Concerto Caledonia :: Fiddler Tam - The Music of Thomas Erskine.

Fiddler Tam - The Music of Thomas Erskine.

Concerto Caledonia
Scottish
Linn Records

Released: 2005
Catalogue Number: CKD240
Running Time: 77mins.

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Sample track: Overture In C Op.1 No.2: Allegro : Listen


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Overture in C op.1 no.2
1) Allegro
2) Andantino
3) Presto assai.
4) Death Is Now My Only Treasure.
Quartet in C minor (Kilravock no.8)
5) Allegro
6) Andante
7) Allegro
8) The Lover's Message.
Overture in B flat 'The Maid of the Mill (Periodic Overture no.28)
9) Allegro
10) Adagio ma non troppo
11) Minuet (Rondo)
Quartet in A (Kilravock no.9)
12) Allegro molto
13) Adagio
14) Minuet
Trio Sonata no.5 in E
15) Andante con espressione
16) Minuetto
17) Lord Kelly's Reel
18) Largo
Trio Sonata no.6 in G
19) Andantino
20) Tempo di Minuetto
FIRST HEARING:
Rousing! Definitely Rousing!
A recent release (2007) by Concerto Caledonia is based around a string quartet - the first half of this is much grander in scope & scale.
This is well worth investigating - it's real Scottish music in every way.

Lineup

David McGuinness - Director & Harpsichord.
Mhairi Lawson - Soprano.
Lucy Russell, Ruth Slater, Ken Aiso, Sarah Bevan-Baker, Emilia Benjamin, David Greenberg & Fanny Pestalozzi - Violins.
Katherine McGillivray & Kate Fawcet - Viola.
Alison McGillivray & Joseph Crouch - Cello.
Malachy Robinson - Bass
Katy Bircher & Brinley Yare - Flute.
Katharina Spreckelsen & Lorraine Wood - Oboe.
Ursula Leveaux - Bassoon.
Anneke Scott & David Bentley - Horn.