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Celtic Woman Members - Solo Releases
The Celtic Woman concert and stage show has been performing to sold-out venues worldwide over the past year. Each of the five young stars of the show, singers Chloë Agnew, Lisa Kelly and Méav, Órla Fallon (harp/vocals) and Máiréad Nesbitt, (fiddle), have all released solo albums, available now.
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CHLOË AGNEW Walking in The Air On her solo album, Chloë, the youngest of the Celtic Women at 16 years, uses her angelic soprano voice to great advantage. She performs a selection of classical pieces, new age formats and pop songs. Among the highlights are Walking in The Air, The Prayer, |
Panis Angelicus, Winter’s Light and a charmingly unaffected version of Brahms’ Lullabye. The album was produced by David Downes, who later became musical director of the Celtic Woman show. The instrumental background music includes brilliant guitar work by Des Moore as well as The Irish Film Orchestra. EM 42961 CD $16 EMDVD 928 DVD $20 |
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LISA KELLY Lisa Lisa has a background in musical theatre and it stands her in good stead on this album as she performs, rather than simply sings the songs. Carrickfergus is a perfect |
example of this. From her days as lead female vocalist in “Riverdance” she brings Lift the Wings and Home and The Heartland. She also performs The Deers Cry from Shaun Davey’s The Pilgrim. EM 42964 CD $16 |
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ÓRLA FALLON The Water Is Wide This album features both of Órla’s talents - her glorious voice a well as her mastery of the Irish Harp. She plays harp on all the tracks and is accompanied by Peter Eades on keyboards, piano and |
percussion. Four of the tracks are in Gaelic. By limiting the instrumentation, Órla gives a particularly moving interpretation to the lyrics of two of Ireland’s poets, W.B. Yeats, Down by the Sally Gardens and Patrick Kavanagh’s Raglan Road. EM 42966 CD $16 |
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MÁIRÉAD NESBITT Raining Up Máiréad was an accomplished fiddler before she undertook the acrobatics performed in Celtic Woman. On the album she is accompanied by traditional music giants, Manus Lunny, |
guitar, bouzouki and Colm O’Foghlu, low whistle, programming and keyboards as well as members of her family, who play various instruments. The album is an artful mix of beautiful airs, jigs and reels. EM 42974 CD $16 |
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MÉAV A Celtic Journey Méav is accompanied by David Agnew, oboe; David Downes, uilleann pipes; along with harp, harpsicord and keyboard. Among the highlights are |
The Last Rose of Summer, Down by the Sally Gardens and Greensleeves, and a particularly moving version of Danny Boy. Méav has a spectacular voice and a great feeling for the lyrics. EM 42957 CD $16 |
Also available:
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Celtic Woman - Show On CD and DVD The Celtic Woman musical stage production. The CD includes 16 songs plus 2 bonus tracks. The DVD includes 21 songs and features interviews with the all five principal performers, as well as Musical Director, David Downes. |
EM 60233 CD $16 EM DVD 602 DVD $20 |