Track Listing

1. Till Far
2. Julverset
3. Vid Ad Lib
4. Salme
5. Eklundapolska Nr. 3
6. Da Aald Foula Reel
7. Winyadepla
8. Day Dawn
9. Doon Da Rooth
10. Minnie A Shirva's Cradle Song
11. Papa Stour Sword Dance
12. Captain Cambell
13. John Roy Lyall
14. Beauty Of The North
15. Hurricane
16. Herr Roloff's Farewell

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #134049 in Music
• Released on: 2009-09-14
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 43 minutes

Customer Reviews

Memories are made of this�
I bought this before going to Skye after seeing it performed live years ago and blow me if it didn't provide the perfect sound track to my life on holiday. All the non-folkies and non-classicalies with me were enchanted by it and I can't hear the achingly beautiful first melody "Til Far" without going glassy eyed and beholding the Hebrides. Which is not entirely appropriate, as it's a collection of traditional tunes from Shetland and Scandinavia, arranged for Aly Bain and the BT Scottish Ensemble by Norwegian composer Henning Sommerro, but there you go - it's all in the ears of the beholder.

For anyone who doesn't have too much a problem with folk music crossing over into classical waters (not so much a collision as a gentle dissolve) this is a gorgeous, deeply evocative CD which will make you homesick for Scotland - or Scandinavia for that matter - when you're already there.