MY FINEST MOMENT
Scottish Fantasies for Violin and Orchestra
Rachel Barton Pine (violin); Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Alexander Platt Cedille CDR9000083 (2005)
As a passionate fiddler I was so excited by the chance to combine the worlds of traditional and classical music. Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy is such a beloved masterpiece that we all know, but Pablo de Sarasate’s Scottish Airs had never been recorded with orchestra before, and it’s even more earthy than the Bruch.
The other composer who wrote a major work in Scottish style for Sarasate was Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, the great Scottish composer. So highlighting his alongside the
