Songs of Scotland / Marie McLaughlin · Malcolm Martineau [Import]

Scottish Traditional (Artist), Percy Grainger (Artist), Alice Chambers Bunten (Artist), Robert Burns (Artist), English Traditional (Artist), Anonymous (Artist), Marie McLaughlin (Artist), Malcolm Martineau (Artist), Isobel Frayling-Cork (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 11, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Hyperion UK
• ASIN: B00004S3BD
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #456,057 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars a disappointment from Hyperion, June 20, 2001

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NotATameLion (Michigan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Songs of Scotland / Marie McLaughlin · Malcolm Martineau (Audio CD)

I do not wish to be too harsh on this album...there is nothing glaringly wrong with it. My main quibble is with the title: "Songs of Scotland." These songs may well be "from" Scotland...but they are not "of Scotland."

The music on "Songs of Scotland" is great--as long as you are looking for very English, semi-operatic readings of these Scottish songs.

Mrs. McLaughlin (an opera singer) sings beautifully; but in the style she is most accustomed too. Mr. Martineau certainly knows his way around a piano and as with Mrs. McLaughlin's singing, I find no fault in his playing here.

My quibble, which may well be minor to some...was that I expected much more "Scottish" sounding renditions of these songs; in this regard, I was disappointed.

This disc is OK in and of itself...recommendable even...but consider yourself warned. Now you know what you'll be getting.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Gorgeous CD, September 15, 2003

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This review is from: Songs of Scotland / Marie McLaughlin · Malcolm Martineau (Audio CD)

I actually haven't taken this CD out of the player since I got it. In my humble opinion. Hyperion is the classiest label going; in fact, I'll buy Hyperion CDs even without being familiar with the singers, because I trust the producers. I saw this CD classified in the folk section at the library--but I knew better. Marie McLaughlin is a real singer, not a folk singer, and she does justice to these beautiful songs. I'd rather hear a classically trained singer sing folk songs than a folk singer sing anything.