• INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS PLEASE INQUIRE ABOUT INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING AS EBAY QUOTES ARE NOT ACCURATE. 
  • COMBINED SHIPPING IS AVAILABLE. PLEASE ASK BEFORE PAYING FOR MULTIPLE ITEMS. 
  • DOMESTIC SHIPPING VIA MEDIA MAIL UNLESS SPECIFIED AND COMBINED SHIPPING. PLEASE DISREGARD EBAY SHIPPING PRICES AS THEY ARE NOT ACCURATE. 


  • Mackenzie's Violin Concerto is beautiful. Its second movement is warm and melodic, and the third is bracing and tuneful. If you like artistically played violin calisthenics, the first movement is replete with them.
    But my chief reason for raving is the other work on this disc. Pibroch is based on Scottish folk tunes. It begins with a slow melody whose beauty is enhanced by the harmonies that support the violin. The second movement consists of a series of variations on an allegretto theme. Here Malcolm Stewart, seemingly effortlessly except for his obvious love for the music, plays variations reminiscent of those of Paganini, and soars into the stratosphere in silver-toned harmonics.
    The third movement's catchy tune concludes the work. The changes in orchestral harmonies and acrobatics of the violin contribute to a most engaging experience.

    Mackenzie was not an avant-garde composer. Rather, he employed his expertise, and his heart, to give us music that touches our spirits and brightens our lives.

    This CD presents the recordings of two of Scottish late-Romantic Sir Alexander mackenzie's concerted works for violin including the Pibroch Suite of 1881. The word 'pilbroch' is taken from bagpipe music where it denotes a classical style (usually in variation form) rather than the more usual 'strathspey and reel' type of dance music associated with the instrument. The concerto dates from 1885 and was written for Sarasate.

  • Editorial Reviews


  • Beautiful, and best Pibroch

    This is a beautiful production in every way. Mackenzies' Violin Concerto and Pibroch Suite can definitely give the old war-horses a run for their money.


    The famed violinist Pablo de Sarasate greatly prefered Macks' concerto to those of Brahms or Dvorak, and that was a legitimate opinion. This concerto is of that calibur.

    The Pibroch Suite was written specifically for Sarasate. It's definitely a Scottish work and call me crazy, but I prefer it to Bruchs' Scottish Fantasy, and I love the Scottish Fantasy. This is a supremely beautiful suite, and this is by far its' best recorded performance.

    Malcolm Stewart, long time concert master of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, plays divinely. He has a huge tone and beautiful phrasing. This guy can really carry a tune. When you consider all of the mediocre violinists fed to 'we the public', it's a crime that Stewart hasn't been widely recorded. He's a great player and I'd like to hear him in those war-horses.

    The Royal Scottish National Orchestra under Handley(concerto) and Davies(suite)play wonderfully. The recording also has demonstration quality sound. An allround beatiful production.