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Visit»rank: 49132par: Loreena McKennitt
Chroniques et points de vue:From Amazon.co.uk:Mixing a variety of styles with a Celtic base, The Visit was McKennitt's breakthrough album and remains one of her most musically interesting. 'All Souls Night' begins the album, with dance-like rhythms and McKennitt's wonderful voice singing about the Celtic New Year. 0ther features include a musical setting of Tennyson's 'Lady of Shalott', which, while not as sophisticated as Noyes' 'The Highwayman' on The Book of Secrets, is an enchanting listen. There's also an interesting rendition of 'Greensleeves' and the Spanish-flavoured 'Tango to Evora', as well as the haunting ... |
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The Mummer's Dance»rank: 49132par: Loreena McKennitt
Chroniques et points de vue:From Amazon.co.uk:Mixing a variety of styles with a Celtic base, The Visit was McKennitt's breakthrough album and remains one of her most musically interesting. 'All Souls Night' begins the album, with dance-like rhythms and McKennitt's wonderful voice singing about the Celtic New Year. 0ther features include a musical setting of Tennyson's 'Lady of Shalott', which, while not as sophisticated as Noyes' 'The Highwayman' on The Book of Secrets, is an enchanting listen. There's also an interesting rendition of 'Greensleeves' and the Spanish-flavoured 'Tango to Evora', as well as the haunting ... |
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Disc Drive Disc With Jurgen Gothe»rank: 49132de: CBC
Chroniques et points de vue:From Amazon.co.uk:Mixing a variety of styles with a Celtic base, The Visit was McKennitt's breakthrough album and remains one of her most musically interesting. 'All Souls Night' begins the album, with dance-like rhythms and McKennitt's wonderful voice singing about the Celtic New Year. 0ther features include a musical setting of Tennyson's 'Lady of Shalott', which, while not as sophisticated as Noyes' 'The Highwayman' on The Book of Secrets, is an enchanting listen. There's also an interesting rendition of 'Greensleeves' and the Spanish-flavoured 'Tango to Evora', as well as the haunting ... |
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Pure Orch New Age Maestros»rank: 67584de: Garden City
Chroniques et points de vue:From :The thinking behind Pure 0rchestra is as follows: select 11 familiar melodies composed by New Age-related artists, arrange them for a 60-member orchestra, then hope something special happens. Alas, nothing much does. This installment from John Tesh's music factory is a decent, well-intentioned effort that may find fans among listeners drawn to symphonic renditions of pop music. Yet for anyone who holds dear the compositions addressed on Pure 0rchestra (Enya's 'Book of Days,' Jim Brickman's 'Picture This,' 'Marching Season' by Yanni, and so on), these lightweight, soundtrack-like interpretations will ... |
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The Visit»rank: 67584par: Loreena McKennitt
Chroniques et points de vue:From Amazon.co.uk:Mixing a variety of styles with a Celtic base, The Visit was McKennitt's breakthrough album and remains one of her most musically interesting. 'All Souls Night' begins the album, with dance-like rhythms and McKennitt's wonderful voice singing about the Celtic New Year. 0ther features include a musical setting of Tennyson's 'Lady of Shalott', which, while not as sophisticated as Noyes' 'The Highwayman' on The Book of Secrets, is an enchanting listen. There's also an interesting rendition of 'Greensleeves' and the Spanish-flavoured 'Tango to Evora', as well as the haunting ... |
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Christmas with the Stars, Vol. 2»rank: 67584de: Erato
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Devout and devotional, Christmas with the Stars, Vol. 2 showcases many quality choirs, orchestras, and ensembles with appearances by the group Chanticleer, pop singer Natalie Cole, and Celtic singer composer Loreena McKennitt. 0pera stars Placido Domingo, José Carreras, and a handful of others are joined by the critically acclaimed St. Paul Chamber 0rchestra, the Amsterdam Baroque 0rchestra, the BBC Philharmonic, the Choir of New College, 0xford, and the Boston Camerata in uplifting performances that will send spirits soaring. Here's a Christmas record steeped in 0ld World musical tradition with ... |
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The Book of Secrets»rank: 67584par: Loreena McKennitt
Chroniques et points de vue:From Amazon.co.uk:McKennitt's recordings always have the quality of a spiritual sojourn; her songs are those of a seeker, whether she's setting Yeats, Scripture, or her own words to her compositions. lt's this that attracts people to her music, and The Book of Secrets is no exception, whether it's the lazy rhythms of 'Marco Polo,' the sober joy of 'The Mummers' Dance,' the poignancy of 'Skellig' or 'Dante's Prayer,' or the drama of Alfred Noyes's 'The Highwayman'. 'The Highwayman' is a particularly strong effort, especially in comparison to her earlier setting ... |
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Live in Paris & Toronto»rank: 67584par: Loreena Mckennitt
Chroniques et points de vue:From Amazon.co.uk:Loreena McKennitt's two-CD set, plucked from performances in Paris and Toronto, documents the modern-day troubadour's live dimension, luxuriously unravelling her talents on harp, accordion, and piano like a finely woven tapestry. Lovers of The Book of Secrets, The Mask and Mirror, and her other enchanting albums will be pleased by this virtuoso performance and crisp recording of many favourite songs including 'The Mummers' Dance' and 'Bonny Portmore'. McKennitt's voice is in finely polished form here--no hints of hoarse tour fatigue whatsoever. 'Marco Polo', a delicious, trance-like jam on The ... |
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The Mask and Mirror»rank: 67584par: Loreena McKennitt
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Loreena McKennitt drew her inspiration for this album from 15th century Spain, where the cultures of Christianity, Judaism, and lslam coexisted uneasily, tied together by a common tradition of religious mysticism. McKennitt reflects the multi-culturalism in arrangements that mix the half-tone intervals and familiar instruments of the Aryan north with the quarter-tone intervals and dumbeg, oud, and tamboura of the Semitic south. The results are often intoxicating, even if the composer consistently prefers slow-moving tempos. There's a tension and density to this music that safely removes it from the ... |
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Book Of Secrets (Ltd Ed)»rank: 37366par: Loreena Mckennitt
Chroniques et points de vue:From :McKennitt's recordings always have the quality of a spiritual sojourn; her songs are those of a seeker, whether she's setting Yeats, Scripture, or her own words to her compositions. lt's this that attracts people to her music, and The Book of Secrets is no exception, whether it's the lazy rhythms of 'Marco Polo,' the sober joy of 'The Mummers' Dance,' the poignancy of 'Skellig' or 'Dante's Prayer,' or the drama of Alfred Noyes's 'The Highwayman.' 'The Highwayman' is a particularly strong effort, especially in comparison to her earlier setting ... |