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Hail Caledonia: Scotland in Music
ARIADNE 5014 (SOMM Recordings, CD)
DDD
FIRST RELEASE (7 January 2022)
Playing time: 79'32"
Tracks: 20
Booklet pages: 16
℗ 2021 SOMM Recordings
© 2021 SOMM Recordings
Main country of recording: United Kingdom
Country of manufacture: European Union
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of Hail Caledonia: Scotland in Music published on 18 January 2022
City of Glasgow Philharmonic Orchestra
Iain Sutherland, conductor
City of Glasgow Pipe Band (tracks 1 and 18)
City of Glasgow Chorus (track 18)
David Wotherspoon, pipes (track 19)
Iain McDonald, pipes (track 20)
Arranged by Iain Sutherland (born 1936):
1 The Black Bear Salute
Robert Docker (1918-92):
2 Abbey Craig (Scots Wha Hae)
Ernest Tomlinson (1924-2015):
3 Cumberland Square (My love she's but a lassie yet/Cock o' the North)
Eric Coates (1886-1957):
4 Elizabeth of Glamis (Springtime in Angus)
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47):
5 Scherzo (Symphony No 3, 'Scottish')
Arthur Blake (1925-94):
6 Take the High Road Theme
Hamish McCunn (1868-1916) arranged by Iain Sutherland:
7 Sutherland's Law Theme (Land of the Mountain and the Flood)
Robert Docker:
8 Faery Dance Reel
Iain Sutherland:
Three Scottish Castles
9 Stirling Castle: Gateway to the Highlands
10 Dunvegan Castle, Isle of Skye
11 Edinburgh Castle, Princes Street
Alexander McKenzie (1847-1935):
12 Benedictus
Granville Bantock (1868-1946):
13 Kishmul's Galley
Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006):
Four Scottish Dances
14 Strathspey
15 Reel
16 Hebrides
17 Highland Fling
Roy Williamson (1936-90), arranged by Iain Sutherland:
18 Flower of Scotland
Traditional, arranged by Iain Sutherland:
19 Amazing Grace
Ian Whyte (1901-60):
20 Devil's Finale/Reel o' Tulloch (Donald of the Burthens)
Recorded live in 1995 and 1996 at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, Scotland, UK