Celtic Sunday

Product Description
Celtic music has hit an all-time high in popularity lately, and Celtic Sunday, with its traditional Irish hymns, will be a must-have for consumers who love this enchanting musical style. This instrumental collection is expertly crafted with dancing pennywhistles, soaring Irish pipes and delicate Celtic harps among other Emerald Isle influenced sounds on hymns revived to their original splendor.

Celtic Sunday,Various Artists,Spring Hill (Wea406),Celtic Gospel,Celtic/Irish,Christian Collections,Int'l & World Music,Pop,Traditional Celtic

Average customer rating: One of the best Excellent playing, creative fusion with Battlefield Band

Another Quiet Sunday Shotts & Dykehead Manufacturer: Temple Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Irish Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Scottish Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Celtic | International | Styles | Music Scotland | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: King of the Highland Pipers ASIN: B000002NOM Release Date: 1994-03-29

Tracks:

1. Moony's Jig/Isabelle Blackley
2. The Ass In The Graveyard
3. Highland Wedding/Dora Macleod/Mrs.Macpherson...
4. Drum Fanfare
5. Ian Ruadh's Lament/Jig In The Middle/Ian Ruadh's..
6. The Friendly Piper/The Black Isle/Abbieville
7. Taimse Im Chuodradh
8. Miss Campbell Of Sheerness/Bill Harte's Jig/Rory..
9. Commander Roger Reid/The Magpie
10. MacNeil's Of Ugadale/The Highland Circus/Kenneth..
11. The Hen And The Turkey/The Cockerel And The...
12. The Barmaid/The Swallow Tail Coat/The WiseMaiden..
13. Colin's Cattle/The Heroes Of Vittoria

Customer Reviews:

One of the best.......2003-04-24

If you are a fan of the pipes, then you will like this CD. It does not disapoint. Don't be cheap; buy the CD. You won't regret it.

Excellent playing, creative fusion with Battlefield Band.......1999-05-30

This is one of my favorites in a collection of 15 or so pipe CD's. The Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band is among the world's premier bands (witness their multiple world championships), and this CD does not disappoint in superbly played traditional pipe and drum selections. A pleasant surprise is the creative and pleasing fusion on some numbers with the Battlefield Band. I normally like pipes and drums with no musical accompaniment, but this is an extraordinary exception.

Average customer rating: An artist with lots of potential

Guitarist Manufacturer: Eroica Classical Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Villa-Lobos, Heitor | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Lute | Instruments | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Villa-Lobos, Heitor | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Guitar | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Lute | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00000K0O8 Release Date: 2001-08-01

Tracks:

1. Canarios
2. Sunburst
3. Choros No. 1
4. Prelude No. 4
5. Koyunbaba: 1, Moderato
6. Koyunbaba: 4, Presto
7. Bridget O'Malley, For Guitar
8. Lord Inchiquin, For Guitar
9. Prelude
10. Forest in a Dream
11. Suite for Lute in E Minor, BWV 996: Bour
12. Eleanor Rigby
13. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
14. Sunday Morning Overcast

Album Description

An eclectic collection of classical guitar music from Renaissance to modern and original works.

Customer Reviews:

An artist with lots of potential.......2004-05-09

Jonathan Adams' preformance of Sanz Canarios is what first drew me in. It's full of joy and energy with variations of color and volume that no other artist that I have heard do canarios which includes John Williams (very straight forward and very fast), Yepes (slower but still straight forward), Parkening (fast and full of energy similar to Admas' in many ways but not as colorful. Adams is the only performer who uses variation in color that make the piece even more interesting. This goes the the entire CD as well. The only draw back is that Jonathan Adams does not quite have the polish of the other artist mentioned. What Adams lacks in polish he makes up for in passionate performances. He plays an exicting Koyunbaba movements I and IV, I just wish he had included the entire piece.

The recording is variable but very good. It's too closely miked on the New Age type of music and slightly to close for the classical selections.

I would love to hear more of this artist hopefully playing more classical works and complete works not just movements of works and have a little bit better recording by placing the mics a little further away from the guitar with more room ambiance.

Overall a very good first CD. 4 stars.

Average customer rating: This has turned into a runaway favorite in the Altan dept. Not their best, but still pretty good.... Wish I could say differently Wish I could say differently An absolute must for Irish music buffs.

Runaway Sunday Altan Manufacturer: Narada ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Irish Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Celtic Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Celtic | International | Styles | Music New Age | Celtic | International | Styles | Music Fusion | Celtic | International | Styles | Music Celtic New Age | New Age | Styles | Music Similar Items: Blackwater Another Sky The Blue Idol The Red Crow Island Angel ASIN: B000000WEL Release Date: 1997-10-21

Tracks:

1. Suil Ghorm
2. John Doherty's Reels
3. Ciade Sin Don Te Sin?
4. Germans
5. Clan Ranald/J.B.'s Reel/Paddy Mac's Reel/Kitty Sheain's
6. I Wish My Love Was A Red Rose
7. Mazurka
8. Australian Waters
9. A Moment In Time
10. Ciaran's Capers
11. Citi Ni Eadhra
12. Flood In The Holm/Scots Mary/The Dancer's Denial
13. Gleanntian Ghlas Ghaoth Dobhair
14. Time Has Passed

