field.

4 out of 5 stars Edinburgh Military Tattoo.......2001-05-19

The Edinburgh Military Tattoo first started in 1947 with some spirited displays of army piping and dancing. Since that time the show has grown to become a world class act, unfortunately losing some of its traditional elements along the way. The word "Tattoo" is a corruption of the Dutch "Doe den Taptoe" which literary means "turn off the taps", a reference to when a lone drummer would play a "tattoo" or drum roll to signal the inkeeprs to stop serving beer and to summon the troops back to barracks. This ceremony was performed by the British while they were in the low countries during the early 18th century, but it is a custom common to many armies of that time, in particular the various German princeapalities of the day. Over time the Tattoo evolved into a more elaborate affair as more bands and musicians were drawn into its fare. What we have here is the modern development of the form started in previous centuries. The Edinburgh Tattoo is justly famed for its display of massed pipes and bands, and while the recording quality here is not the best, the listener can still get a good idea of the spectacle produced. The original recording of this 1972 show was recorded by EMI, but this version is a knock-off cut that was done by a small American record firm, and which since has been sold about in various forms as a popular item. It is unfortunate that we don't have a better version of the show for listeners than this. The Tattoo produces a recording every year, as well as a video which can be obtained by contacting the Edinburgh Military Tattoo via their website which can be found using any search engine. The good thing about this recording is that it does provide a glimpse of the show in its heyday, where modern fluff and show biz influences had not crept in as much as they have today. For this reason this CD is worth having, and serves as an introduction to this great pageant of the Scottish regiments and the British army. Even though the show is watered down today with pop elements, the grandeur is still there when the massed pipes and drums march out onto the castle esplanade playing the grand old tunes. Even the politically correct producers can't ruin this grand sight, and its hoped they never will!

5 out of 5 stars Not like being there, but a good appetizer.......2000-11-23

The producers and engineers for this CD are to be commended for the remarkable quality they obtained on this outdoor recording! While not quite like being there, it does convey the spirit and energy of the Tattoo.

5 out of 5 stars Pipes and Drums: Amazing Grace.......2000-06-11

I love the sound of the pipes for this one song, and is my favorite.
Liberty! (1997 Television Mini-series)
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • OK
  • Great Music
  • GREAT SOUNDTRACK!
  • Finest Music Ever Heard
  • Stirring Americana
Liberty! (1997 Television Mini-series)

Manufacturer: Sony
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  1. Music of the American Revolution: The Birth of Liberty
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  3. The American Seasons
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ASIN: B0000029YF
Release Date: 1997-10-28

Tracks:

  1. Song Of The Liberty Bell
  2. Johnny Has Gone For A Soldier
  3. Surrender The Sword
  4. Soldier's Joy
  5. When Bidden To The Wake Or Fair
  6. The World Turned Upside Down
  7. Bunker Hill
  8. Freedom
  9. The Flowers Of Edinburgh
  10. Brave Wolfe
  11. Devil's Dream
  12. Song Of The Liberty Bell

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars OK.......2005-03-17

Good CD, especially if you're a fan of Mark O'Conner. I have to admit that a couple of the tracks seem rather directionless (in a Vaughn Williams sort of way) and I tend to lose interest, but other tracks are fun, even exciting. The production is excellent throughout.

4 out of 5 stars Great Music.......2004-02-27

I watched the documentary and heard Mark O'Connor play this piece in a concert and loved it immediately. The music is great to help the battles come alive but great for just listening to anyway.

5 out of 5 stars GREAT SOUNDTRACK!.......2003-07-04

Fine CD full of great pieces of music from a great miniseries! Full of patriotism! I highly recommend it! Grade: A+

5 out of 5 stars Finest Music Ever Heard.......2002-03-27

I heard this music on the excellent P B S Documentary: "Liberty - the American Revolution" and I knew I had to have it! It is the finest music I have heard, capturing the heart and soul of the American Revolution. The documentary "Liberty" was a masterpiece that was beautiful and moving. So too this music with its most wonderful arrangements and accompaniment. I love it! I could hardly wait to get it in the mail. It framed the documentary (which I also bought) like a great frame compliments a beautiful canvas painting. Superlatives fail me. This music must be experienced by first watching the great series on the American Revolution and then by listening to it apart. This is some of the most wonderful music I have ever heard. It reminds me of the genius of Aaron Copland who wrote the Applachian Spring and Rodeo suites.

