Various Artists
Best of Scottish Pipes and Drums (CD)

EUCD2359

A glorious album of Pipes & Drums presented by a stellar line-up of Pipe Bands. A variety of marches, airs, jigs, reels, hornpipes, strathspey and pipe solos. Info about each of the bands in English, German, French and Spanish.

Track listing:

1.BEESTON PIPE BAND: Amazing Grace (trad.) - 2:44
2.GRAMPIAN POLICE PIPE BAND: Raigmore (A.H. Reese)/Mac An Irish (trad.)/The Braes of Mar (trad.)/The Hen and the Turkey (PM R. Mathieson) - 3:16
3.CLAN SUTHERLAND PIPE BAND: Hornpipe and Reels (Pipe solo: Michael Gordon)/The Gathering (R. Griffiths)/Naill from Glenroe (B. Gandy)/The Cape Breton Fiddler's Welcome to Shetland (W. Hunter) - 2:42
4.QUEEN’S ROYAL PIPERS: 24th Guards Brigade at Anzio (PM K.G. Roe)/The Argylls Crossing the River Po (R.H. Brown) - 1:55
5.PIPES & DRUMS 1ST BN. SCOTS GUARDS: Drum Salute, The Half Inched Pearl (R. McCutcheon, arr. R. McCutcheon/S. McTaggart) - 3:37
6.QUEEN’S ROYAL PIPERS: A Salute to the Royal Fendersmith (J.M. Banks) - 4:15
7.SCOTS GUARDS: Humours of Tulla (trad.)/Famous Ballymote (trad.)/Famous Bridge (trad.)/Para Handay's Reel (P. MacFarlane)/The Silver Fox (I. Lowther) - 4:18
8.PIPES & DRUMS 1ST BN. QUEEN'S OWN HIGHLANDERS: 4/4 Marches, Murdo's Wedding (G. Stoddart)/City of Hastings Pipe Band (J. Barrie/D. MacLeod)/The Muir of Ord (G.S. MacLennan) - 3:24
9.WALTHAM FOREST PIPE BAND: Banjo Breakdown (trad., arr. B. Smith)/Rocking the Baby (trad.)/The Fittie Boatman (I. Blair)/Dream Angus (trad.)/Itchy Fingers (trad.) - 3:48
10.GRAMPIAN POLICE PIPE BAND: It’s Lonely at Nicht in the Bothy (trad.)/Scotland the Brave (trad.)/I Love a Lassie (trad.)/The Bluebells of Scotland (trad.)/Nae Awa’ Tae Bide Awa (trad.) - 4:02
11.CLAN SUTHERLAND PIPE BAND: March, Strathspey and Reel (Drum solo: Ian Moore)/The Highland Wedding (A. MacKay)/Tulloch Castle (trad.)/John MacKechnie (trad.) - 4:41
12.PRIDE OF MURRAY PIPE BAND: Joe McGann’s Fiddle (McLennan)/Old Hag at the Spinning Wheel (trad.)/The Braes o’ Mar (trad.)/Mollie Connell (Wark)/Ice i’ the Bucket (trad.)/The Silver Spear (trad.) - 3:06
13.PIPES & DRUMS 1ST BATTALION SCOTS GUARDS: Marches with a twist! Dawning of the Day (T. Connel, arr. B. Heriot/Ross McCrindle)/At Long Last (J. McHattie, arr. B. Heriot/Ross McCrindle) - 4:07
14.BEESTON PIPE BAND: Drum Salute (Wright)/Lord Byron (trad.)/Banks of Allan Water (trad.)/Heroes of Vittoria (MacLellan) - 5:33

Published: 2011

Genre: Irish & Scottish & Brittany
Label: Arc Music