Legacy of the Scottish Fiddle, Vol. 1: Classic Tunes

Artist: Alasdair Fraser & Paul Machlis
Label: Culburnie Records
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 755997011828
EAN: 0755997011828
ASIN: B0000589CG

Release Date: 2002-02-21

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Tracks:

Miss Dumbreck/Miss Cameron Of Balvenie/Clydeside Lassies
The Auld Brig O' Don
The Beauty Of The North
Madame Neruda
Chapel Keithack/Belmont (By Cool Siloam's Shady Rill)
Earl Haig
Earl Grey/The Left Handed Fiddler
Rose-Acre
Craigellachie Brig/Largo's Fairy Dance
The Ancient Barons Of Kilravock
Mrs. McPherson Of Gibton/The Novelty
Lady Charlotte Campbell's New Strathspey/Lady Charlotte Campbell's Reel
Miss Hannah Of Elgin/Sir George Clark Of Penicuik/Major L. Stewart Of The Island Of Java Reel
Mrs. Jamieson's Favourite
The Rose-bud Of Allenvale
Seann Triubhais Uilleachain (Willie's Auld Trews)
Da Forfeit O' Da Ship/Da Grocer/Jack Is Yet Alive
Mr. A. G. Wilken's Favourite/Jenny Hardie's Reel
Mrs. Major L. Stewart Of The Island Of Java
The Iron Man/The Smith's A Gallant Fireman/The Forth Bridge Reel/Gillan's Reel/The Auld Wheel
Niel Gow's Lament For The Death Of His Second Wife

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Customer Reviews:

My Favorite of Asasdair Fraser's Recordings.......2005-07-15

And I have them all. This disc presents a variety of old fiddle tunes (18th-19th centuries) imaginatively arranged and expressively played. In fact, I don't think that Fraser has ever played with more depth of feeling than here. Niel Gow's Lament is so heartbreakingly done, so melting and lovely, that it brings tears to my eyes every time.

I think this CD is especially important for people learning to play Scottish fiddle properly. Most of the tunes are covered in "The Fiddle Music of Scotland" (The Hardie Press), and it's instructive and enlightening to see how Fraser transforms them from the printed page into such exquisite music. All in all, an exceptionally appealing disc!

Performer versus Genre.......2004-10-20

This is classic high-society Scottish Country Dance music at its best. As Alasdair himiself has described it during workshops, this is "polite, on-your-toes" ballroom music, jig, strathspey, and reel, with a few slow airs for good measure. The people dancing to this music are wearing satin with their tartans, and they do point their toes very carefully. There's no wild stomping here, or if there is, you won't see it 'til quite a bit later in the evening.

Alasdair's technique here is properly reserved, refined and impeccably precise, **as it should be** for this genre of Scottish music. There is plenty of soul, but it is held politely in check, and we get a peep at it here and there between the swirling satin dresses and the kilts.

If you want Alasdair Stomping Wild and Wooly, then check out Skyedance with Machlis, or even better "The Driven Bow" with Jody Stecher. That's fiery, wild, barefoot-on-the-hillside stuff! But for polite Scottish ballroom music, this album, along with "Portrait of a Scottish Fiddler", is superb.

lacks soul.......2004-02-08

I bought this CD after falling totally in love with The Road North which I literally played every day for 3 months. But this CD lacks soul. It has the feel of a recital. I am extremely disappointed.

Good, but I've heard better........2003-08-01

A couple weeks ago I had the pleasure of hearing Fraser, accompanied by Natalie Haas, at the Folk Life Festival on the Capitol Mall. The two had incredible chemistry, and produced hauntingly beautiful sound as they moved from aching ballad to exhillerant reel. (I confess ignorance before accidentally catching the end of one performance, and was forturnate that they were scheduled for another later the same afternoon.)

I purchased this CD as it's description seemed closest to what I had attended. It's very good, but somehow it seems that the piano and bass rob the the two bowed instruments of depth and timbre in the mix. Admittedly this is a point of personal taste and not merit.

Fraser is such a superb fiddler that I will try and sample other works, but guarantee that if he and Haas record alone, together, I'll grab it in a heartbeat.

Too Sweet For Me........2001-11-08

I don't mind an occasional smooth, sweet fiddle tune but that's about all this is....even the upbeat tunes have no real feeling to them. Not a knee-slapper in the bunch and not all that Celtic sounding either.

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