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The Celtic Viol - An Hommage to Irish and Scottish Musical Traditions - Jordi Savall | 
| Artist: Jordi Savall;Andrew Lawrence-King
Creator: Various
Label: Alia Vox
Category: Music
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 30878
Format: Hybrid SACD, SACD
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Running Time: 76 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.5
EAN: 7619986398655
ASIN: B001RQQ0CI
Release Date: April 27, 2009
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 A noble perspective December 26, 2009
Recusant
Nobody in my lifetime has contributed more to our knowledge of British viol music than Jordi Savall, to say nothing of his many other remarkable achievements. He approaches the Celtic tradition from the deepest knowledge of the long traditions of British and other European string music. These marvellous performances mark his loving respect for Scottish and Irish traditional music, here properly appreciated in its wide-ranging geographical and historical perspective. They help us appreciate how fortunate is the survival of so much Celtic folk music, and are always nimbly alert to the direct rapturous connections between such music and life at its most joyous and tragic. This was for me much the most moving new record of 2009.
think carefully..... October 24, 2009
Mrs. Alison Gifford
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is gorgeous music beautifully and stylishly played. A delight to listen to, but lacks variety in content, the tracks all sound very similar and I would be hard put to tell one from another. Great for 'dipping into', but not for a serious sit-down.
Beautiful playing September 3, 2009
Miceal (England)
This record does have some limitations. In his accompanying comments, Savall notes the survival and vitality of oral transmission in Irish and Scottish music. Yet he has chosen many of his selections for this album from published collections which themselves filtered, altered, sanitized and 'improved' the oral tradition for a bourgeois audience increasingly interested in the music of 'the people'. Perhaps if Savall had more time to listen and learn tunes in 'live' settings, at pubs and dances, he might have assimilated more of the traditional styles, particularly their regional diversity. However, this record is a homage, and Savall doesn't claim authenticity (wherever you may find that), describing the record as a 'fervent tribute'. I think I detect some purist snobbery in Tam na ceol's comments. But where - for example - would Irish traditional music be without Michael Coleman's many American recordings, despite the frequently abysmal piano accompaniments? Savall acknowledges that he was not born into these traditions, and has much to learn. These recordings are certainly not dire and plodding. Savall's touch is light and affectionate. While his performances are far removed from what many would consider traditional, they are beautiful, and with these limitations can be accepted as the homage they are.
The Celtic Viol July 27, 2009
Donald B. Scott (UK)
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The Celtic Viol - An Hommage to Irish and Scottish Musical Traditions - Jordi Savall
The CD was a gift for a friend and was greatly appreciated
unusual, beautiful and very worthwhile July 20, 2009
Mr. Ian A. Macfarlane (Fife, Scotland)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
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.
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