The Celtic Viol

The Celtic Viol – La Viole celtique
An Homage to the Irish and Scottish Musical Traditions
Jordi Savall & Andrew Lawrence-King
Alia Vox AVSA 9865 [SACD-H]

Contents:

    I
    Traditional Irish
  1. The Musical Priest / Scotch Mary

    2. Simon Fraser (1816 Collection)
  2. Caledonia's Wail for Niel Gow

    3. Traditional Irish
  3. The Humours of Scariff
    4. II
    Nathaniel Gow
  4. Alastair MacAlastair Strathspey

    5. Ryan's Mammoth Collection
  5. Tom Brigg's, Jig
  6. The Globby O, Jig
  7. Lord Moira's & Jinrikisha

    8. Traditional Irish
  8. Sackow's (Jig)
    9. III
    Traditional Scottish
  9. Hard is my Fate

    10. William Marshall (1822 Collection)
  10. Chapel Keithack

    11. Simon Fraser (1816 Collection)
  11. Gudewife, Admit the Wanderer
    12. IV
    James Macpherson (ca.1675-1700)
  12. Macpherson's Lament

    13. Traditional Scottish Reel
  13. Tullochgorum

    14. Traditional Scottish
  14. Pretty Peggy
    15. V
    H. Playford's Dancing Master 1696
  15. Twas within a furlong of Edinburgh Town

    16. Simon Fraser (1816 Collection)
  16. Màiri Bhàn Òg: Mary Young & fair

    17. Traditional Irish
  17. Dowd's Reel
    18. VI
    Scottish Dance
  18. Lady Mary Hay's Scots Measure

    19. O'Carolan (1670-1738)
  19. Carolan's Farewell

    20. Donegal Tradition
  20. Gusty's Frolics

    21. Ryan's Mammoth Collection
  21. Emigrants Reel
    22. VII
    O'Carolan
  22. The Lamentations of Owen Roe O'Neill

    23. W.B. Laybourn (1835-1886) Book III
  23. Princess Beatrice

    24. Traditional Scottish
  24. Prince Charlie's Last view of Edinburgh

    25. Traditional Irish
  25. Trip it Upstairs (Single Jig)
    26. VIII
    William Marshall (1822 Collection)
  26. Mrs. McPherson of Gibton

    27. Traditional Irish
  27. Tuttle's

    28. Niel Gow
  28. Lament for the Death of his Second Wife

    29. Traditional Irish
  29. The Gander in the pratie hole

Performers:
Jordi Savall (treble viol), Andrew Lawrence-King (Irish harp, psalterium)

Playing time: 75' 53"

Recording site and date:
Monastery of Sant Pere de Ribes (Catalonia) [06, 09,10/2007];
Rel.: 2009

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.): 571-108 (July/August 2009)
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.): 87/1048 (Sept. 2007)

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Pierre-F. Roberge