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The Beauty of the Bagpipes |
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Release One
What makes the bagpipe's stirring skirling so quintessentially Scots? Pride in clan and country? Wild exuberance?
The melancholy that haunts every Scot 's soul? Just listen.The pipes voice them all with élan.
1 Flower Of Scotland
2 Will Ye No Come Back Again?
3 Auld Lang Syne
4 Amazing Grace
5 Skye Boat Song
6 Scotland The Brave
7 Marie's Wedding
8 Barren Rocks
9 Highland Laddie
10 Black Bear
11 Caller Herring
12 My Home
13 Mist CoveredMountains
14 Because He Was A Bonny Lad
15 Louden's Woods And Braes
16 High Road To Linton
17 The Piper Of Drummond
18 Green Hills
19 The Battle Is O'er
20 Loch Lomond
Release Two
Uillean pipes of the Irish tradition were designed as a mini-orchestra, complete with melody, chordal accompaniment and drones. Uillean pipers inevitably insist that this style of bagpiping is the most demanding and the most exquisite pipe music. Listen and decide for yourself.
1 The Fields Of Athenry
2 As I Roved Out
3 Danny Boy
4 Star Of The County Down
5 Sally Gardens
6 Shanagolden
7 Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore
8 Fear an Bhata
9 Come Back Paddy Reilly
10 Pat Murphy's Meadow
11 The Green Fields Of America
12 The Green Hills Of Clare
13 Lough Sheelin's Side
14 She Moves Through The Fair
15 The Blarney Roses
Release Three
Bagpipes began to lose favour in England from the 16th century and were increasingly considered to be an
instrument of the North.During the 19th century Highland pipes were adopted by the British Army and bagpipes were regarded as a Scots instrument. Few Englishmen knew that bagpipes had ever been part of their heritage. This outstanding disc reveals the long-lost beauty of English bagpiping at its very best.
1 Dance To Your Daddy
2 Sellengers Round
3 Stingo
4 Bobbing Joe
5 Bonny Broom
6 Maiden Lane
7 Grimstock
8 Bonny At Morn
9 Cackling Hen's Dance
10 Argiers
11 Goddesses
12 Lovely Joan
13 Millfield
14 The Ash Grove
15 British Grenadier
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