Celtic Dreams [Import]

1. Riverdance

2. Celtic Spitit Medley: Theme from} Miller's Crossing/The Kiss/Last of th

3. Ta Muid

4. How Can I Kee[ from Singing?

5. Fear Is the Enemy

6. Last Crossing

7. Martha's Harbour

8. Earthjig

9. Coeur (The Heart)

10. Mystic Lipstick

11. Ailein Duinn {Theme from Rob Roy}

12. Will Ye Go Lassie Go

13. Daire's Dream

14. Air Song

15. Song from Ireland

16. Lord of the Dance/Earhtjig (Reprise)

Tracks:

Samain Night
Moon Cradle
Huron 'Beltane' Fire Dance
Annachie Gordon
Standing Stones
Dickens' Dublin (The Palace)
Breaking the Silence
Ancient Pines [From Goddess Remembered]

Album Details

BONUS DVD (PAL)

Customer Reviews:

LM Unplugged........2006-12-09

While perhaps not as well-known as her later releases, "Parralel Dreams" is still my favorite Loreena McKennitt CD. True, the production values are not as lush and exotic as her "The Mask and Mirror" and "The Book of Secrets" albums but in these songs her voice and harp are highlighted to hauntingly beautiful effect. While tackling such bleak themes as lost love, murder, homelessness, and torture, each song is sung with an emotional radiance that can send shivers down your spine and warmth into your heart. As Loreena says in her liner notes, "If there is a recurrent thread that runs through these dreams [songs], it is one of yearning toward love, liberty and integration." Now that the CD has been remastered for better sound quality AND includes a free DVD as well, no true Loreena McKennitt fan should be without this album. The DVD consists of a 30-minute short in which Loreena discusses her music and inspiration, 2 music videos, and selected musical samples from her albums. This DVD satisfies my (parallel?) dreams of both hearing and seeing LM doing what she does best. I've upgraded to this new edition; get yours while you still can!

Fusion music of nuance and mystery!.......2006-10-01

It is with this album that McKennitt's awesome talent as a composer/arranger truly finds that distinctive voice--somewhere in between Celtic, jazz, folk and world music--that is so prominent and beloved in her later work. Most of the music and some of the lyrics as well on "Parallel Dreams" are written by McKennitt in their entirety rather than being arrangements of traditional tunes or poems. There's still a sense of quiet restraint about many of the songs on this album, but this time it's underlain by a pregnant intensity of synth chords and percussion, released into the music just enough to give it an air of mysterious purpose without overwhelming McKennitt's ethereal vocals and nuanced harpistry. Guest musicians include Rick Lazar on udu drum and congas, Ratesh Dasj on tablas, guitarist Brian Hughes, violinist Oliver Schroer, cellist, bass and tamboura player George Koller, mandolin-player David Woodhead, piper Patrick Hutchinson, percussionist Al Cross, and Shelly Berger on pzud. Loreena McKennitt's previous album is "To Drive the Cold Winter Away," and the next one in the sequence, continuing her intriguing development as a composer, is "The Visit." I love everything she's ever done-- she's as true a talent and as creative a genius as you could ever wish for in a musician. But what impresses me most about her is how stirringly and satisfyingly her work has evolved over the years. She just keeps getting better and better! Try also the Celtic / folk / world music stylings of singer and multi-instrumentalist Kate Price and the work of dreamy vocalist / pianist Lydia McCauley.

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Celtic Dreams
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Umvd Import
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000N3TYWY
Release Date: 2007-03-19

Tracks:

Now We Are Free
Theme from 'Harry's Game' - Rachel O'Donnell, Ryan O'Donnell
Fields of Gold
My Lagan Love
Tara - Moya Brennan
Ae Fond Kiss - Nicky Spence
Rose - Bryn Terfel
Lord of the Rings Suite - James Galway,
Iris - Ronan Keating
Goodbye [2006 Remix] - The Corrs
Brighid's Kiss
Carrickfergus
Salley Gardens
How Can I Keep from Singing
Runaway - Rachel O'Donnell, Ryan O'Donnell
Last Rose of Summer
Shenandoah
You Raise Me Up - Secret Garden

Tracks:

Orinoco Flow (Sail Away) - Rachel O'Donnell, Ryan O'Donnell
Water Is Wide
Danny Boy - Bryn Terfel
May It Be - Hayley Westenra
Dreams - The Cranberries
Scarborough Fair
Theme from 'Braveheart'
In Our Tears - Secret Garden
In a Lifetime
Fellowship [From Lord of the Rings] - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Crouch End Festival Chorus, Howard Shore
Saylon Dola - Me Brennan,
Martha's Harbour
Hymn to Hope - Secret Garden
Fields of Athenry
Ailein Duinn [From Robb Roy]
I Will Set My Ship in Order - Capercaillie
Mull of Kintyre/Flower of Scotland

Album Details

Presenting "Celtic Dreams", a Double Album Packed with Both Popular and Traditional Celtic Music Including "Harry's Game", "Orinocco Flow", "Now We Are Free", "You Raise Me Up", "Danny Boy" and Many More. An Album to Suit Any Mood Whether You Want to Tap Your Toes to Some Irish Pipes Or Relax to the Soothing Voices of Some of Irelands Most Successful Singers.

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