Noirin Ni Riain - Celtic Soul
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Artist: Noirin Ni RiainEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1996-02-20
Music Label: Living Music
Soundtracks:
- Song Of The Pooka
- Driving The Calves To Pasture
- Ode To Mira Bai
- The Cuckoo
- Ode To Bridget
- Summer, Summer
- Lullabies
- Kitty, My Love
- Ode To Rabindranath Tagore
- Young Daniel
- Down By The Sally Gardens
- Fitzgerald's Racehorse
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Music Review: Flawless voice, instills the listener with a Celtic Soul.
Rating: 5 Stars
Having spent last year in Ireland, upon my return I searched the music stores of America, trying to recapture the musical essence of the land I'd fallen in love with (but then, doesn't everyone?). The island is filled to the brim with excellent amateur musicians, so getting to be a top professional amongst all that competition is a serious challenge. The top female vocalists in the traditional Celtic genre have an additional requirement for exquisite pitch and vocal control, rivalled only by professional opera singers. But when you find a great one, her voice can move the soul of the most weary critic. Not until I stumbled upon this album did a tear come to my eye. Noirin Ni Riain's clearly Celtic heritage shines through on this album and takes me right back to Galway. Her vocal range is outstanding and her control among the best. The twelve tracks are well-chosen to showcase her ability and that of her outstanding accompanyists.If you love traditional Gaelic melodies and unique harmony, look no further. This should be the FIRST album in your collection.
Description of Celtic Soul
Noirin Ni Riain transforms the centuries-old Celtic sean nos singing style into a contemporary expression of beauty and completeness. These lovely and haunting songs, sung in a shining, clear soprano with an unmatched purity of tone, cannot fail to move listeners.Noirin Ni Riain (Noreen O'Ryan in Anglicized versions) is a legendary sean nos (traditional a cappella) singer in Ireland, but on this project her keening, clear-as-a-bell soprano is backed by America's pastoral-jazz ensemble, the Paul Winter Consort, and such special guests as Joanie Madden and Jerry O'Sullivan. Nine traditional sean nos songs are sung in Gaelic; two Indian hymns are sung in Hindi, and a delightful arrangement of William Butler Yeats' "Down by the Sally Gardens" is sung in English. Winter's arrangements emphasize elongated phrasing and sustained notes, and the near-droning effect creates a spiritual stillness not unlike that produced by the chanting monks who were all the rage a few years ago. --Geoffrey Himes
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