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Media Type: CD
Artist: CELTIC CHRISTMAS
Title: PEACE ON EARTH
Street Release Date: 09/14/1999
Domestic
Genre: XMAS VOCAL COLLECTIONS

Track Listing

1. Flight into Egypt - Nightnoise
2. Strathglass - Phil Cunningham
3. Green Fields of Amerikay - Paddy Glackin, M�che�l � Domhnaill
4. By the River Shannon - W.G. Snuffy Walden
5. Ga Gr�ine - John Fitzpatrick
6. Flow Gently Sweet Afton - William Coulter, Benjamin Verdery
7. Barbara Allen - Maighread N� Dhomnaill, Tr�ona N� Dhomhnaill
8. Heron - James Blennerhassett
9. Carolan's Farewell - Laoise Kelly
10. No Room at the Inn - Nightnoise
11. Cl�r Bog D�il - Zo� Conway
12. Down the Chimney - Brian Dunning, Jeff Johnson

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4155 in Music
• Brand: CELTIC CHRISTMAS
• Released on: 1999-09-14
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

Amazon.com
Number five in Windham Hill's Celtic Christmas series, this may be the best of the lot with evocative compositions and arrangements that don't slip into seasonal sentimentality, better known as schmaltz. Produced by Micheal O'Domhnaill, the guitarist and founder of Nightnoise, the disc centers on members of that band. Nightnoise gives a Celtic chamber music feel to the traditional Irish carol, "The Flight into Egypt," while also offering up the serene original, "No Room at the Inn." Nightnoise singer Triona Ni Dhomhnaill duets with her sister Maighread on the quavering harmonies of "Barbara Allen," while Micheal O'Domhnaill joins fiddler Paddy Glackin on "The Green Fields of Amerikay." William Coulter and Benjamin Verdery provide dual acoustic guitar filigree on "Flow Gently Sweet Afton" and Nightnoise flutist Brian Dunning joins Jeff Johnson on "Down the Chimney." There's something about that Celtic lilt, the sound of low whistles, cranky uilleann pipes, and Turlough O'Carolan tunes that instantly conjure up the warmth, quiet, and mysticism of Christmas. And it's all on A Celtic Christmas: Peace on Earth. --John Diliberto

Customer Reviews

The writer below must be suffering from dementia...
This is a really first rate collection deserving of respect and attention. It's very evocative of both the Christmas season and Celtic music itself. The world is full of cranks who insist on being unhappy and making the rest of the world miserable. This disc is a wonderful antidote to the cynicism of the writer below.

Great CD
I popped this one in my CD player at work last Christmas. All my co-workers wanted to know what it was. A very moving collection of Celtic tunes, and definitely not your typical Christmas CD, as some tunes are not "Christmassy". I think it's good for listnening year round.

This is one of the most beautiful albums you can listen to
This beautiful compilation by Widham, gave me two things I will always cherish:

1) It allowed me to know the music of Nightnoise (featured a couple of times in the album). 2) It gave me such a peaceful music for my times of stress, that I know I can have the best time through anything with this music in the background. People in my office ask me about it all the time.

You will want to be sitting in front of a fireplace, having a sip of agood wine, and tasting some fondue the minute you start listening to it.

Guaranteed!