....The Scottish Fiddle Orchestra giving it laldy as they do so well, on a wide range of tracks from the nostalgically evocative to the frankly breathtaking. As an example of the latter, check out the opening track - but watch the volume or, like me, you may spill your tea (or whatever beverage you deem appropriate to accompany the fiddlers). A CD of stunning stuff, and no mistake, under the batons of John Mason MBE and Andrew McGarva, with a fair number of tracks written by John himself. By the way, 'Highland Cathedral' is the second last track, and despite what I said earlier, rendered very movingly. Indeed, I can just see the massed bands at Murrayfield before Scotland thrashes the All Blacks 40-0. Yes, well: but for the foreseeable future, be content to enjoy the music, at least.'(THE SCOTS MAGAZINE)

Track Listing

• The Drummers
• The Horticulturist
• Takashi's Dawn
• Dancie Shuttleworth/Londonderry Hornpipe
• Echoes In The Glen
• Miss Bennet's Jig/Miss Betty Hunter/Ronald Shirra Of Salen/Mother Bell/The Garden Wall
• Mrs Hepburn Belches/Chance Cottage/Miss Murray Lintrose/Rapness Reel
• Death Of A Queen
• Lord Elgin's Welcome
• Fr. Eamonn Gilmartin
• Jake's Jig/Going To The Well For Water/Irish Washerwoman
• Dancing In The Streets/Dan Larkin's Polka/Humours Of Bahrain/Sheik's Fancy/Amir's Fancy
• Highland Cathedral
• Farewell To Scotland

Additional Details

Label: REL Records

Genre: World

Release Date: 01/01/16

UPC: 722932055520