5 out of 5 stars Stirring Americana.......2001-11-10

This CD stands on its own merits as good music, not simply as music for a TV show. It evokes images of America old and new. O'Connor's violin carries us from the dance hall to the battlefield to the sorrow of lover's lost. Simple melodies twist and turn, rising up from their solid American roots. James Taylor's solemn rendition of "Johnny's Gone for a Soldier"is as true a telling of the grief of the soldier lost to war today as it was hundreds of years ago. Sit in a comfortable chair in the warm light of evening and let it surround you. To know where we have come from offers hope that the magic of freedom and liberty will not desert us in these troubled times.
Janet Baker Sings
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    Janet Baker Sings
    Haydn , Beethoven , Baker , Menuhin , and Malcom
    Manufacturer: Testament UK
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    Jessye Norman - Lieder: Edinburgh International Festival 1972
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      The Music and Song of Edinburgh
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        The Music and Song of Edinburgh
        Various Artists
        Manufacturer: Greentrax
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        GeneralGeneral | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music
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        ASIN: B0000023ZQ
        Release Date: 1995-07-17

        Tracks:

        1. Links of the Earth
        2. Rattlin' Roarin' Willie
        3. Capernaum
        4. Holyrood House
        5. Lion Wallace Saw
        6. Johnny Cope
        7. Loose Noose/Deacon Brodie
        8. Sandy Bell's Man
        9. Festival Lights
        10. Duchess of Edinburgh
        11. Caller Oysters
        12. Fisherrow
        13. Mallie Lee
        14. Black Swan/Roslin Castle
        15. Edinburgh Town
        16. Flowers of Edinburgh
        17. Waly, Waly
        18. Willie's Gane Tae Melville Castle
        19. Union Canal
        20. Burning Bing
        21. Auld Lang Syne
        Edinburgh Castle
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          Edinburgh Castle

          Manufacturer: Bandleader
          ProductGroup: Music
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          ASIN: B000024J72
          Release Date: 1997-02-18

          Tracks:

          1. March: Scotland The Brave
          2. Bonnie Black Isle
          3. March: Holyrood
          4. Will Ye No Come Back Again?
          5. March: Pentland Hills
          6. Festoso (From 'Caledonia')
          7. March: Edinburgh Castle
          8. Pipes Set: 3/4 Marches: Colin's Cattle/Bloody Fields Of Flanders/The Shoals Of Herring
          9. March: The Cross Of St. Andrew - Lowland Band And Pipers Of The Scottish Division L
          10. Hebrides Suite: The Peat Fire Flame/An Eriskay Love Lilt/The Road To The Isles
          11. Ye Banks And Braes
          12. Misty Morn
          13. Dunedin
          14. Pipe Set: 6/8 Marches: Balmoral Highlanders/Cameronian Rant/Mrs. McPherson Of Inveran
          15. Regimental Slow March: The Garb Of Old Gaul
          16. Regimental March Of The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment): Dumbarton Drums
          17. Regimental March Of The Royal Highland Fusiliers: Whistle O'er The Lave O't/British Grenadiers
          18. The Regimental March Of The King's Own Scotish Borderers: Blue Bonnets O'er The Border
          19. Regimental March Of The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) Within A Mile Of Edinboro' Town
          20. March: Scotland The Brave
          Within a Mile of Edinburgh
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            Within a Mile of Edinburgh

            Manufacturer: Delphian
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            ASIN: B00009YXA4
            Release Date: 2005-11-08
            Celtic Caravans - Road to Romanticism
            Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
            • Julianne Baird is the reason to buy this CD
            Celtic Caravans - Road to Romanticism

            Manufacturer: MSR Classics
            ProductGroup: Music
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            ASIN: B0002RROZU
            Release Date: 2004-07-27

            Tracks:

            1. Traditional Scottish Songs (arr. Haydn)
            2. Traditional Welsh Airs
            3. Traditional Scottish Songs (arr. Haydn)
            4. Instrumental Variations
            5. Original English Songs (Haydn)
            6. Traditional Scottish Instrumentals
            7. Original English Songs (Haydn)
            8. Traditional Welsh Airs (arr. Haydn)

            Album Description

            Traditional Celtic music has almost continually enlivened the world of formal classical music. While Celtic-speaking peoples lived through much of central Europe during the first millennium BCE -- including modern France, Austria, Switzerland and beyond -- during the following 2000 years leading up to our own time, their range has gradually narrowed to just the British Isles and western France. While 'Celtic' in America and Britain increasingly refers simply to 'Irish' music, in Europe 'Celtic' may refer broadly to the music of any of the far-flung branches of the ancient linguistic tree.

