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One of the most fascinating aspects of Scottish music in the eighteenth century is the extent to which traditional and classical music interacted. And by the early nineteenth century, Scottish songs had become popular in Europe too, and were being arranged by composers such as Haydn and Beethoven.
The performances on this CD honour that lively and sensitive interaction which, perhaps uniquely, gives expression to an ideal of social and artistic cohesion. This new recording is a fine addition to Alpha's Chants de la Terre series, devoted to pieces stemming from oral tradition that have had a considerable impact on the written repertoire and continue to enchant the ear.
Lively dances, played with joyful energy, exquisite Scottish airs, beautifully sung by the tenor Robert Getchell… Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, led by Français Lazarevitch, take us once again into fascinating regions inhabited by grace and pure delight.
William McGibbon: Saw na ye my Peggie
Saw na ye my Peggie
James Oswald: Johnnie Cope - Lauchlan's Lilt [18th century]
Johnnie Cope - Lauchlan's Lilt
Jane Fraser Morison: MacCrimmon's Lament (arr. for flute and baroque harp) [18th century]
MacCrimmon's Lament (arr. for flute and baroque harp)
William Thompson: Princess Royal - For Ever Fortune
Princess Royal - For Ever Fortune
Turlough Carolan: Mrs. Judge
Mrs. Judge
John Anderson My Jo [18th century]
John Anderson My Jo [18th century]
Kennet's Dream [18th century]
Kennet's Dream [18th century]
William Thompson: A Sonata of Scots Tunes
A Sonata of Scots Tunes: Etrick Banks
Nathaniel Gow: The Fyket - Miss Bisset Logierait's reel - Was ye at the Bridal - The Cadgers of the Cannongate
The Fyket - Miss Bisset Logierait's Reel - Was ye at the Bridal - The Cadgers of the Cannongate
James Oswald: Benny Side
Benny Side
William Christie: Pearlin Peggie's Bonny
Pearlin Peggie's Bonny
The Gwin gad Albor [Gairdyn manuscript, 18th century]
The Gwin gad Albor [Gairdyn manuscript, 18th century]
Adew Dundee
Adew Dundee [Skene manuscript, 1625]
Nathaniel Gow: For our lang biding here - Joy gae wi' my love - The Flaughter Spade - Patrick MacDonald's Jig
For our lang biding here - Joy gae wi' my love - The Flaughter Spade - Patrick MacDonald's Jig
Loch-Erroch Side [Agnes Hume's manuscript, 1704]
Loch-Erroch Side [Agnes Hume's manuscript, 1704]
Nathaniel Gow: The Flower of Edinburgh - Lady Mary Hay's Scotch Measure
The Flower of Edinburgh - Lady Mary Hay's Scotch Measure
William Thompson: Lochaber
Lochaber
William Thompson: Muirland Willie
Muirland Willie
Turlough Carolan: Moc Donogh's lamentation (arr. for 2 theorbos, harp and viola da gamba) [18th century]
Moc Donogh's lamentation (arr. for 2 theorbos, harp and viola da gamba) [18th century]
Nathaniel Gow: The Wawking of the faulds - I wish I wou'd marry me - An Caora crom - Ratha fair Haud the lass till I come at her - Clean Peas Strae [18th century]
The Wawking of the faulds - I wish I wou'd marry me - An Caora crom - Ratha fair Haud the lass till I come at her - Clean Peas Strae
Saw na ye my Peggie