Loreena McKennitt - Nights from the Alhambra - (Jewel 2 CD + DVD)
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Artist: Loreena McKennittEdition: Music CD
Format: Live
CD Release Date: 2007-08-21
Music Label: Verve
Soundtracks:
- Bonny Portmore
- Santiago
- Raglan Road
- All Souls Night
- The Lady Of Shalott
- The Old Ways
- Never-ending Road (Amhran Duit) Encore
- Huron `Beltane' Fire Dance
- Cymbeline
- Bonny Portmor
- Santiago
- Raglan Road
- All Souls Night
- The Lady Of Shalott
- The Old Ways
- Never-ending Road (Amhran Duit) Encore
- Huron `Beltane' Fire Dance
- Cymbeline CD #1
Music reviews of Nights from the Alhambra - (Jewel 2 CD + DVD)
Music Review: Loreena McKennitt C.D.
Rating: 4 Stars
I love her music and songs but I wish they had edited out the applause, it really ruins it for me.
Description of Nights from the Alhambra - (Jewel 2 CD + DVD)
An enchanting musical performance, set beneath the stars in the breathtaking Moorish heart of medieval Spain. Captured in concert in September 2006, singer/composer Loreena McKennitt leads viewers through the multi-textured landscapes of her catalog, from traditional Celtic ballads to literary narratives and highlights from her latest recording, An Ancient Muse.Filmed in rich HDTV, Nights from the Alhambra evokes the otherworldly magic of Granada's palace of dreams, the fiery and inspired performances of a stellar cast of supporting musicians and, of course, the unforgettable voice and songs of Loreena McKennitt herself. The package includes the complete footage on DVD and 2 separate audio CDs that encompass the complete evening.
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, but with a double CD included. McKennitt's renditions of songs from An Ancient Muse and her earlier albums are impeccable. As she is something of a perfectionist, there isn't much deviation from the original studio versions, but McKennitt is in fine voice and the band gets to rave it up a few times on tracks like "The Bonny Swans," where violinist Hugh Marsh and guitarist Brian Hughes trade increasingly frantic leads. This is an expanded group for McKennitt, with players from England, Greece, and the Middle East playing oud, dumbek, kanoun, hurdy-gurdy, duduk, and other ancient sounds from the British Isles to Turkey. The advantage of this edition of the Alhambra performance over that seen on PBS is that we're spared McKennitt's earnest and precious interstitials, talking about the location and her inspirations while slowly running her hands over Celtic carvings. But if you want it, that version of the performance is also on the DVD, as the commentary track. The CDs wisely drop even the between-song patter, which is fine, but not something to sit through on repeated listenings. Although the performance is beautifully, if conventionally filmed, and it's great to see this virtuoso band playing in communion, it's ultimately McKennitt's songs themselves that brim with visual imagery as she creates her ancient evocations as effectively on the concert stage as she does in the studio. --John Diliberto
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