Location:   >  Scottish Music  >  Scottish Harp  >  The Harpers Land

Additional Information

Title: The Harpers Land
Artist: Alison Kinnaird & Ann Heymann
Category: Scottish Harp
Format: CD

Traditional Scottish Harp music played by one of Scotland's leading harpists Alison Kinnaird.

Alison Kinnaird is already well known, and in Ann Heymann we have a virtuoso second to none on the wire strung harp. This was the first record to combine the sounds of the gut and the wire strung harps. This album is a record of two different, but related, small harps. The approach to the music, and the harps on which it is played, has been formed by years of research in both Scotland and Ireland. The music itself has been gleaned from many sources, including the oral tradition, ancient archives and collections, and also includes original compositions by Ann Heymann and Alison Kinnaird, the harpers.

MUSIC WEEK - A beautiful album - could be snapped up by the MOR/light classical market as well as the widest possible range of folk appreciators. With faultless playing they conjure up visions of misty heather-clad hills or smokey peat fires, and one is transported to a gentle world where all is peace and beauty.

EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS - ... with two well-received solo albums to her name already, this record of Alison Kinnaird with Ann Heymann will win her and her music more than a few followers. Award: 1st in Folk Section MTS Awards 1983.