VA - Faces Of The Harp: Celtic & Contemporary (1997)
Artist: Various Artists
Title: Faces Of The Harp: Celtic & Contemporary
Year Of Release: 1997
Label: Narada Media [ND-63934]
Genre: New Age, Celtic
Quality: 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks,scans)
Total Time: 56:05
Total Size: 129 mb / 303 mb
WebSite: Album Preview
Title: Faces Of The Harp: Celtic & Contemporary
Year Of Release: 1997
Label: Narada Media [ND-63934]
Genre: New Age, Celtic
Quality: 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks,scans)
Total Time: 56:05
Total Size: 129 mb / 303 mb
WebSite: Album Preview
This collection runs from the engaging to the sublime, but occasionally becomes cloying or claustrophobic. It's harp music of various musical styles and for various kinds of harps, from large concert grand harps to the clarsach, a Gaelic harp strung with brass wires. Some tracks, such as Kim Robertson's "Dance of the Lambs," hint at jazz, while the music of Sileas owes more to folk. Sometimes it can get a little tiresome on the ears, as on "Waterdance/Gay-feather" by Katie LaRaye Waldren and Candace Kreitlow, when it seems as if they are hitting the same sonic frequencies over and over and over again. Perhaps the most beautiful cut on the disc is Ani Williams' "Eclipse." ~ Ross Boissoneau
TRACKLIST:
01. Austin's Planxty - Dennis Doyle
02. The Tipsy Elk - Thomas Loefke
03. Dance Of The Lambs - Kim Robertson
04. Saguaro - L. Riley & M. MacBean
05. The Castlebay Scrap/Stuarts Rant - Sileas
06. Dialogue With A Brook - Sylvia Woods
07. Bennachie Sunrise/Willie's Trip To Toronto - Sedrenn
08. