Alasdair Fraser - Skyedance - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

One of Scotland's finest fiddlers performs 14 classics of the Scottish musical tradition, accompanied by piano, bass, drums, flute, guitar & harp. Album Tracks 1. Sands of Murness 2. The Acrobat 3. Tog Orm Mo Phiob 4. Mrs. E.M. Ross's Welcome to Kiltarlity College 5. The Weeping Birches of Kilmorack 6. Miss MacPherson Grant 7. MacCrimmon's Lament 8. Miss Wharton Duff 9. J.F. Dickies's Delight 10. Allan's Reels 11. The Nameless Lassie 12. The Braes of Castle Grant 13. Down the Vale 14. The Mathematician

Scottish fiddle master Alasdair Fraser links bows with vibrant young cellist Natalie Haas in an exciting weave of rocking, reeling rhythms, poignant melodies and exquisite musicianship. The duo has created a buzz among Celtic music lovers at festivals & concerts across the United States and Europe. InchFraser, one of the most respected of all exponents of the Scots fiddle, would look long and hard to find a more appropriate cellist as a partner. Haas can switch just as effortlessly as Fraser from a gentle singing tone to driving, dancing melody... all played with that combination of driving bow work and musical sensitivity that we have come to expect from Fraser. A positive joy.Inch - the Scotsman. Album Tracks 1. Calliope Meets Frank 2. Stirling Castle Set 3. Josefin's Waltz 4. St Kilda Wedding - Brose & Buttler 5. The Scandinavian 6. Archibald MacDonald of Keppoch 7. The Sailor's Wife - the Lads of Duns 8. Shetland Set 9. Prince Charles' Last View of Scotland 10. The Duchess 11. Rob Roy Crosses the Minch 12. Da Slockit Light 13. The High Reel Set

This is the eagerly-awaited collaboration of Indie award winning Scots fiddler Alasdair Fraser and Celtic guitar wizard Tony McManus. Featuring traditional msic of the Scottish Highland including Gaelic airs, dance medleys and pipe tunes. Album Tracks 1. Bidh Clann Ulaidh (Men of Ulster) 2. Ross' Reel No. 4/Reichswall Forest 3. Roslin Castle/Miss Gorden of Gight 4. The Marquis of Huntly/The Ewie Wi' the Crooked Horn/John Cheap the Chapman/Peerie Weerie 5. Calum Sgaire 6. Donald Willie and His Dog/Alex MacDonald/Chloe's Passion 7. Lady Louisa Gordon's Strathspey/The Highlands of Banffshire/The Merrymaking 8. Seathan/Na Goisdich (The Gossips) 9. Sitting in the Stern of a Boat 10. A Mhaighdean Mhara (The Mermaid) 11. Lieutenant Maguire's Jig/The Curlew/Sleepy Maggie/Tail Toddle 12. The Sweetness of Mary/Devil in the Kitchen/Willie Davie/The Sound of Mull/High Road to Linton 13. Theidh Mi Dhachaigh (Return to Kintail)