Celtic Christmas II
Product Description
James Galway, Nightnoise, Brian Dunning and others perform original compositions on this follow-up to last year’s top world music record.
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Media Type: CD
Artist: CELTIC CHRISTMAS
Title: VOL. 2-CELTIC CHRISTMAS
Street Release Date: 09/23/1997
Genre: XMAS VOCAL COLLECTIONSAmazon.com
A lullaby of an album, Celtic Christmas II features two James Galway flute pieces (“The Wexford Carol” and “I’ll Rock You to Rest”) that set the tone for this gentle collection. Some of the usual suspects, Nightnoise, folkie Luka Bloom, Capercaillie, Triona Ní Dhomhnaill, and others, appear on the 14-track survey of more Celtic music. Flutes and tin whistles seem to dominate the instrumental range here, underscored by strong vocal performances such as Maighread Ní Dhomhnaill’s “Johnny Seoighe” and of course a lament or two. Would Christmas be any more joyful if it weren’t balanced by world-weary ballads, dirges, and heartsick songs? The Irish know and so they wisely indulge in both the light and the dark. –Martin Keller
5 Responses
This cd is very relaxing. The bagpipes are great I recomend this cd to everyone!
Rating: 5 / 5
After listening to several other Celtic Christmas music selections on the web, I purchased the Celtic Christmas, Celtic Christmas II and Celtic Christmas III CDs. I’m here to tell you, I am VERY VERY VERY disappointed. The marketing geniuses at Windham Hill did an excellent job at creating these BOGUS Christmas CDs. They could just as easily named them Songs of Easter, or Songs of Summer Vacation or Songs of Thanksgiving. Of course, they’d have to rename a couple of the songs, but you’d never know it. I’d rate this a MINUS 5 STARS if I could. Don’t buy either of these CDs unless you are looking for some off the wall type of Christmas music.
Rating: 1 / 5
Volume 2 of the Celtic Christmas Series is awesome. If you have any or all of the other albums in this series, you have to get this one. Like all the others, the moods of the album range from mellow to exuberant, from wanting to sit & meditate to wanting to get up & dance. Yet this album in itself is as unique as the rest. It has familiar tunes like the ‘Star of County Down’ & new haunting melodies like ‘The Dove’s Return’. It completes the set of wonderous Celtic music found in the series. I highly recommend it.
Rating: 5 / 5
This 56 minute CD contains beautiful Celtic music. It is not your typical hodge podge of “various artists”. This CD flows nicely from song to song. One especially nice feature of this CD is the 8 page booklet with liner notes. This includes the lyrics (and English translations, if needed). The liner notes also list musicians and other credits. I especially enjoyed Muladach Mi Is Mi Air M’Aineol by Capercaillie. Recommended to anyone who enjoys Celtic music.
Rating: 5 / 5
I love this music–it is so relaxing–I listen to it all year
Rating: 5 / 5