Dawn Dance

Alasdair Fraser | Format: Audio Cassette

Product Details

• Audio Cassette (May 21, 1996)
• Label: Culburnie Records
• ASIN: B000001UIL
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,462,603 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. First Light/Dawn Rant

2. Dawn Dance

3. Wooden Whale/Leaps & Bounds/Skeye Barbeque

4. Stratherrick

5. Funky 105

6. Rain on Rannoch

7. Common Ground

8. Eilidh's Frolic

9. Sally Mo Ghradh

10. Independence Trail/Galen's Arrival

11. Pamela Rose Grant

12. Free Rein

13. Theme for Scotland

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A bright and beautiful recording!, May 30, 2000

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Peter Kasin (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dawn Dance (Audio CD)

With each successive recording, Alasdair Fraser takes Scottish fiddling to new areas, while remaining firmly rooted in tradition. This is his first recording solely devoted to his original compositions, but you would swear they were all traditional tunes if you didn't know he composed them. The lineup of musicians for this album worked so well together, they decided to become a touring band; Skyedance. Fraser's composing is as great as his playing. The tunes touch many emotions, as does his heartfelt and technically brilliant fiddling. Now, reviews are supposed to be critical in the best sense of that word, and not be just advertisements, so in that spirit here is what I see as the album's only fault: It ends. Other than that, it's great!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An absolutely brilliant cd!, January 8, 2005

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valleyvineyard (California) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Dawn Dance (Audio CD)

While I have enjoyed the sound of the fiddle for many years, I have been clueless as to where to find good recordings. So many albums focus more on the other instruments and the fiddle gets lost in the background. After reading the reviews for this cd I decided to take a chance... and I'm sure glad I did! While there are multiple instruments involved in each piece, it is easy to distinguish each instrument (and clearly hear the beautiful fiddling!). Alasdair Fraser plays with amazing skill and emotion. Since purchasing this cd, I've also picked up a few of his other cds, and can definitely say that this one is the best.

My personal preference in this type of music is for quick-paced, happy melodies - track 3, 8 and 12 deliver exactly what I'm looking for. My ONLY criticism on this cd is the recording quality in a few little spots - every once in a while it sounds as if the track is ending (because the music gets so soft) when they're actually in the middle of the song. However, this is infrequent enough that it doesn't really affect the enjoyment of the music.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent display of the Scottish fiddle., January 30, 1999

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[e-mail] (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dawn Dance (Audio CD)

This CD is the best that Alasdair has released. If you are testing the waters, definately buy this CD before ourchasing others that he has produced.