Monday, December 22, 2014

Review of Nicola Benedetti: Homecoming - A Scottish Fantasy

Artist:  Nicola Benedetti.
Album:  Homecoming - A Scottish Fantasy.
Recording Label:  Decca.
Recording Date:  2014.

Homecoming - A Scottish Fantasy
1-4  Scottish Fantasy Bruch
5     Ae Fond Kiss Burns
6     Auld Lang Syne Variations Burns
7     My Love is Like a Red Red Rose Burns
8     Hurricane Set Skinner
9     The Dean Brig o'Edinburgh Skinner/Banks Hornpipes Trad.
10   Aberlady Cunningham
11   Mouth Music and Tunes Set Trad./Cunningham/MacDonald
12   The Gentle Light That Wakes Me Cunningham
13   Coisish a Ruin (Walk My Beloved) Trad.
14   Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond Trad.

Impressions:
Nicola Benedetti is a Scottish violinist.  She won Young British Classical Musician for 2011.  I've listened to her on YouTube.com and see her perform.  Benedetti is good.  I bought her latest album, which is called Homecoming - A Scottish Fantasy.  BBC Radio 3 and the Scottish BBC orchestra back her up.  The various works sample different aspects of Scottish music.  I enjoyed listening to it.

Recommended for Xmas.

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