Scottish Tranquility: Piano And Orchestral Classics by Phil Coulter

 

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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