The Piper's Call
The Piper's Call | ||||
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Traditional Irish, Christmas | ||||
Length | 47:46 | |||
Label | Tara Music | |||
Producer | Arty McGlynn, Liam O'Flynn | |||
Liam O'Flynn chronology | ||||
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The Piper's Call is the fifth solo album by master
Critical response
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Allmusic | [1] |
The mature O'Flynn piping style is a refined and stately thing, and this meditative fifth solo album The Piper's Call sees him out with Mark Knopfler and Galician piper, Carlos Núñez; great session men, Matt Molloy, Sean Keane, the pacepushing Steve Cooney and Arty McGlynn; with Micheál Ó Súilleabháin and the Irish Chamber Orchestra thrown in on one track. As such, with little need of the chord-barps of the regulators, O'Flynn concentrates on his beautifully controlled chanter work. The best tunes kick up their heels a bit, like McKenna's Reels and The Humours of Carrigaholt, showing O'Flynn's authority on the pipes at its most gorgeously alert; wrestling with Núñez in the jig-like muineiras; or the madness of Keane's fiddle cutting across The Gold Ring. It has its own moods and humours, but like the pipes themselves, this album very much grows on you.[citation needed]
Track listing
- "The Humours of Kiltyclogher, Julia Clifford's" – 4:10
- "The Pleasures of Hope, Rick's Rambles" – 3:54
- "An Droichead (The Bridge)" – 3:38
- "Miss Admiral Gordon's Strathspey" – 2:47
- "Sliabh na mBan (The Women's Mountain)" – 4:52
- "The Drunken Landlady, McKenna's Reels" – 3:30
- "Muiñeira de Poio / Muiñeira de Ourense" – 3:28
- "Bean Dubh an Ghleanna (The Dark Woman of the Glen)" – 6:12
- "The Humours of Carrigaholt Set" – 5:29
- "The Gold Ring" – 3:52
- "Marcha de Breixo / Marcha de Lousame" – 5:54
Personnel
- Liam O'Flynn – uilleann pipes, whistle
- Arty McGlynn – guitar
- Steve Cooney – guitar
- Rod McVey – keyboards, harmonium
- Liam Bradley – percussion
- Mark Knopfler – electric guitar
- Seán Keane – fiddle
- Matt Molloy – flute
- Carlos Núñez – gaita, ocarina, whistles
- Irish Chamber Orchestra – orchestra
- Fionnuala Hunt – artistic director
- Ian Dakin – horns
- Fergus O'Carroll – horns
- Micheál O'Súilleabháin – orchestral arrangement
References
- ^ a b "The Piper's Call". Allmusic. Retrieved 5 September 2013.