Classical new release - Harmonia Mundi UK Distribution

Label: Delphian
File Under: Classical/Instrumental
Catalogue No: DCD34128
Barcode: 801918341281
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Format: 1 CD
Packaging: cristal
Concerto Caledonia
Robert MACKINTOSH: Airs, Minuets, Gavotts and Reels
Concerto Caledonia
RELEASE DATE
11TH MARCH 2013
Capt. Macduff’s Delight – Miss Katty Troter’s Reel, Minuetto, Miss Grant of Grant’s Reel, Miss Grace Stewart’s Minuet,
Gavotta, Air, Lady Helenora Home’s Reel – Miss Jessy Dalrymple’s Reel – Miss Stewart’s Reel – Miss Carre’s Reel, The
Duchess of Gordon’s Delight, Miss Campbell’s Reel, The Diamond Reel – Miss Burnet of Monboddo’s Reel
Minuet – Quick Step, Lady Betty Boyle’s Reel – Miss Scott’s Reel, Miss Bewment’s Minuet – Air, Lady Betty Cochran’s
Reel, Minuetto, Lady Emelia Ker’s Minuet, Gavotta, Miss Henderson’s Minuet – Lady Wallace’s Reel, Miss Pringle’s
Reel, Miss Baird’s Minuet, Gavotta, Allegro, Largo, Jigg, March
A chamber-scale Concerto Caledonia bring to life a key figure from the Golden Age of Scottish fiddle music, when the
publishing of fiddle music books was in full spate and the familiar forms of strathspey, reel and jig were taking shape.
'Red Rob' Mackintosh, named in the customary Gaelic fashion after the colour of his hair, found himself a place in the
orchestra of the Edinburgh Musical Society and set up business as a teacher.
'Airs, Minuets, Gavotts and Reels' (1783) was his first collection, published the year before his ill-fated move to
Aberdeen, and it represents his desire both to understand the musical world around him as fully as possible, and to forge
himself a career within it. Concerto Caledonia have realised the music from within its pages, shedding light on an age
when, not yet 'traditional', such dance genres still bore the imprint of their individual composers.
Concerto Caledonia is one of Scotland's premiere early music ensembles with a reputation for reviving little known but
important music. With their third disc on Delphian the band bring vital part of Scotland's heritage to a wider audience with
the music of 'Red Rob'.