Foxglove

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 01:19:33
Moving Cloud: Maeve Donnelly, Manus McGuire (fiddle); Kevin Crawford (flute, whistle, bodhran); Paul Brock (button accordion, melodeon); Carl Hession (piano). Personnel: Gerry O'Connor (banjo); Maeve Donnelly, Manus McGuire (fiddle); Kevin Crawford (flute, tin whistle, bodhran); Carl Hession (piano); Paul Brock (melodeon); Trevor Hutchinson (double bass); Johnny McDonagh (drums, spoons). Audio Mixer: Martin Murray. Liner Note Author: Paul Brock. Recording information: Harmony Row Studios, Ennis, County Clare, Ireland; Roseland Studios, Moate, County Westmeath, Ireland; Xeric Studios, Limerick, Ireland. Illustrator: D. Kingsley. Photographer: Fergus Bourke. Arrangers: Manus McGuire; Moving Cloud; Paul Brock. Moving Cloud is a quintet of Irish musicians who face something of a quandary: they want to be regarded as concert performers rather than a dance band, but while it's true that their chops are more than sufficient to hold an audience's attention, they play in a style that owes far more to the ceilidh than to the concert hall. For one thing, they tend to take tunes at a brisk but moderate tempo (unlike some of their more flamboyant contemporaries who play everything at speeds no one could dance to even if they wanted to), and for another, they've got Carl Hession banging out the off-beats on his piano in a way that just begs you to spin around the floor with your fair colleen. And then there are the tunes themselves: Foxglove consists almost entirely of dance sets (there is one slow air), and the program even includes a waltz. So Moving Cloud should probably just accept its fate and let the rest of us dance gratefully. Highlights include flutist Kevin Crawford's gorgeous playing on "Mooney's Mazurka," and the perfect ensemble blend on the sprightly and lovely song air "Suil Suil a Ghra." ~ Rick Anderson
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)