The Castle Recordings – Installment #4

We continue with the fourth installment of 10 “Castle Recordings” piobaireachds in our exclusive series of performances captured on reel-to-reel tape at Edinburgh Castle in the early 1960s by the late Captain John A. MacLellan MBE.

• “Catherine’s Lament”
• “His Father’s Lament for Donald MacKenzie”
• “Lament for MacSwan of Roaig”
• “Lament for the Harp Tree”
• “MacCrimmon’s Sweetheart”
• “MacLeod of Colbeck’s Lament”
• “Queen Anne’s Lament”
• “The Desperate Battle of the Birds”
• “The Old Woman’s Lullaby”
• “Weighing From Land”

Access the performances at the dedicated Castle Recordings page on pipes|drums.

Colin R. MacLellan has curated the series and provides a video introduction and commentary to each part:

Stay tuned to pipes|drums for the next installment of our exclusive Castle Recordings series.