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Winter Garden»rank:par: Loreena Mckennitt
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Loreena McKennitt's 'songs for the season' are haunting for their beauty and her fascinating voice. Blending traditional lrish music with worldbeat and New Age-like instrumentation, McKennitt's arrangements are at once elegant and eloquent, enchanting and familiar, whether she's singing 'Coventry Carol,' 'God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen,' or 'Good King Wenceslas.' 'Snow,' adapted from a 19th-century poem, and the traditional 'Seeds of Love' are so lofty and deep they reach almost mystical places. --Martin Keller |
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Elemental»rank:par: Loreena McKennitt
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Loreena McKennitt's 'songs for the season' are haunting for their beauty and her fascinating voice. Blending traditional lrish music with worldbeat and New Age-like instrumentation, McKennitt's arrangements are at once elegant and eloquent, enchanting and familiar, whether she's singing 'Coventry Carol,' 'God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen,' or 'Good King Wenceslas.' 'Snow,' adapted from a 19th-century poem, and the traditional 'Seeds of Love' are so lofty and deep they reach almost mystical places. --Martin Keller |
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To Drive the Cold Winter Away»rank:par: Loreena Mckennitt
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Loreena McKennitt's 'songs for the season' are haunting for their beauty and her fascinating voice. Blending traditional lrish music with worldbeat and New Age-like instrumentation, McKennitt's arrangements are at once elegant and eloquent, enchanting and familiar, whether she's singing 'Coventry Carol,' 'God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen,' or 'Good King Wenceslas.' 'Snow,' adapted from a 19th-century poem, and the traditional 'Seeds of Love' are so lofty and deep they reach almost mystical places. --Martin Keller |
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The Mask and Mirror»rank:par: Loreena McKennitt
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Loreena McKennitt's 'songs for the season' are haunting for their beauty and her fascinating voice. Blending traditional lrish music with worldbeat and New Age-like instrumentation, McKennitt's arrangements are at once elegant and eloquent, enchanting and familiar, whether she's singing 'Coventry Carol,' 'God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen,' or 'Good King Wenceslas.' 'Snow,' adapted from a 19th-century poem, and the traditional 'Seeds of Love' are so lofty and deep they reach almost mystical places. --Martin Keller |
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To Drive the Cold Winter Away»rank:par: Loreena McKennitt
Chroniques et points de vue:From :This is not your father's Christmas album. Loreena McKennitt's primary instrument is the harp, but her primary technique is to take a traditional folk song and supersize it with strings, modern rhythms, and lush orchestration. lt's a style that works ideally with this material. Her takes on 'The Wexford Carol' and 'The Stockford Carol' will make you rethink holiday songs. 0ther highlights include 'The Seasons' and 'ln Praise of Christmas,' all songs that are weepy enough to please Grandma but never so sappy they sound fake. Add two cups ... |
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The Visit»rank:par: 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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Nights From The Alhambra Live»rank: 2073par: Loreena Mckennitt
Chroniques et points de vue:From : After nearly a decade off the scene, Loreena McKennitt returned to the performance and recording stage in 2006 and 2007. The Canadian singer picked up exactly where she left off, traveling through the Celtic-Middle Eastern fusions she explored on The Book of Secrets with her latest studio album, An Ancient Muse. Now, with momentum behind her, she's released a DVD document of her performance at Alhambra palace in Granada, Spain. This is the same performance that has been running on PBS station pledge drives for the last year, ... |
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Parallel Dreams»rank: 2073par: Loreena McKennitt
Chroniques et points de vue:From : After nearly a decade off the scene, Loreena McKennitt returned to the performance and recording stage in 2006 and 2007. The Canadian singer picked up exactly where she left off, traveling through the Celtic-Middle Eastern fusions she explored on The Book of Secrets with her latest studio album, An Ancient Muse. Now, with momentum behind her, she's released a DVD document of her performance at Alhambra palace in Granada, Spain. This is the same performance that has been running on PBS station pledge drives for the last year, ... |
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Elemental»rank: 2073par: Loreena McKennitt
Chroniques et points de vue:From : After nearly a decade off the scene, Loreena McKennitt returned to the performance and recording stage in 2006 and 2007. The Canadian singer picked up exactly where she left off, traveling through the Celtic-Middle Eastern fusions she explored on The Book of Secrets with her latest studio album, An Ancient Muse. Now, with momentum behind her, she's released a DVD document of her performance at Alhambra palace in Granada, Spain. This is the same performance that has been running on PBS station pledge drives for the last year, ... |
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The Book of Secrets»rank: 2073par: 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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