Oswald, J.C. Bach, Geminiani et al.: The Galant David Rizzio / Makaris

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Label
Olde Focus Recordings
Release Date
July 8, 2022
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      James Oswald
    • PERFORMER
      Makaris, Fiona Gillespie
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 08, 2022
    • UPC
      767223520035
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      FCR921
    • LABEL
      Olde Focus Recordings
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      World & International
    Works ⌄

    1. The Broom of Cowdenknows, W. LH2

      Composer: Johann Christian Bach

      Ensemble: Makaris

    2. A Collection of Curious Scots Tunes, Vol. 2: Black Eagle (attrib. to D. Rizzio) - Drouth

      Composer: James Oswald

      Ensemble: Makaris

    3. Down the Burn Davie [Orpheus Caledonius, 1726] (attrib. to D. Rizzio) (arr. J. Campbell and W. Thomson for voice and chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Makaris

    4. A Treatise of Good Taste in the Art of Musick: Song No. 1. The Lass of Peaty’s Mill (attrib. to D. Rizzio)

      Composer: Francesco Geminiani

      Ensemble: Makaris

    5. Pinkie House [The Musical Miscellany, 1731] (attrib. to D. Rizzio) (arr. C. McLean for chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Makaris

    6. Roslin Castle [Scots Musical Museum, 1839] (attrib. to J. Oswald) (arr. P. Urbani for voice and chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Makaris

    7. Fickle Jenny [Apollo's Cabinet, 1725] (attrib. to D. Rizzio)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Makaris

    8. A Collection of Curious Scots Tunes, Vol. 2: The Lowlands of Holland - Gigg - Musical Miscellany: Leslie's March (attrib. to D. Rizzio)

      Composer: James Oswald

      Ensemble: Makaris

    9. Beneath a Beech's Grateful Shade [Musical Miscellany, 1731] (attrib. to D. Rizzio) (arr. W. McGibbon for voice and chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Makaris

    10. Push About the Brisk Bowl

      Composer: James Oswald

      Ensemble: Makaris

    11. Violin Sonata in A Major, Op. 2, No. 9: III. Scozzese

      Composer: Francesco Maria Veracini

      Ensemble: Makaris

    12. Braes of Ballanden (Beneath a green shade), W. LH1

      Composer: Johann Christian Bach

      Ensemble: Makaris

    13. The Bush Aboon Traquair [Orpheus Caledonius, 1726] (attrib. to D. Rizzio) (arr. A. Munro and W. Shield for voice and chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Makaris

    14. The Yellow-Hair'd Laddie [Thoughts and Prose in Verse, Started in His Walks, 1780] (attrib. to D. Rizzio) (arr. B. Thumoth for chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Makaris

    15. Auld Rob Morris [Orpheus Caledonius, 1726] (attrib. to D. Rizzio) (arr. G. Francesco and S. Armold for voice and chamber ensembe)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Makaris

    16. An Thou Were My Ain Thing [Orpheus Caledonius, 1726] (attrib. to D. Rizzio) (arr. D. Corri and F. Peacock for voice and chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Makaris

    17. A Collection of Curious Scots Tunes, Vol. 2: The Last Time I Came O'er the Moor (attrib. to D. Rizzio) - A Treatise of Good Taste in the Art of Musick: No. 3. The Last Time I Came o'er the Moor

      Composer: James Oswald, Francesco Geminiani

      Ensemble: Makaris

    18. A Highland Battle

      Composer: James Oswald

      Ensemble: Makaris

    19. Flowers of Edinburgh, Hob.XXXIa:90bis (arr. C. Hedge for voice and chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn

      Ensemble: Makaris

    20. A Collection of Curious Scots Tunes, Vol. 2: William's Ghost (attrib. to D. Rizzio) (arr. D. Balliett and P. Morton for chamber ensemble)

      Composer: James Oswald

      Ensemble: Makaris

    21. Love in Low Life (arr. C. Hedge for voice and chamber ensemble)

      Composer: James Oswald

      Ensemble: Makaris

    22. The Boatman [Orpheus Caledonius, 1726] (attrib. to D. Rizzio) (arr. Manami Mizumoto for voice and chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Makaris

    23. The Cock-Laird [Orpheus Caledonius, 1726] (attrib. to D. Rizzio) (arr. D. Balliett for voice and chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Makaris

    24. Peggy, I Must Love Thee [A Collection of Curious Scots Tunes, Vol. 2, 1743] (attrib. to D. Rizzio) (arr. A. Craig and E. Figg for chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Makaris

    25. Bessy Bell and Mary Gray [Orpheus Caledonius, 1726] (attrib. to D. Rizzio) (arr. F. Gillespie, W. McGibbon, P. Morton and J. Oswald for voice and chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Makaris

    26. Queen Mab: Fairy Dance I - Fairy Dance II - The Last Dance

      Composer: James Oswald

      Ensemble: Makaris

    27. Let Us with a Gladsome Mind

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Makaris


In the early eighteenth century, a number of the most popular traditional Scottish songs were bizarrely attributed to David Rizzio, who more than 150 years earlier had been brutally murdered while serving as secretary to Mary, Queen of Scots. For their second recording on Olde Focus, Celtic HiP ensemble Makaris explores arrangements of the "Rizzio melodies" by galant-era composers including Francesco Geminiani, Johann Christian Bach, and James Oswald. MAKARIS formed in 2018 and the following year released its first album, Wisps in the Dell, to critical international acclaim. (“Absolutely wonderful ... one of the very best releases of 2019” (MusicWeb International); “Marvelous ... Highly recommended” (Fanfare); “Delightful ... a winning combination” (Early Music Review.) The ensemble’s second recording was the EP Tam Lin, a modern fairytale folk opera composed by Fiona Gillespie and Elliot Cole.