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Music CD - The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards: Spirit Of The Glen
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Music CD: Spirit Of The Glen
Artist: The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
List Price: $18.98
Our Price: $12.49
Your Save: $ 6.49 ( 34% )
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Manufacturer: Fontana International
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Tracks:
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1. Amazing Grace
2. Sailing
3. Highland Cathedral
4. Last Of The Mohicans
5. Hector The Hero
6. Mull Of Kintyre
7. Dances With Wolves
8. Scottish Medley
9. Canon
10. The Day Thou Gavest
11. Caledonia
12. Over The Hills And Far Away
13. Your Love Echoes Around The World
14. The Green Hills Of Tyrol
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0602517471597
Label: Fontana International
Manufacturer: Fontana International
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Fontana International
Release Date: 2008-02-12
Studio: Fontana International
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: A Gem
Comment: As I sit listening to this CD I felt propelled to write a review as it envokes so many feelings inside me. ok bagpipes make one cry no doubt but this extra ordinary CD is just that amazing! It has a little of everything. I especially love the 2 pieces from "the Last of the Mohicans" an "Dances With Wolves". To tell you that it gives me chills is an understatement. It is a great buy and I can attest to the fact I am a part time music seller at B&N and when it was on the in store play list we could not keep it on the shelf. So treat yourself as this is a great buy and one you will never tire of..
Customer Rating:
Summary: Beautifully done!
Comment: I will not claim to be any sort of expert on bagpipe or Celtic music, but this entire album is absolutely wonderful. It contains a mix of classics along with a few surprises, and a couple crossovers that you wouldn't expect. "Amazing Gtace 2007" and "Highland Cathedral" literally brought me to tears the first time I heard them. All of the songs are wonderfully directed and recorded flawlessly. This is definitely an album, if not for all fans of Celtic and Bagpipe music, definitely for the neophyte such as myself.
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Summary: Haunting and Beautiful
Comment: From traditional tunes like Amazing Grace, Hector the Hero, and Caledonia, to pop hits like Paul McCartney's Mull of Kintyre and Rod Stewart's Sailing, to movie themes from Dances With Wolves and The Last of the Mohicans, Iraq War veterans the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards provide a brilliant album of 14 gorgeous arrangements of bagpipes and accompaniment in "Spirit of the Glen". I found the Last of the Mohicans theme, Mull of Kintyre, Pachelbel's Canon, Caledonia, and Over the Hills and Far Away particularly enjoyable. Yes, Mull of Kintyre, Your Love Echoes Around the World, and Caledonia are sung, but I didn't find this to be a problem. Caledonia threw me off a bit at first, as the style is very "movie ballad", almost "animated movie ballad", but the sound quickly grows on you. Like the instrumentals, the singing is expertly, beautifully done, and those moments are a nice vocal break from the pure instrumentals. Here is a detailed track listing:
1. Amazing Grace 2007, 2. Sailing, 3. Highland Cathedral, 4. Last of the Mohicans, 5. Hector the Hero, 6. Mull of Kintyre (featuring Will Martin), 7. Dances With Wolves (John Dunbar's Theme), 8. Scottish Medley (The Dark Isle, Flower of Scotland, Skye Boat Song), 9. Pachelbel's Canon, 10. The Day Thou Gavest, 11. Caledonia (featuring Steve Balsamo), 12. Over the Hills and Far Away, 13. Your Love Echoes Around the World (featuring singers from the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards), 14. The Green Hills of Tyrol
This incredible music will virtually transport you to Scotland with the closing of your eyes in a comfortable chair. If you love bagpipe music, world music, or just soothing, relaxing music, this belongs in your collection.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent Production
Comment: Spirit of the Glen is their best album. Excellent production. My thanks to them for such a moving album.
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Summary: delightful
Comment: Beautiful arrangements and renditions. If you like pipes, drums, and Scottish songs, you will love this CD.
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Editorial Reviews:
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The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards is Scotland's senior regiment and her only regular cavalry. The band members, as well as being trained musicians, are all Army soldiers who crew tanks and have served two tours of duty in Iraq. The album, both Scots and classical tunes, is a tribute to the dedication and talent of this group of military pipers. While they are first and foremost soldiers, the music on Spirit of the Glen is a heart-warming and beautiful demonstration of the incredibly powerful and emotive sound of bagpipe music. Some album highlights: the McCartney popularized #1 single, Mull of Kintyre, Amazing Grace 2007, a reworking of Rod Stewarts `Sailing,' and film themes Dances with Wolves & The Last of the Mohicans.
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