Celtic Women from Scotland
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Performer: Celtic Women from Scotland-Songs of Love & RefleEdition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2007-02-20
Music Label: Greentrax
Free Music Notes for Celtic Women from Scotland
Free Music Review: Sweetly wistful remembrances & intimate musical settings
Hit: 4 Stars
Playing Time - 65:19
SONGS - Canan Nan Gaidheal, Hush, Hush, Whaur Dae Ye Lie?, Amazing Grace (Gaelic Psalm version), Lament For The Commandos/Dunkirk, Soraidh Leis An Ait (Farewell To The Place), MacCrimmon's Lament (MacCrimmon's Sweetheart), Braighe Loch Iall (The Braes of Lochiel), Ae Fond Kiss, Both Sides The Tweed, Fear A Bhata, Time Wears Awa, I Ho Ro's Na Hug Ore Exile (A Love Song), Auld Lang Syne
The 14 powerful songs on "Celtic Women from Scotland" are drawn from previously released albums on Scotland's Greentrax record label. The project is subtitled "Songs of Love & Reflection" so one should expect sweetly wistful remembrances and intimate musical settings. All the selections are beautiful songs of love, praise, lamentation, or tribute. Four are sung in the Gaelic language including the album's opener, Catherine-Ann MacPhee's charming rendition of "Canan Nan Gaidheal" (Language of the Gael) that has become the rallying song of the Gaels. In a contemporary and emotional vein, Karine Polwart sings her own self-penned "Whaur Dae Ye Lie?," in memory of the townspeople massacred in Srebrenica, Bosnia by Serb forces in 1995. Mairi Campbell sings a popular Dick Gaughan song, "Both Sides The Tweed," wit optimism for good future relations between England and Scotland. There are two selections (Ae Fond Kiss, Auld Lang Syne) drawn from the repertoire of Scotland's national poet and bard, Rabbie Burns. I was a tad disappointed that none of the women chose an offering from another famous Scottish composer, Lady Nairne.
Other hypnotic and defining voices on the CD include those of Lynn Morrison, Karen Matheson, Isla St. Clair, Ishbel MacAskill, Heather Heywood, Alyth McCormack, Sheena Wellington, Mairi Campbell, Mairi MacInnes, Alison McMorland, Margaret Stewart, and Gill Bowman. All of the women has expressive, enticing vocals, and you'll want to explore more of their music on the albums sampled. It would have been nice for the CD jacket to credit the accompanists on each piece. All in all, this generous hour-long set has some splendid, albeit plaintive, folk ballads about affection, devotion, and contemplation. Because there are so many beautifully melancholic and emotional moments, I was only able to listen to these tracks in numerous sittings. (Joe Ross, Roseburg, OR. rossjoe at hotmail dot com)
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