Handed On

Handed On Artist: Eoin O'Riabhaigh
Label: Gael Linn
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 656297011818
EAN: 0656297011818
ASIN: B00004Z54Z


Release Date: 2001-02-13

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Listmania:

  1. Music with Uilleann pipes.

Tracks:

  1. Lark On The Strand/King Of The Pipers/Give Me A Cup Of Water
  2. Tomgraney Castle/Spellan The Fiddler
  3. Bean Dubh A' Ghleanna
  4. O'Neill's/I Won't Be A Nun
  5. Colonel Frazier
  6. Carson's Waltz/Kenny Baker's Waltz
  7. The Fox Chase/Fiach An Mhadra Rua
  8. A Rainy Day/Eillie Curran's
  9. Scottish Medley/Meascra Albanach
  10. The Baile Bhuirne Polka/Murphy's Polka/The Offspring/Fr. Jones Polka
  11. An Chuileann
  12. The Moving Cloud/Peter Street
  13. The Killimur/The Gold Ring
  14. Bluegrass In The Backwoods

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Get Your Hands on "Handed On".......2001-03-30

This is a must-have CD for any fans of Irish Traditional music, and uillean pipe fans in particular. Eoin O Riabhaigh shows incredible talent and taste in his playing. His chanter-work is light and lilting, and ornamented enough without being gratuitous or "showboaty." He also takes full advantage of his regulators, proving that the uillean pipes are the only bagpipe that can truly accompany themselves.

For those of you who are not that familiar with the uillean pipes, he also plays pipes in varying keys, from the standard concert D, to a B set, to a set in C#, showing the variety present within the uillean pipe genus alone. O Riabhaigh gets solid backing from great Irish rhythm players such as Alec Finn. The arrangements are tasteful, adding fullness to the tunes without overshadowing the pipes. Highlights include a beautiful arrangement of a "Moving Cloud/ Peter Street" set with lovely piano accompaniment, a lovely 2 double-jig/ slip-jig set to open the album, lovely slow airs, a set piece, and a wild bluegrass reel with accidentals galore to finish the album. There is also an "uillean pipe band" track, with seven uillean pipers playing a set of marches (although I would rather have heard some of the chanters playing harmonies, rather than in unison).

To sum up, this is an indispensable album.

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