Patrick Ball - Celtic Harp, Vol. 3: Secret Isles
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Artist: Patrick BallEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 1991-10-16
Music Label: Fortuna Records
Soundtracks:
- Planxty Burke/ Bumper Squire Jones
- Carrickferges
- Susie McGuire/ Bridget Geary
- Lord Inchiquin
- Carolan's Favorite Jig
- Song Of The Water Kelpie/ The Sheep Under The Snow
- Planxty Irwin
- The Foggy Dew
- Squire Wood's Lamentation
- Carolan's Concerto
- Eleanor Plunkett
- Dark Woman Of The Glen
Music reviews of Celtic Harp, Vol. 3: Secret Isles
Music Review: Pleasant music but nothing to rave about
Rating: 3 Stars
The first time I listened to this cd, I was working at the office and I played it as backround music. My first impression was one of a continuum of sound with very little variation, as if I were listening to a babbling stream. I continued to play it for several days and little by little I began to feel the originality of each piece. The mood is mostly joyous with a tinge of melancholy. Secret Isles is certainly an ideal background music cd. I wouldn't call it great music: it simply lacks depth and color. Fresh but rather tasteless is the best description I can find. Just like water.
Finally I would like to remind you that this is a rather short recording: about 50 minutes. On average each piece is about 3 minutes long. Considering the price, this is clearly an expensive cd.
My advice is: just buy one. The other recordings must be more of the same.
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Description of Celtic Harp, Vol. 3: Secret Isles
The lilting, crystalline tone of the Celtic harp must be one of the most joyful sounds in mankind's history. The harp originated a thousand years ago in ancient Ireland; it shone through the age of the bards and brought hope during long years of occupation and oppression. As it is a challenging instrument to play well, nearly two centuries ago the wire-strung Celtic harp was abandoned in favor of the easier to play, more subdued gut-strung neo-Irish harp. Patrick Ball would not let that sweet voice fall silent. He brings to audiences world-wide the ancient Celtic harp that "has always been loved and celebrated by the Irish people for its mystical power to enchant them, to draw them into realms beyond thought, and to refresh their spirit." That is exactly what Patrick Ball accomplishes in these five sparkling recordings. Listeners are enchanted by his performances. They are drawn to the emotional portrait that Patrick paints with each piece, romantic, melancholy or jubilant. Although Patrick is a delightful storyteller with words, these instrumental works tell their own stories, requiring nothing more than Patrick's fingernails deftly plucking the brass strings of his beautifully crafted harp. The harp he plays is a re-creation of the ancient Celtic instrument, lovingly crafted by master harp builder Jay Witcher of Houlton, Maine, who has made it his life's work to allow the sound of the great instrument to live again.Patrick Ball pays his greatest tribute to the legendary Turlough O'Carolan, a blind, itinerant harper who wandered the Irish countryside at the turn of the eighteenth century, playing for wealthy landowners. O'Carolan was witty, a prolific composer and a genius on the Celtic harp. It is little wonder that Patrick Ball has included O'Carolan's brilliant tunes in each of his first four volumes.
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