IC B. (icberry)
Reviewed on 3/5/2017...
A quote sets the tone for this ambitious, poetic work:
"...from Cook to Caedmon tides regulate things at Whitby. The ordinary octaves of people and their lives, all flows with the music of the Place, the Sea and its Tides. In the Georgian Drawing room that is England, Whitby is the Angel on the Mantlepiece."
--Tommy Randell
Charles O'Connor's rich, nuanced Resolution Suite, "Angel on the Mantlepiece" describes a time, a place and a mood as rich with tradition as it is lively and contemporary. This music of the British Isles is very much out of the ordinary.
Tracklisting, instrumentation:
Ocean of Storms
Concertina • Bing Pipe Organ • String Section
Seachange
Concertina • Bing Pipe Organ • String Section • Percussion
Comes a Calm
Classical Guitar • Kalimba • Melodeon • Piano • Acoustic Bass • Drums • Percussion
Bottom Buttons
Classical Guitar • Kalimba • Melodeon • Piano • Acoustic Bass • Drums • Percussion
In Your Own Time
Mandolin • Piano • Stnng Section • Bowed Guitar • Accoustic Bass • Percussion
Skinner's Treat
Concertina • Melodeon • Piano Jews Harp • Drums • Percussion
Circles Round the Moon
Concertina • Ukelele • Spanish Guitar
Angel on the Mantlepiece
Mandolins • Accordion • Guitar • Piano • De-tuned Spanish Guitar • Drums • Percussion
Basket of Bones
Concertina • Violin • Ukelele • Melodeon • Percussion
Chocolate Cats
Concertina • String Section • Piano
The Grand Tour
Piano • Accordion • Mandolin Section • Ukelele • Drums • Acoustic Bass • Percussion
When the Long Trick's Over
Concertina • Ukelele
Fiddlehead
Concertina • Violin • Harpsichord • Melodeon • Ocarina • Percussion
Ocean of Storms
Concertina • String Section
Musicians:
Charles O'Connor
Concertina • Melodeon • Violins Mandolin • Kalimba • Percussion Harpsichord • Guitar • Jews Harp
Paul Whittaker
Guitars • Ukelele • Acoustic Bass • Drums • Pipe Organ • Percussion • Accordion • Ocarina
Phil Moore
Grand Piano on: Skinners Treat • In Your Own Time • Comes a Calm • Chocolate Cats • The Grand Tour
Chris Parkinson
Melodeon on: Skinners Treat , Accordion on: Bottom Buttons • Angel on the Mandepiece • The Grand Tour
Read more at http://www.horslips.ie/charles/AngelWeb.html