            Our program explores actual Scottish, Welsh and Irish music as well as arrangements conceived by Haydn and Beethoven to flatter the 'exotic' taste of art-music audiences. In addition, we present Haydn's canzonettas, which are essentially newly created works inspired by English folksong style. At this time, when music was beginning to overflow the banks of Classicism to become Romanticism, the term 'Celtic'had not truly emerged as a political and artistic term. Only in the late 19th century did the 'Celtic Twilight' movement associated with William Butler Yeats consciously attempt to revive ancient relationships between the various far-flung Celtic peoples.

            Customer Reviews:

            5 out of 5 stars Julianne Baird is the reason to buy this CD.......2007-04-06

            If you love Celtic music as I do, this is a must have for your CD colletion. Julianne Baird has more than a beautiful voice; she is a first rate musician and interpreter of these traditional Scottish and Welsh songs.

            Check out the third item on the sampler. I think you will love the traditional scottish songs arranged by Haydn.

            The CD also includes original English songs by Haydn as well as Haydn and Beethoven arrangements of traditional celtic folk songs and instrumental variations. Lux Musica is the ensemble of flute, violin, violoncello, and keyboard. Their music is well done, but Julianne Baird is the reason to buy this CD.

            This is just pure enjoyment.



            Glint At The Kindling/Selected Writings [2 on 1]
            Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
            • One of My Favorite CDs
            • The true bardic tradition
            • Glint at the Kindling - a timeless masterpiece
            • Chillingly good.
            Glint At The Kindling/Selected Writings [2 on 1]

            Manufacturer: TMC
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD

            British FolkBritish Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music
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            ASIN: B000003M36
            Release Date: 1994-11-22

            Tracks:

            1. The Road The Gypsies Go
            2. Me & The Mad Girl
            3. Lough Foyle
            4. The Woodcutter's Song
            5. By Weary Well
            6. Boyhood Of Henry Morgan The Pooka
            7. Five Denials On Merlin's Grave
            8. The Poacher's Song
            9. Song Of Mabon
            10. The Fair
            11. The Fair Dance
            12. Edinburgh
            13. Lammas

            Customer Reviews:

            5 out of 5 stars One of My Favorite CDs.......2005-06-18

            Many years ago, I owned "A Glint at the Kindling" on LP, and was fortunate enough to buy one of what turned out to be a limited edition of 3,500 CDs on a business trip to London about a decade ago. "Kindling," a concept album dealing with Williamson's boyhood, was one of my favorite LPs of the 1970s, and at first, I thought of the "Selected Writings" as an annoyance tacked on to the end. Then I listened to it. In my opinion, an artist owes the world exactly nothing, but Robin, if you're reading this, please bring out another edition. "Edinburgh" alone is worth the price of admission -- a 19-minute rant that is one of the most amazing things I've ever heard. I have a lot of CDs, but if I had to chose a dozen "desert island disks" this would definitely be one of them.

            5 out of 5 stars The true bardic tradition.......2002-11-28

            Robin Williamson isn't a folksinger - he's a bard. And the modern bardic tradition gets no better than this album. Five Denials on Merlin's Grave is a wake for a Britain that never really was, but should have been. My favorite track is Me and the Mad Girl, one of the saddest and most touching songs I have ever heard. The line "You took me for an enemy, and I took you for a friend" describes the loneliness of being different in such a pure way...

            Apparently this album is out of print again. If you find a copy, grab it!

            5 out of 5 stars Glint at the Kindling - a timeless masterpiece.......1998-08-21

            When I first encountered "Glint at the kindling" I was only familiar with Robin's work in the Incredible String Band. This was different stuff - but it soon captured me as much as the best the ISB produced - it even neared the dizzying heights of "The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter" ! Later I bought more Williamson records, but this one, along with "Songs of love & parting" and his recent "Mirrorman's Sequences" is the most captivating - amazingly well-crafted and filled with all one could wish for, both textual and musical. Earlier records like "American Stonehenge" sound like he was trying to find a new voice, but on "Glint" he definitely found one - and a strong one it is.

            On cd, the original "Glint" is teamed up with some new unreleased songs, which are all great.

            On the original lp, Robin plays with the Merry Band - of which he has said he's never worked with better musicians - and it shows ! The songs I love best are "The road the gypsies go", "The woodcutter's song" with its great instrumental coda, "By weary well" and of course the epic "Five denials on Merlin's grave".

            Of the added songs especially "Song of Mabon" and "The Fair" stand out, as well as the intriguing "The Fair Dance", which evokes the weird atmosphere of his "Dancing of the Lord of Weir" which graces his "Myrrh" album. "Lammas" has been re-recorded on "Ten of Songs", and sounds better there. "Edinburgh", though a great effort, is not completely satisfying.

