Comfort & Joy: A Christmas Celtic Sojourn
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Edition: Music CDCD Release Date: 2003-11-11
Music Label: Rounder / Umgd
Soundtracks:
- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
- The Distressed Soldier/Angels We Have Heard on High
- The Wexford Carol
- Shepherds Arise
- Babe of Bethlehem
- Horn Dance
- Three Kings - OConnell, Robbie
- The Little Drummer Boy - Davis, Katherine
- Noelenn Brehed
- Ding Dong Merrily on High -
- The Boar's Head - Watts, Andy
- Christmas Capers - Minogue, Aine
- My Dancing Day - Watts, Andy
- Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - Bach, J. S.
- O Holy Night/Cill Chais
- Pa Voe Ganet (When He Was Born)
- The Twelfth Day Carol
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Hit: 5 Stars
I LOVE this Christmas cd (and I don't love very many). I feel as though I've been transported to a rustic hearthside in a different time and place. Has an authentic feel - often ethereal and sometimes just a little gritty too. No glitz or pop pretensions. I'll listen all year long, I'm sure. (I also love its cousin, "Celtic Sojourn".)
Comfort & Joy: A Christmas Celtic Sojourn Poster
Traditional Celtic music has a peculiar way of turning the simplest musical phrase or familiar carol into a timeless reverie. At 17-tracks deep, Comfort and Joy is indeed a joy and a comfort. There's a distinctive dramatic sweep in many of these pieces, especially in Cherish The Ladies' elegiac medley of "The Distressed Soldier/Angels We Have Heard on High," Maddy Prior with The Carnival Band's "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen," and the Watersons' stirring and powerful "Shepherd's Arise." Among the traditional Irish, Scottish, and French Celtic favorites (Group Vocal Jef Le Penven's "Noelenn Brehed" is a discovery!) are Robbie O'Connell, harpist Aine Minogue, and Dordan. O'Connell's own "Three Kings" is a smart seasonal sing-along, while Boys of the Lough's splendid vocal realization of "The Wexford Carol" will stay with you for days. Lovely instrumental pieces such as Minogue's "Horn Dance" and her original "Christmas Capers," plus other delights like Cherish The Ladies' pop-styled arrangement of "The Little Drummer Boy" make this yet another treasure of fine Celtic Christmas music. --Martin KellerFolk Music CDs
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