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Traditional Airs for the Celtic Harp & Fiddle

Traditional Airs for the Celtic Harp & Fiddle
Various Artists

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Track Listing

  1. Scarborough Fair
  2. Greensleeves
  3. Willow Tree
  4. Mary Young and Fair
  5. All Through the Night
  6. Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes
  7. Rising of the Lark
  8. Foggy Dew
  9. Gather Ye Rosebuds
  10. Harp of Gold
  11. Minstrel Boy
  12. Harp That Once Through Tara's Halls
  13. Carolan's Nightcap/Ode to Whiskey
  14. Ieuan's the Blind Harpist's Delight
  15. Sleep My Pretty Little Lady
  16. Lakes of Slio/Top of Maol
  17. Buachaill Caol Dubh
  18. Ash Grove/Last Rose of Summer
  19. Pl�ar�ca Na Ruarcach
  20. Na Connery's
  21. Goirtin Fornan
  22. Carolan's Air
  23. Rory O'More/The Donnybrook Boy
  24. A'raibh Tu Ag an G Carraig
  25. Londonderry Air (Danny Boy)
  26. Tuirne Mhaire/Planxty Irwin
  27. De'il Amang the Tailors/Mason's Apron/Soldier's Joy
  28. Trumph/LD Bog Hole/Callum Beg
  29. Larrry O'Gaff/Lannagan's Ball/The Young May Moon/St. Patrick's Day
  30. Blackthorn Stick/Father O'Flynn/Sorry to Part/Roaring Jelly/Rakes ...

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #94986 in Music
  • Released on: 1999-02-17
  • Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Now that's soothing...5
When I get tired of banging Rock'n'Roll I usually stick this in. CD 1 is a collection of classic tunes on one of the most beautiful instruments on this planet: the harp. CD 2 also includes classic tunes but on the fiddle. This CD is more diverse than the first one because it has variety of backing instruments including pipes, the harp once again and a luth (I think).
One of the nicest touches here is "The Last Rose of The Summer" which appears on both CDs, so you have a nice comparison.
This Double CD adorns my collection of mostly brutal Rock records and is very nice indeed.

P.S.: I'm not sure if the record I'm talking about has anything to do with this one but my edition includes the same tracks plus other ones.

Classic Combination of Elegant Harp & Traditional Fiddle5
The group "Boys of the Isle" play elegantly beautiful harp music of favorites such as "Greensleeves", "Scarborough Fair", "All Through the Night", and "Drink to Me only with Thine Eyes" in a Celtic style -- reminding one of the best New Age music that exists. Only this is *not* New Age music at all but Celtic music that is gentle and refined. There are fifteen harp tunes, some of which are Irish classics, such as "Carolan's Nightcap", "Ode to Whiskey" and "The Harp that Once Through Tara's Halls". While the other tunes are unfamiliar, the playing technique of strumming the strings and alternately plucking them creates supernatural other-worldly sounds. The harp music evokes feelings of living in another century ... actually, more like another millenia. How sad that the harp, as an instrument, has lost favor ... This music truly soothes a restless spirit and quiets an overactive mind. Harp music relaxes the listener, touching body, mind, and spirit like no other instrument. This very ancient musical instrument has the ability (in the right hands) to transport the listener to higher dimensions of existence ... Listening to these musicians -- it is a flight worth experiencing!

The Celtic fiddle needs no introduction, the Boys of the Isle can play traditional tunes with the best of them. There are many fine tunes some of which are combined, so all total, one can hear 31 *different* Irish tunes played on the fiddle. The transition from one tune to the next is very smooth. Often there is the feeling "I know that muisc from somewhere ..." In truth, I well may have heard the tunes played by live bands, during Contra dancing. This is Old Style Country Dancing from North Carolina and Virginia which dates back to the mid 1700s - 1800s. It was brought to the new world by the Irish and English immigrants who settled in the hills and mountains of these states. It is infectious, contagious music that never goes out of style. Here lies the appeal of this CD -- it contains classical folk and traditional music which attracts a wide audience of people from many generations. It seems to be discovered as if new by each succeeding generation of musicians who wish to connect with their ancestors. Highly recommended CD. Erika Borsos (erikab93)