            I was very happy with the release of the album on cd - and also very pleased with the additions, although, in some sense, these have destroyed the intimacy and the sense of completeness of the original. But I can still play the lp, can't I ?

            5 out of 5 stars Chillingly good........1998-06-16

            This CD may be the best example of a Bardic performance anywhere. It's a rich mixture of songs and spoken pieces, traditional tunes and original ones, following both timeless mythic themes and intensely personal ones. I love it.

            The two showpieces of this album have to be "Five Denials on Merlin's Grave" and "Edinburgh", each of which is over ten minutes long. They're both spoken pieces; long, lovingly-crafted poems evoking wonderfully intense moods. That's about the extent of the similarity, however. "Five Denials" traces the history of the British Isles, comparing the dry historical texts with the meaty stuff of myth and poetry, resounding always with the refrain "I will not forget!" "Edinburgh" plays with layered voices and sound effects to paint a picture of a city haunted by the ghosts of its past, and filled with a population shaped by the haunting.

            Other pieces on the album should not be ignored, however. "Mabon's Song" sends chills down my spine every time I hear it, "Lough Foyle" is fun and funny, and "Hard Wood Logs" takes and old rhyme that my Grandfather hung in his woodshed and sets it to music.

            All in all, this album illustrates a flexibility and artistry that makes Mr. Williamson, in my humble opinion, one of the last True Bards.

            Buy it. Listen to it. Enjoy it.
            Best of Scotland Marching Bands
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              Best of Scotland Marching Bands

              Manufacturer: Bandleader
              ProductGroup: Music
              Binding: Audio CD

              MarchesMarches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
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              ASIN: B000055X1K
              Release Date: 2001-01-09

              Tracks:

              1. Scotland The Brave (Medley) - The Pipes And Drums Of The Scots Guards
              2. Edinburgh Castle - The Lowland Band Of The Scottish Division
              3. Scots Wha Hae - The Band Of The Black Watch
              4. The Road To The Isles - The Band Of The Argyll And Sutherland Highlanders
              5. Marching For Scotland - The Highland Band Of The Scottish Division
              6. Skye Boat Song - The Band, Pipes And Drums Of The Scots Guard
              7. Scottish Serenade - The Band, Pipes And Drums Of The Royal Highland Fusilers
              8. Bonnie Black Isle - The Lowland Band And Piers Of The Scottish Division
              9. A Scottish Soldier (Medley) - The Drums And Pipes Of The Gordon Highlanders
              10. Broadsword Medley - The Pipes And Drums Of The Black Watch
              11. Royal Highlanders - The Band Of 51 Highland Brigade
              12. Bays Of Harris - The Band And Pipes Of The Royal Highland Fusilers
              13. Heather Mixture - The Band, Pipes And Drums Of The Black Watch/The Band Of The Argyll And Sutherland Highlanders
              14. Pentland Hills - The Lowland Band Of The Scottish Division
              15. Highland Patrol - The Wee MacGreegor - The Band Of The Scots Guards
              16. Rose Of Kelvingrove - The Band, Drums And Pipes Of The Gordon Highlanders
              17. Highland Cathedral - The Band, Pipes And Drums Of The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
              18. Hebrides Suite - The Lowland Band Of The Scottish Division
              19. Auld Lang Syne - The Bands Of The Queen's Division And The Pipes And Drums Of The Argyll And Sutherland Highlanders
              20. March Off - The Pipes And Drums Of The Black Watch

              World Music:

              1. This Is Daniel O'Donnell
              2. Traditional Fiddle Playing in France: Enregistrements Historiques 1939-1977
              3. Traditional Songs from the Zuni Pueblo
              4. Tricycle
              5. Uhuru: Rhythms of World
              6. Voices
              7. Voices from Long Distance
              8. World of Music: Russia [Import]
              9. World Soca Monarch
              10. A Arte De [Import]

              World Music

              world music

              World Music

              Impurity [Original recording remastered] [Import]

              Excursions

              Elgar: Violin Sonata / Bax: Violin Sonata No. 2

              Oscar Peterson Quartet [Import] [Original recording remastered]

              Emozioni Inverno 2005 [Import]

              Essential Collection [Import]

              Eyes [Import]

              Conversations

              Duchess

              Dorothea Röschmann - Handel Deutsche Arien (German Arias)

              Everybody Loves a Happy Ending [CD-single] [Import]

              Dez De Dezembro [Import]

              Celso Pixinga & A Gig [Import]

              Paventa Insano: Pacini and Mercadante Arias and Ensembles

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