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The Beauty of the North
American flutist Chris Norman along with Alasdair Fraser(Fiddle), Billy McComisky(Accordian), Robin Bullock(Guitar), and Paul Wheaton(Bass). It is definitely *not* ITM, but a great recording nontheless of Cape Breton, Quebecois, and Scottish music. I heard Reel de Chicoutimi/Reel St. Jean/Reel Eboulement on NPR’s Thistle and Shamrock program and wanted to get the CD-it was worth it.
I’ve had this CD for years, long before I got into ITM, and even now as my tastes become more and more traditional (Irish), I still go back to "Beauty of the North". Little bias I guess, being a former student of Chris’s, but regardless, good stuff. If I have my way when I get older and get married (presumably at some point), Valse Frontenac has gotta be the tune for the first dance 🙂 It’s really that lovely. Anywho, that’s my take on the CD.
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Just a small correction, Chris is not American - in the sense of being from USA - but from Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Does anyone out there have the dots for " Quand Je Suis Pres de Toi" on the CD by Chris Norman "Beaauty of the North"?
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I’ve been checking it out on YouTube and listening to some of the tunes, and they’re great. But on the electronic version, each tune is a separate track. It’s interesting that the original cd had many of the tunes paired together.