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The fiddle occupies pride of place within Irish traditional music and this collection features the great players from the golden age of recording between 1922 and 1951. These virtuoso stylists are featured in solo, small group and band combinations performing both classic repertoire and little known pieces. The CD has been re-mastered to the highest standards and is accompanied by in depth notes.


VARIOUS ARTISTS PAST MASTERS OF IRISH FIDDLE MUSIC TSCD605  link to shop
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MURPHY, KILLORAN & RYAN Paddy Killoran & Paul Ryan, fiddles; Denis Murphy, accordeon; Edward Tucker, piano
Ballina Lass / Sligo Maid ~ Reels
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PADDY KILLORAN & PADDY SWEENEY fiddles; Edward Tucker, piano
Mullingar Races / Boys On The Hilltop
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BALLINAKILL (Co. Galway) TRADITIONAL DANCE PLAYERS Jerry Whyte & Tommy Whyte, fiddles; Stephen Moloney & Tommy Whelan, flutes; Anna Rafferty, piano
Shaskeen and Green Blanket
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BALLINAKILL (Co. Galway) TRADITIONAL DANCE PLAYERS details as track 3
Rick's / Byrne's ~ Hornpipes
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FRANK O'HIGGINS fiddle; Julia Gray, piano
Reels ~ Farewell To Erin / Irish Molly / The Flogging
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FRANK O'HIGGINS fiddle; Julia Gray, piano
Jigs ~ The Maid At The Spinning Wheel / Do You Want Any More
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FRANK O'HIGGINS fiddle; Julia Gray, piano
Reels ~ Kitty's Gone A-Milking, / The Dogs Among The Bushes / The Merry Sisters
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NEIL O'BOYLE fiddle
Reels ~ The Pigeon On The Gate / Jenny Picking Cockles
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AUGHRIM SLOPES CEILIDHE BAND Paddy Kelly & Jack Mulkere, fiddles; there is almost certainly a third fiddle, Jimmy Drury; Joe Mills, accordeon; Josie O'Halloran, piano
Killaghbeg House / First House In Connaught ~ Reels
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MICHAEL C. HANAFIN & DANIEL P. MORONEY Mike Hanafin, fiddle; Daniel Moroney, tin whistle; Dan Sulliva, piano
Groves Hornpipe
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MICHAEL COLEMAN fiddle; John Muller, piano
Trim The Velvet ~ Irish Reel
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MICHAEL COLEMAN fiddle; John Muller, piano
Wellington Reels
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MOATE CEILIDHE BAND Pepper Adamson, fiddle & leader; Willie Jordan & Mick Kincaid, fiddles; John Joe Gannon, accordeon; Billy Donnelly, piano
Jerry Beaver's Hat / Maid In The Meadow ~ Jigs
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MOATE CEILIDHE BAND Pepper Adamson, fiddle & leader; Paddy Gavin, fiddle; Billy Whelan, mandolin-banjo; John Joe Gannon, accordeon; Billy Donnelly, piano
Reels ~ Sheehan's / The Travellers
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ENNIS, MORRISON & MULLER Jim Morrison, fiddle; Tom Ennis, uilleann pipes; John Muller, piano
Irish Jig Medley ~ Paddy In London / Buther's March / Sligo Bay
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JAMES MORRISON Jim Morrison, fiddle; Claire Reardon, piano
Flax In Bloom / The Millstone / The Dairy Maid's Reel ~ Irish Airs
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MICHAEL GORMAN fiddle & MICK FLYNN flute
Reel ~ The Jolly Tinker
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MICHAEL GORMAN fiddle & MICK FLYNN flute
Reels ~ Down The Broom / The Pigeon At The Gate
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BALLINAKILL (Co. Galway) TRADITIONAL DANCE PLAYERS details as track 3
Queen Of The Fair ~ Double Jig
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BALLINAKILL (Co. Galway) TRADITIONAL DANCE PLAYERS details as track 3
Flogging Wheel and Whelan's Reel
21
 
HALPIN TRIO Treasa Ni Ailpin, fiddle & unidentified, fiddle & piano
Rogha-An-Fhile (Poets Choice) ~ New Irish Traditional Dance
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HUGH GILLESPIE fiddle & Jack McKenna,guitar
Dowd'd Number Nine / Jackson's ~ Medley Of Reels
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HUGH GILLESPIE fiddle & Mark Callaghan, guitar
Master Crowley's Reels
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MICHAEL GORMAN fiddle & MICK FLYNN flute
Reels ~ The Sligo Maid / Molloy's
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MICHAEL GORMAN fiddle
Reel ~ Bonny Kate