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The Chieftains may be the best-known folk band from Ireland, but Altan are the best. This is meant as no disrespect to the Chieftains, who dominated the genre in times past and continue to make good music today, but Altan have achieved a musical peak that's impossible to ignore. Because most of their vocals are in Gaelic rather than English and because their instrumental dance tunes stick close to their folk origins, Altan may be less accessible than the Chieftains, but the sheer beauty of the music will reward the patient listener. Two Nashville figures--singer Alison Krauss and dobroist Jerry Douglas--as well as Chieftains flutist Matt Molloy help out on Altan's new album, Runaway Sunday, but the recording is dominated by Altan's co-founder and undisputed leader, Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh, a virtuoso of the legendary fiddle tradition of her native County Donegal. With her quick bow, she is able to articulate each individual note, no matter how quickly it passes by, and to string them together into lines that seem to sing. And when she sings herself, her soprano has the same resonant tone and sure phrasing as her violin. Her five bandmates (who play accordion, bouzouki, second fiddle and two acoustic guitars) follow her so closely that the group seems to move and breathe as one.

Instrumentals, organized into six medleys and a stand-alone piece, dominate, but it's the quality of the songs that make this the most impressive Altan album yet. Ni Mhaonaigh has found a kindred spirit in Krauss, and only a slight Irish accent separates the two singers on an exquisite version of Robert Burns's "I Wish My Love Was a Red Red Rose." Ni Mhaonaigh herself wrote "A Moment in Time" as a tribute to the older Irish musicians who passed the tradition on to her generation, and the lyrics' visual details, the slow, surprising melody, and the breathy vocal all convey an unmistakable affection. The album climaxes with "Time Has Passed," Ni Mhaonaigh's heart-breaking elegy for her late husband and former co-bandleader, Frankie Kennedy. --Geoffrey Himes

Customer Reviews:

This has turned into a runaway favorite in the Altan dept........2005-06-13

I (also) bought this for my Scotch/Irish heritage wife (Valentines Day - see the heart) to keep her in the happy Irish "commute music" (as she calls it) groove. Well, this IS calming, happy, smooth, beautiful, melodic and nicely done from beginning to end. We have three other Altan cd's (older ones) and this is my favorite so far, and in the top five of our substantial folk collection. Runaway Sunday feels more personal in a way - less Irish pub party, more Irish lullaby. All of the songs are great, but a few of them are knock-outs...so gorgeous! The singing sounds even more sweet than usual (aren't these Irish gals beguiling?) and the musicians are finessing the groove in an accomplished and compelling way. It appears to me that the (more out front than some of the other albums) guitar players have really picked it up and carried the music higher. Guest musicians like Alison Kraus, Jerry Douglas and others add to the magic and layered quality. Great music to take you off to dreamland or other evening activities (I often have to remind my wife to bring it in from the car)! Nice packaging with good track notes, lyrics, etc. Enjoy!!

Not their best, but still pretty good...........2000-06-10

This was a present for my wife, who loves to listen to Altan on our multi-disk changer. As a result I've learned that this isn't their best effort, but is still pretty good. Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh is spellbinding, but the nature of the recording is subtly different from previous works, and doesn't sound quite as bright nor bold. Maybe it's just me, but I'm pretty sure that this, while still amazing, could have been just a little better.

Wish I could say differently.......2000-02-11

I know I'll be roasted on a spit by my fellow fans for saying this, but since Frankie Kennedy passed away, some of the texture and quality of Altan has faded. This may be partly because they signed with a major label, and partly because Frankie had a tempering influence on his wife, whose name I won't spell for fear of offending through error, and whose inestimable fiddling skill disproportionately dominates this album. I still buy and listen to their albums, and I'm not unhappy with them; I just think they were better when they were with an indie label and there were two stars in the family.

Wish I could say differently.......2000-02-11

I know I'll be roasted on a spit by my fellow fans for saying this, but since Frankie Kennedy passed away, some of the texture and quality of Altan has faded. This may be partly because they signed with a major label, and partly because Frankie had a tempering influence on his wife, whose name I won't spell for fear of offending through error, and whose inestimable fiddling skill disproportionately dominates this album. I still buy and listen to their albums, and I'm not unhappy with them; I just think they were better when they were with an indie label and there were two stars in the family.

An absolute must for Irish music buffs........1999-01-15

If you get the opportunity to see this band, as I did, do not miss it. You will witness traditional Irish music at it's very best. The sheer professionalism of the musicianship and crystal clear voice of Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh are a joy to the ear. No finer exponent of the art, in my opinion. Having said that, this 1997 release is bang in line with the quality of previous offerings. Just buy it!

