The Celtic Viol is set to be the most successful demonstration yet of Jordi Savall's extraordinary technique and depth of feeling for the indivisible oneness of music, be it written or oral, "classical" or "folk. An admirer of Celtic music for thirty years, in recent times Savall has worked his way through all the major 17th, 18th and 19th century collections of Scottish and Irish music, choosing from over 10,000 pieces the 29 heard here. Savall's knowledge of Renaissance and Baroque music, and his experience with Spanish, Arabic, Jewish and East Asian musical idioms, all contribute to the extraordinary success of this unique project. Savall is accompanied only by the harp of Andrew Lawrence-King, a long-time Savall associate and himself a legendary figure in early music. The Celtic Viol comes packaged with a glossy 144 page booklet.
2 Caledonia's Wail for Neil Gow, Her Favorite Minstrel
3 The Humours of Scariff
4 Alastair MacAlastair, Strathspey Reel for Viol
5 Tom Brigg's Jig
6 The Globby O, Jig
7 Work(S): Lord Moira's / Jinrikisha
8 Sackow's Jig
9 Hard Is My Fate
10 Chapel Keithack
11 Gudewife, Admit the Wanderer, for Viol
12 MacPherson's Lament
13 Tulloch, Gorum
14 Pretty Peggy, Reel
15 Twas Within a Mile of Edinboro'
16 Màiri BHÀN ÒG (Mary Young & Fair), Air for Viol
17 Dowd's Reel (Aka O'Dowd's Favourite)
18 Lady Mary Hay's Scots Measure
19 Carolan's Farewell to Music
20 Gutsy's Frolics, Slip Jig
21 Emigrants Reel
22 Lament for Owen Roe O'Neill
23 Princess Beatrice, Hornpipe
24 Prince Charlie's Last View of Edinburgh
25 Trip It Upstairs
26 Mrs. McPherson of Gibton, Reel for Viol
27 Tuttle's Reel
28 Niel Gow's Lament for the Death of His Second Wife
29 The Gander in the Pratie Hole, Double Jig
The Celtic Viol is set to be the most successful demonstration yet of Jordi Savall's extraordinary technique and depth of feeling for the indivisible oneness of music, be it written or oral, "classical" or "folk. An admirer of Celtic music for thirty years, in recent times Savall has worked his way through all the major 17th, 18th and 19th century collections of Scottish and Irish music, choosing from over 10,000 pieces the 29 heard here. Savall's knowledge of Renaissance and Baroque music, and his experience with Spanish, Arabic, Jewish and East Asian musical idioms, all contribute to the extraordinary success of this unique project. Savall is accompanied only by the harp of Andrew Lawrence-King, a long-time Savall associate and himself a legendary figure in early music. The Celtic Viol comes packaged with a glossy 144 page booklet.
