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
Domestic
Genre: XMAS VOCAL COLLECTIONS

Track Listing

1. Chanonry Point - Manus Lunny, Phil Cunningham
2. Amanecer (Dawn) - Carlos Nunez
3. Wexford Carol - James Galway
4. Brid �g N� Mh�ille - Nightnoise
5. Day's Last Light - Seamus Egan
6. Muladach Mi Is Mi Air M'Aineol - Capercaillie
7. Listen to the River - Luka Bloom
8. Marbhna Luimn� - Deiseal
9. After Aughrim's Great Disaster - Tr�ona N� Dhomhnaill, Triona N�dhomnaill
10. Star of the County Down/Sweeney's Buttermilk/Jenny's Chicken's - Kevin Burke, M�che�l � Domhnaill
11. I'll Rock You to Rest - James Galway
12. Johnny Seoighe - Maighread N� Dhomnaill, Maighread N�Dhomnaill
13. Lament - Brian Dunning, Jeff Johnson
14. Dove's Return - �ine Minogue

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3121 in Music
• Brand: CELTIC CHRISTMAS
• Released on: 1996-09-17
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .20 pounds

Amazon.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

Customer Reviews

Where's the Christmas!
Beautiful listening but badly named. The only seasonal piece on the album was James Galway's arrangement of the Wexford Carol. There are songs about fish, unrequited love, the Great Famine, defeat in battle... heaps of Celtic stuff well worth listening to, but not if you want holiday music. For midwinter celebration you'd do well to give this album a miss and try Celtic Christmas III instead.

Volume 2 of the Celtic Christmas Series is awesome
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.

Lovely Celtic music
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.