| Product Summary | | Label: Telarc International Corp. | | UPC: 00089408057106 | | Please Note: May require SACD-compatible hardware more info. | | Release Date: 8/27/2002 | | Buy.com Sku: 60615324 | | Item#: MKMRME | Format:  Super Audio CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Celtic Dream - (from "Lord Of The Dance") ~ Erich Kunzel/Cincinnati Pops |  | | 2. Cry Of The Celts - (from "Lord Of The Dance") ~ Erich Kunzel/Cincinnati Pops | | | 3. O'Farrell's Welcome To Limerick ~ Erich Kunzel/Cincinnati Pops | | | 4. Simple Gifts - (with James Galway) ~ Erich Kunzel/Cincinnati Pops | | | 5. Little Bit of Heaven, A - (with John McDermott) ~ Erich Kunzel/Cincinnati Pops | | | 6. Irish Party In Third Class - (from "Titanic") ~ Erich Kunzel/Cincinnati Pops | | | 7. Countess Cathleen, The - (from "Riverdance On Broadway") ~ Erich Kunzel/Cincinnati Pops | | | 8. Off To The Hunt ~ Erich Kunzel/Cincinnati Pops | | | 9. Chasing The Fox / The Gathering / The Hunt Moves Off / Good Morrow Fox / The Return - (with The Chieftains) ~ Erich Kunzel/Cincinnati Pops | | | 10. Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ra (That's An Irish Lullaby) / Galway Bay - (with John McDermott) ~ Erich Kunzel/Cincinnati Pops | | | 11. Piper Celebration, A ~ Erich Kunzel/Cincinnati Pops | | | 12. Celtic Angels ~ Erich Kunzel/Cincinnati Pops | | | 13. Mummer's Dance, The ~ Erich Kunzel/Cincinnati Pops | | | 14. Step's From The Highlands ~ Erich Kunzel/Cincinnati Pops | | | 15. Danny Boy - (with John McDermott) ~ Erich Kunzel/Cincinnati Pops | | | 16. Last Rose Of Summer, The ~ Erich Kunzel/Cincinnati Pops | | | 17. Irish Washerwoman, The ~ Erich Kunzel/Cincinnati Pops | |
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel includes: Erich Kunzel (conductor); John McDermott (vocals); | | Ted Karas (guitar); Timothy Lees (violin); Liz Knowles (fiddle); James Galway (flute, whistle); Kieran O'Hare (whistle, Uilleann pipes); James Bunte (saxophone); Cincinnati Pops Orchestra; The Chieftains; Silver Arm Celtic Band. | | Producers include: Robert Woods, Paddy Moloney, Michael Bishop. | | Engineers include: Michael Bishop, Brian Masterson, Gary Gray. | | Recorded at Music Hall, Cincinnati, Ohio; Windmill Lane, Dublin, Ireland; Right Track, New York, New York; and Manta Eastern Sound Studios, Toronto, Canada between March and October 2001. Includes liner notes by Richard E. Rodda. | | All tracks have been digitally remastered. | | This is a Hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players. | | Personnel includes: Erich Kunzel (conductor); John McDermott (vocals); | | Ted Karas (guitar); Timothy Lees (violin); Liz Knowles (fiddle); James Galway (flute, whistle); Kieran O'Hare (whistle, Uilleann pipes); James Bunte (saxophone); Cincinnati Pops Orchestra; The Chieftains; Silver Arm Celtic Band. | | Producers include: Robert Woods, Paddy Moloney, Michael Bishop. | | Engineers include: Michael Bishop, Brian Masterson, Gary Gray. | | Recorded at Music Hall, Cincinnati, Ohio; Windmill Lane, Dublin, Ireland; Right Track, New York, New York; and Manta Eastern Sound Studios, Toronto, Canada between March and October 2001. Includes liner notes by Richard E. Rodda. | | All tracks have been digitally remastered. | | This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players. | | The pungent wailing of uillean pipes and the plaintive sighs of a pennywhistle had become frequently overused Hollywood clich?s by the time this album of Irish-themed symphonic "pops" came out -- and naturally, you'll find plenty of those sounds here. Though the CD opens in a manner most unlike an Erich Kunzel/Cincinnati Pops album -- with a Carlos Santana-like guitar solo from Ted Karas on "Celtic Dream" from Lord of the Dance -- soon everyone gets down to business with a selection of native tunes and Irish-flavored film and show music cushioned with symphonic upholstery. On one track apiece, the specialty instruments have celebrity performers. Sir James Galway mans the pennywhistle (and also his flute) on a mist-shrouded, elaborate arrangement of "Simple Gifts" -- which he stoically overdubbed in New York City on the day of the 9/11 attacks. On "Chasing the Fox," the team is the Irish superstar band the Chieftains (also recorded separately, in Dublin), combining with the Pops in a muddled din of a track. However, uileann pipes/whistleplayer Kieran O'Hare, fiddler Liz Knowles, and the Celtic band Silver Arm take care of most of the folk sounds with equal expertise -- and the advantage of recording with the orchestra in the same place. There is also one bona fide Irish tenor (actually he's from Canada, but no matter), John McDermott, performing "A Little Bit of Heaven," "Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ra/Galway Bay," and, of course, "Danny Boy." Intriguingly and gratifyingly, the album ends with a flashback as to how earlier generations experienced Irish nights at the "pops" -- two sumptuously played movements from Leroy Anderson's "Irish Suite," expertly crafted with dignity and humor. But why just two? There is more than enough room left on the SACD and CD for the rest of the suite. ~ Richard S. Ginell |
Musical Guests | | The Chieftains | | James Galway | | John McDermott | | Liz Knowles |
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