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Fueled by healthy public appetite for traditional melodies and quasi-ethnic roots, the crossover genre continues to flourish with this debut release from Ireland's Celtic Woman ensemble. The brainchild of Sharon Browne, Dave Kavanaugh (founders of Ireland's successful Celtic Collections label) and young Riverdance touring company musical director David Downes, CW's five young women musicians and vocalists offer up an ever pleasant, Eire-savvy fusion of folk, pop and classical influences. Avoiding the intrusive, club-beat/sex kitten window dressing of Bond, the ensemble tackles material that ranges from the expected (spare, lovely covers of "Danny Boy" and "Ave Maria") to more adventurous fare like "Nella Fantasia" (Ennio Morricone's vocal adaptation of his rapturous theme from The Mission) and Enya's "Orinoco Flow." Elsewhere, "The Butterfly" offers up fiddle-fueled take on their Riverdance parallels (which also get a workout on the live bonus tracks), if renditions of Downes' originals like "One World" and "Send Me a Song" and "Someday" from Disney's animated Hunchback of Notre Dame hew slavishly to the middle of the road -- which largely seems the album's easy-listening intention. --Jerry McCulley

• Audio CD (March 1, 2023)
• ASIN: B0007GAEGC
• Average Customer Review: Based on 242 reviews.
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: 52

• Last Rose Of Summer/Walking In The Air
• May It Be
• Isle Of Inisfree
• Danny Boy
• One World
• Ave Maria
• Send Me A Song
• Siulil A Run
• Orinoco Flow
• Someday
• She Moved Thru' The Fair
• Nella Fantasia
• The Butterfly
• Harry's Game
• The Soft Goodbye
• You Raise Me Up
• The Ashoken Farewell/The Contradiction
• Si Do Mhaimeo I

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

Wonderful IntroTo Mehdi, May 4, 2023
I've always enjoyed Celtic women and this album is no exception, but while reading some of the customer recommendations posted on this site I discovered a group by the name of Mehdi (pronounced meddie). After an online search I found their site (SoothingMusic - Com) and listened to the samples...
I was instantly blown away by the quality of this music and so I gave it a try and now that I have listened to these CDs several times, I really must say that although I'm still a Celtic Women fan, I find Mehdi to be a great addition to this CD. I have them both in my multi-disc CD player and love the way they compliment each other. I highly recommend that you give this artist a try or atleast just go listen to the samples, I have a feeling you'll be glad you did.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

A Question, Apr 22, 2023
I've the DVD and love it. But who is the curly haired woman on the cover?! She doesn't seem to any of the four singers, nor the solo violinist.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

Pleasing, Apr 22, 2023
This is an extremely well-made and well-performed production of a lot of beautiful music from lovely women. Being partial to female voices, I find it charming. Better to buy it on Amazon.com than to donate [..] to the local PBS [...]-propaganda channel to get it. Thank you Ireland!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

Heavenly Voices, Apr 13, 2023
I saw Celtic Woman on PBS several months ago. The music and songs were out of this world. If you love celtic music and soft angelic voices you can't go wrong with this CD. Two of the songs are really beautiful. May It Be and Someday. When my Mother passed away 3-25-06-Those were chosen to be played at the closing of the service. The words and music was very soothing and beautifully done.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

Chilled to the bone...., Apr 8, 2023
What to say or where to begin on what I have to say about this collection of voices. If you ever wondered if there was a heaven on earth, you can stop wondering right here.. The voices of Orla Fallon and Chloe Agnew are probably the most soothing I have ever heard and witnessed.

Not only do I own this cd, I own music from all of the performing artists, the DVD live concert, and have seen them in concert from orchestral seating.

You cannot go wrong with this selection. Your restful mind will thank you for it!!!

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