John Burgess, master player, is again at the top of his form in this recording. His interpretation of the two piobaireachds will be treated by enthusiasts as archive material, to be savoured and enjoyed again and again. In the light music he is, as always, at his brilliant best, displaying an excellence of technique and a mastery of expression that can serve as a standard for pipers everywhere. He reveals also, for the first time on any recording, his considerable talent as a composer, his arrangement of the Mason’s Apron is exciting and unexpected and shows yet another facet of this great piper’s talent.
1 2/4 Marches: The Knightswood Ceilidh / Father John MacMillan of Barra
2 Slow airs: Leaving Loch Boisdale / The Angler’s Lament
3 6/8 Marches: Seumas MacNeill / John D Burgess
4 Strathspey & reel: Johnnie Ross, Craigard / Captain Lachlan MacPhail of Tiree
5 Jigs: Daphne Shephard / The Herring Wife
6 Piobaireach: The Lament for Duncan MacRae of Kintail
7 2/4 Marches: John MacFadyen of Melfort / Willie MacLean / Jeannie Carruthers / The Conundrum
8 Strathspey & reel: Lady Loudon / The Rejected Suitor
9 Piobaireach: The Lament for Mary MacLeod
10 Hornpipe: The Mason’s Apron
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