Scotland the Brave: Bagpipes Greatest Hits

Pipes & Drums of the 48th Highlanders of Canada (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 4, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Compendia
• ASIN: B000000CA3
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #58,114 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #37 in Music > Folk > British & Celtic Folk > Scottish Folk
  • #90 in Music > Indie Music > Classical

Track Listings

1. Scots Wha Hae/Bonnie Lass of Fyvie/Cockney Jocks

2. Robert Burns Medley: Flow Gently Sweet Afton/A Man's a Man/Neil Gowe

3. Captain Lumsden/Captain Horne/Aspen Bank/Highland Whiskey/Merry ...

4. Road to the Isles/Glendaruel Highlanders/Bonny Dundee/Hundred Pipers

5. Gay Gordons/Camerons/Brown Haired Maiden/Scotland the Brave

6. Robin Adair/Rowan Tree/The Auld Hoose/The Soldier's Return

7. Loch Marie/The Green Hills of Tyroll/Lochanside

8. Within a Mile O'Edinburgh Toon/Gaelic Air/Molly Connell/A a Cameron

9. 48th Highlanders/Jimmy Finlayter/The Children

10. PM WM Gray's Farewell/Rhue Waternish/Bonawe Highlanders

11. Skye Boat Song/My Home/Westering Home

12. Johnnie Cope/MacKay's Farewell/Mormond Braes Are Bonny

13. Brigidier Cheape/Tulloch Castle/Broadford Bay

14. Auld Lang Syne/Will Ye No Come Again/Bide Awa

15. Glencoe/Colonel Robertson/Highland Laddie

16. The Day Thou Gavest/Going Home

17. Amazing Grace

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Mighty 48th of Canada, June 19, 2003

By 

Roger Kennedy (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Scotland the Brave: Bagpipes Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

Despite what some others have said here this is actually quite a fine recording by the pipes and drums of the 48th Highlanders of Canada. This regimental pipe band remains one of the finest in North America, proof of this is the numerous tattoos it performs in. The selection of pipe music here is both popular and less known. I think a happy mix is acheived here for a change. The recording quality is actaully quite good, the drums and pipes sound well together and the ensemble affect sounds fine to me. I think sometimes people criticize things without really taking other matters into account. Overall one of the better pure pipe music recordings out there by a fine regimental pipe band.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Good selection, unimpressive recording quality, April 15, 2000

By 

Everett (Albany, New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Scotland the Brave: Bagpipes Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

As a beginning student of bagpipes I find the large selection of songs helpful, but the quality of the recording seems flat. I've tried turning the volume way up, but then it sounds "tinny" or "sharp" (the volume is lower than for most CDs). And for those who play, the "throws" and similar embellishments are not well articulated...the band plays quite fast.

20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Avoid at all costs - terrible sound quality, February 25, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Scotland the Brave: Bagpipes Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

The sound of pipes is supposed to stir the soul - not on this CD. This disc is an example of everything that can not be achieved by recording out of doors. The tones are indistinguishable - flat, flat, flat and the side drums often overwhelm the pipes.

Put it simply - the recorded rendition of Amazing Grace, always a highlight of a pipes recording, is more boring than a lullabye, and Scotland the Brave is about as thrilling as the Teacup Ride at Disneyworld.

Don't waste your money.