Bel Canto
Eilidh MacKenzie
Scottish
Macmeanmna
Released: 1st November 2009
Catalogue Number: SKYECD52
Barcode: 5032475005230
Running Time: 59mins.
You can listen to short samples from some of the tracks on this album using the player below.
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The booklet says, " The songs follow the story of Ann Patchett's "Bel Canto". Set in South America, I've taken the story and put it into a Gaelic context. It is a story of love, of music and of communication".
So what can we say?
This is a daring and major work and, as such, demands attention.
1) Pago io vovro: a chaid pog
2) Chan eil cuimhn am
3) Here We Go Again
4) 'S mise gam tholadh
5) You Misunderstand Me - Little Darling
6) Oganaich mo cgridhe
7) Suidh san oisean - Sit in the Corner
8) Cesar's Tree
9) An combradh: Sandra Kerr
10) Cait an robh thu, ghealtaire ghalld?
11) An darna phog
12) Faillirinno o 'ille
13) Reidhphort
14) An treas pog: Direach nar dithis
The booklet says, " The songs follow the story of Ann Patchett's "Bel Canto". Set in South America, I've taken the story and put it into a Gaelic context. It is a story of love, of music and of communication".
So what can we say?
This is a daring and major work and, as such, demands attention.
Lineup
Eilidh MacKenzie - Vocals & B/vocals
with
Elizabeth McCormack - Vocals (Tk.1)
Michael Marra - Narration (Tk1) Vocals (Tk.5)
Ged Grimes - Bowed Bass, Bass, Guitars, Mandolin, Whistling & Percussion
Christine Hanson - Cello
Gordon Gunn - Violin, Fiddle & Mandolin
Gillian & Fiona MacKenzie - B/vocals
Brian McAlpine - Piano, Accordion & B/vocal
Terry Small - Guitar
Eddi Reader - B/vocals
Allan MacDonald - Tromb
Anna Meldrum - Vocal (Tk.11)
James Graham - Vocals (Tk.13)