Highland Cathedral

A Review from The Scots Magazine

Mr Lawson Purdie of the Glasgow Phoenix Choir tells me he spied my review of the choir's "Feel Good" CD in his dentist's waiting-room (better than Novocaine, some of my reviews!) in which I had opined that more Scottish tracks would have been welcome. Now, in Highland Cathedral the Choir has evidently taken me at my word by producing no fewer than 20 tracks of faultless Scottish provenance, from the title track - which everyone envisages as a pipe band show number - through "Amazing Grace", soloed by the Choir's Honorary President, Peter Morrison, to a specially-written and as yet unpublished arrangement of "Loch Lomond". Other treats include a hair-crackling version of "Scots Wha Hae", and an interpretation of "The Dark Island" that practically draws pictures. There's also Paul McCartney's "Mull Of Kintyre" which sounds just as good without the Dragoon Guards, and the concert - which is virtually what this album is - ends with "Auld Lang Syne". A treat for all lovers of Scottish choral music, and surely a must for exiled Scots verywhere.