Scottish Tranquility: Piano And Orchestral Classics

Track Listings 1. Annie Laurie 2. Flower Of Scotland 3. Rowan Tree 4. Ye Banks And Braes 5. Lochnagar 6. Eriskay Love Lilt/Westering Home 7. Will Ye No Come Back Again 8. Loch Lomond 9. Amazing Grace 10. The Skye Boat Song 11. Song For The Mira 12. Red Red Rose/Bonny Mary Of Argyll 13. I Belong To Glasgow 14. Dark Island 15. Auld Lang Syne 16. No Awa' Tae Bide Awa'/Scotland The Brave Not many composers have worked with Elvis Presley, Cliff Richards, The Dubliners, and Planxty. Such is the strange musical world of Phil Coulter, who has recorded a series of Tranquility records that emphasize lush orchestral arrangements of various national folk music from Ireland to America, and on this title, Scotland. "Lush" is the operative word here, as he spins classic Scots melodies like "Ye Banks and Braes" and "Auld Lang Syne" into Mantovani-like flourishes for piano and orchestra, punched up with a fuzzy but gentle electric guitar and drums to give it "punch." It's the apex of Celtic nostalgia, and you will love it or hate it based solely on your tolerance for lots of airy strings, rippling piano lines, and reverbed, mountainous flute sounds. Coulter has had a lot of gold and platinum recordings over the years, so there's plenty of fans for his Celtic lounge act. --Louis Gibson

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