Audio CD review:
Dougie MacLean - Perthshire Amber

Dougie MacLean - Perthshire Amber

Band: Dougie MacLean Title: Perthshire Amber Rating: Release Date: 09 May, 2000 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: First Movement... Perthshire Amber 2: Second Movement... Crannog/Castle Menzies 3: Third Movement... The Fair City 4: Fourth Movement... Rannoch/The Butterstone Puddock/Castle Menzies/The Things We Love/Perthshire... 5: Mr & Mrs MacLean Of Snaigow 1984 6: The Search 1990 7: The Kaimes 1994

Editoral Review Perthshire Amber, a four-movement suite composed to honor his native county, is his most ambitious, and successful, composition yet. Dougie MacLean is not only Scotland's favorite singer-songwriter--his song "Caledonia" is so popular it's considered the unofficial Scottish national anthem--he is also a talented composer of instrumental music as well. MacLean and his arranger and cellist Kevin McCrae have created a beautifully evocative piece of music that effectively blends the timbres of folk instruments like the tin whistle, guitar, bouzouki, and bagpipes with a small classical string ensemble. MacLean may be the leader of the group, but it's fiddler Pete Clark and tin whistler-piper Graham Mulholland who bring the music to life with their sensitive playing. The CD also includes three instrumentals taken from previous releases and a video of the recording session and scenic views of Perthshire, viewable on computers that can play CD-ROMs. --Michael Simmons .. You can see a complete list of all Dougie MacLean discography, or go back to the Dougie MacLean tabs