Average customer rating:

Celtic Sunday Various Artists Manufacturer: Spring Hill ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Celtic | International | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Compilations | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music | Contemporary Christian | Gospel Christian Contemporary Music | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Similar Items: Awake ASIN: B0009VBUAY Release Date: 2005-07-26

Tracks:

1. All Things Bright and Beautiful
2. I Heard the Voice of Jesus/Pride of the Parish
3. Jesus! What A Friend For Sinners
4. Jesus/Love of My Soul/Priest's Leap Easter
5. Sunday/Charley The Prayermaster
6. Morning Has Broken
7. I Sing the Mighty Power Of God/Upperchurch
8. Our God, Our Help in Ages Past
9. Beautiful Savior
10. Saint Mary's/Saint Anne's Reel
11. King of Love Is My Shepherd
12. Priests Leap/Priest and His Boot/Collar
13. Be Thou My Vision
14. Musical Priest/Christening

Album Description

Celtic music has hit an all-time high in popularity lately, and Celtic Sunday, with its traditional Irish hymns, will be a must-have for consumers who love this enchanting musical style. This instrumental collection is expertly crafted with dancing pennywhistles, soaring Irish pipes and delicate Celtic harps among other Emerald Isle influenced sounds on hymns revived to their original splendor.

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Disorder McDermott's 2 Hours V Levellers Manufacturer: Hag ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music ASIN: B0002N7D3W Release Date: 2004-12-21

Tracks:

1. Tod the Ranter
2. Summer Song
3. Black Sun (In Genoa)
4. Old Man's Retreat
5. Watering the Wine
6. Party to the Process
7. Madness of John Clare
8. Bloody Sunday
9. Fable from Aigge
10. Just a Life (Sol)
11. Dutiful Man as a Moth
12. Johnny and the Jubilee

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If We Don't Help Them Now Manufacturer: Reality ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CA42OI Release Date: 2004-02-10

Tracks:

1. Leg of the Duck/Pat O'Rafferty's jigs.
2. If We Don't Help Them Now.
3. The Belfast Hornpipe.
4. The Well Below the Valley.
5. Bigots Scaring Children.
6. Port Na Bp
7. I Don't Know.
8. The Rose of Armagh.

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We Don't Care Where Your Grandparents Are From Sunday's Well Manufacturer: East Side Digital ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Celtic | International | Styles | Music ASIN: B000008NN7 Release Date: 1994-08-30

Tracks:

1. Handsome Molly/Declan's Dream
2. Black & Tans
3. O'Keefe's Set
4. Ordinary Man
5. Macedonian/Black Forest
6. Sitting on Top of the World
7. Flowers/Handsome Sally/Morning Nightcap/Lonesome Boatman
8. Freedom Walk
9. Too Long to Remember
10. Famous Ballymote/Over the Moor to Maggie/Congress Reel
11. Raggle Taggle Gypsy

Average customer rating: A Top Ten CD of 2005 by New Age Reporter

Meadow Run Manufacturer: Heartwood Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | New Age | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CADA46 Release Date: 2004-12-21

Customer Reviews:

A Top Ten CD of 2005 by New Age Reporter.......2006-01-13

Named the number 7 CD for 2005 by New Age Reporter, Meadow Run brings you lots of pastoral beauty. You might not think a steel-string guitar could transmit the beauty, warmth and spirit of the natural world to you, but it does. The artist is a forester and -- again -- has translated her experiences in the woods into a musical trek through the woods everyone can enjoy.

Mellow and invigorating all at once, this album is great for background music or intense listening. The extra special treat on the album is a track playing on a baroque lute. What a lovely, throaty sound that instrument has!

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Sunday Brunch at the Gentlemen's Club Ringsend Manufacturer: ringsend ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B00066FOU4 Release Date: 2003-06-10

Tracks:

1. Air Bourne Earth Bound (Wonderful)
2. Piano #1
3. Piety Thieves
4. Guernica
5. Toms #2
6. No Difference
7. Searchlight
8. Angel of Mercy
9. Vibes #3
10. Photograph Love
11. Jamie
12. Shaker #4
13. Restless Men

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Celtic Sunday Manufacturer: Green Hill Productions ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD International Folk | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0001HXTM8 Release Date: 2003-03-07

Tracks:

1. All Things Bright and Beautiful
2. I Heard the Voice of Jesus/ The Pride of the Parish
3. Jesus! What a Friend for Sinners
4. Jesus, Lover of My Soul/ The Priest's Leap
5. Easter Sunday/ Charley the Prayermaster
6. Morning has Broken
7. I Sing the Mighty Power of God/ The Upperchurch
8. Our God, Our Help in Ages Past
9. Beautiful Savior
10. Saint Mary's/ St. Annes' Reel
11. The King of Love is My Shepherd
12. The Priest's Leap/ The Priest and His Boots/ Priest with the Collar
13. Be Thou My Vision
14. The Musical Priest/ The Christening

Album Description

This enchanting instrumental collection of traditional Irish hymns is expertly presented by producer Craig Duncan and other masters of Celtic instruments. With dancing penny whistles, soaring Irish pipes, and delicate Celtic Harp, these hymns are revived to their original splendor and invoke inspirational images of the Emerald Isle.

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2. Country Moog [Import]
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4. Desert Poems
5. Despues del Amor [Import]
6. Dhrupad Indian Classical Singing
7. Dreams of Ireland [Import]
8. Entrance
9. Estamos Adorando Tokio
10. Festival de Valses Peruanos y Crio [Import]

Rock Music

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