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In Praise of Uist

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“This is a CD full of elegant music softly played with emotion and surety, and an object lesson for any pianist to have faith in the cut-glass sonority of their instrument. Over the 25 tracks on this CD, McCarthy beguiles with understatement and glistens with melodic clarity. The harmony is at times compound but never over-played showing no need to force the vernacular. As such, this is the only recent solo piano recording of the Gaelic and Irish traditions that I can recommend without hesitation”
– Peter Urpeth Review in Living Tradition. Read the full review

Tracklist:

  1. O my Homeland
  2. Colins Cattle
  3. Cha Bhi Mi Gad Thaladh
  4. Distaff of the Maiden
  5. Taladh ar SlanairAll the above from M. F. Shaw’s “Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist”
    With huge gratitude to Marjorie and ROnald Stevenson.
    Except for “O mo dhuthaich”, all others are hugely influenced by Ronald’s wonderful “South Uist Folksong Suite”
  6. Lord Inchiquin
  7. Irish Air
  8. She moved through the fair
  9. Cutting Bracken
  10. Cutting Bracken 2
  11. Dan O Keefes Slide
  12. Bridge of Tears
  13. Paddy Fahys Jig
  14. Mags Chant
  15. Bonnie Benbecula
  16. Song from Skye
  17. Fly and Dodger
  18. Irish Song
  19. I am asleep
  20. Get up my Mary
  21. Cliffs of Moher
  22. Danny Boy
  23. Cuigel na Maighdin
  24. Taladh ar Slanair 2
  25. O mo dhuthaich

Recorded 1st April, 2004, Edinburgh.
Piano – Mary McCarthy