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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Fortunately, we bought volume 2 of this before vol 1 (this one). It instantly became a favourite listen, with an unusual take on some familiar and not so familiar tunes. If you're into Monteverdi etc you'll recognise the sort of style and ornamentation which Jordi Savall brings to this material and it raises all sorts of interesting ideas (mostly probably totally spurious) about the possible origins of the tradition, with echoes of Byzantium and the mysterious East.
But this album, recorded a couple of years earlier in three distinct sessions, is more about the development of the approach which works so well on the second album. Initially disappointing through the first half or so (was this the same man?), we kept listening. Suddenly the style of the second album magically appears and from then on it's mostly all good. We both independently thought exactly the same about it so there must be something that objectively changes at that point, the style sort of 'clicks'.
If you haven't heard the second one and you like medieval/renaissance and folk music, this is a really interesting listen. If you're a fiddler it's particularly worthwhile because of the open tunings of the viol (I want one) which makes me, at least, reassess the virtues of different tunings for different material. He gets effects and sounds you'll not get any other way.
Not one for the hardcore hi-velocity folkies, perhaps. But give it a go (and perhaps try vol 2 first).
But this album, recorded a couple of years earlier in three distinct sessions, is more about the development of the approach which works so well on the second album. Initially disappointing through the first half or so (was this the same man?), we kept listening. Suddenly the style of the second album magically appears and from then on it's mostly all good. We both independently thought exactly the same about it so there must be something that objectively changes at that point, the style sort of 'clicks'.
If you haven't heard the second one and you like medieval/renaissance and folk music, this is a really interesting listen. If you're a fiddler it's particularly worthwhile because of the open tunings of the viol (I want one) which makes me, at least, reassess the virtues of different tunings for different material. He gets effects and sounds you'll not get any other way.
Not one for the hardcore hi-velocity folkies, perhaps. But give it a go (and perhaps try vol 2 first).
20 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Pace Tamnaceol, I enjoyed this a lot. Of course it is not a foot-tapping CD - it's a more refined sort of thing, and for some that may be a disadvantage. But it's an interesting selection, the tunes are played with the greatest skill and musicality and many - particularly the slower airs - are most affecting (I'm actually listening to William Marshall's 'Chapel Keithack' as I type this ; it's beautiful). The sound is always lovely. I have to say that to give one star for all of that seems a bit mean to me. I don't see why these tunes should not be played as 'art' music, as they are here - they are good enough. Marshall, Niel Gow and his son were all happy that their tunes be played as drawing-room music for a listening audience - they did this themselves. It's a different approach from that used for dancing, but this kind of playing was common and popular in Enlightenment Edinburgh at the time of the Gows and, indeed, Burns, and would have been accepted by them. In addition, though Savall's approach may not be 'foot-tapping', it is every bit as rhythmically tight as it needs to be. With many of the tunes, he adds variations, always imaginatively, which again is very much in the 18th-century performing tradition (see David Johnson's fine book, 'Scottish Fiddle Music in the 18th. Century'). I am not so aware of the Irish tradition, but the Irish tunes are just as good and equally enjoyable - much the same approach is used. So I'm enthusiastic, and grateful, too, to Jordi Savall, not just for trying but for producing something unusual and very pleasurable. By the way, the CD has moved on to Macpherson's Lament now, and it's spell-binding.
Format:Audio CD
This music is beautiful, a brilliant blend between classical and folk. Wonderful stuff that will be enjoyed by people at both ends of the spectrum.
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not half as interesting as the title suggests
Let me express directly that I am a huge fan of Jordi Savall AND Celtic music. Somehow these two didn't blend well in this CD. Read more
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The CD was a gift for a friend and was greatly appreciated
The CD was a gift for a friend and was greatly appreciated
Published on 27 July 2009 by Donald B. Scott
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I love the music, these tunes, the traditions they rise from, and I also love the viol, alone and in consort, but for me this was a disappointment I found dull and plodding, all... Read more
Published on 28 May 2009 by Tamnaceol
10/10
Wow, this are a surprising recording of Irish and Scottish Musical Traditions. This music give me much joy, when I listened too. Jordi Savall played the music very good. Read more
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