Stony Steps

Matt Molloy | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 5, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Green Linnet
• ASIN: B000005CSE
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #603,070 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Reels: Mcfadden's Favourite/Seán Maguire's/Jackson's Favourite

2. Jigs: Boys of the Town/Jackson's Jig/the Connaughtman's Rambles

3. City of Savannah

4. Reels: Primrose Lass/Mullingar Races/John Stenson's

5. Air: The Parting of Friends/Paddy Ryan's Dream

6. Reels: Stony Steps/Michael Dwyer's Favourite/Griffin From the Bridge

7. Mrs. Kenny's Barndance

8. The Reels: Paddy Murphy's Wife/The Gravel Walks/The Musical Priest

9. Jig of Slurs

10. Air: Ó Ráthaille's Grave

11. Reels: Miss McGuiness/Reel of Mullinavar

12. Frank Roche's Favourite

13. Reels: Johnny 'Watt' Henry's Favourite, Handsome Sally

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Matt Molloy bats 1.000, May 21, 1998

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P. Lozar "plozar" (Santa Fe, NM USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stony Steps (Audio CD)

My favorite album by Molloy is "Heathery Breeze," which I'm sorry to see appears to be out of print. So I was prepared to be let down by this album, its immediate successor. Happily, Molloy exceeded even his usual standards: these performances are characterized by agility, sensitive phrasing, a straight-ahead but not perfunctory approach to the tunes, and discreet accompaniment. "The Parting of Friends" is a heartbreaker, but there are plenty of jolly jigs and reels to cheer you up again. A winner.

5.0 out of 5 stars Molloy's Masterpiece, September 1, 2009

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Thad Codger "PA Dutchman" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stony Steps (Audio CD)

While I have not heard all of Matt's recorded works--the Claddagh records are hard/expensive to come by here in the Colonies--I am very familiar with his five or six most common records. Stony Steps, in my opinion, is his masterpiece. The phrasing is truly wonderful: there is fidelity to the tunes, but that is bolstered by an amazing use of ornament and flourish. This album has a feel unlike any other Irish flute album I know; there are no false shows of dexterity for the sake of exhibiting talent. And the accompaniment by Arty McGlyn is as artful as Matt's playing. It is the perfect match of ability and artistry, and it has rewarded every listen I have given it since it was released over 20 years ago. The final wonderful touch is the fact that Seamus Heaney wrote the liner notes, long before he became world famous for his Nobel prize.