Robert Burns: The Complete Songs Vol. 8

The eighth volume from the unique 'Complete Songs of Robert Burns' compendium. Includes the tracks Ae Fond Kiss, Golloway Tam and Mary Queen of Scots Lament.

The twelve volumes which comprise The Complete Songs of Robert Burns remain the benchmark of all Burns songs recordings. Released to coincide with the worldwide Burns Night celebrations, this is the first volume in the ground breaking series which took seven years to complete and involved over 80 singers and instrumentalists.

This unsurpassed collection was collated by Burns specialist Dr Fred Freeman, who worked in the fluid tradition of folk music with the players and singers to bring the timeless poetry of the Bard vividly to life. The Telegraph described the series as "a marvellous tribute to the man who gave the anonymous feelings of Scots folk song a sharp, poignant individuality, and by doing so made them the whole world's possession."

Encompassing ballads and bawdy songs, patriotic and political anthems plus songs which bring Scottish places and people to life, this collection of songs touches on all aspects of human nature and is a true representation of a vigorous folk tradition past and present. The performance practice essential to the authentic performance of Burns is evident: singers, like Tony Cuffe and Billy Ross, and fiddlers, like John Martin and Johnnie Cunningham, perform with light, clear articulation, whilst singers, like Rod Paterson, display admirable 'restraint' and almost 'non-existent' vibrato. Each musician here shares Burns' commitment to communication and expression creating both a lasting tribute to the man and to the contemporary folk movement in Scotland.

Featured musicians include members of Battlefield Band, Old Blind Dogs, Ossian, Jock Tamson's Bairns and many more.

Ken ye ought o' Captain Grose?
02:06

Wha will buy my Troggin
02:32

Galloway Tam
01:46

Behold, my love
02:48

Weary fa' you, Duncan Gray
02:06

Wandering Willie
01:42

Ithers seek
01:22

O, cam ye here the fight to shun?
02:37

Extempore + Saint Stephen's House
03:27

Mary queen of Scots lament
05:25

The groves of sweet myrtle
03:26

O poortith cauld + My Eppie Adair
04:00

O dear Minny + There's news lasses
02:24

Wae is my heart + The banks of the Devon
04:25

Fairest maid + As late by a sodger
04:28

Green grow the rashes, O
04:05

Twas na her bonie blue e'e + Cauld is the e'enin blast
04:06

The auld man's winter thought
02:01

I do confess
02:05

The sun is sunk
02:49

Blythe hae I been + I'll ay ca' in by yon town
03:09

Ae fond kiss (original version)
02:47

What merriment has taen the Whigs
01:44

Nanie's awa
02:56

I coft a stane o'haslock woo + My Sandie O
03:02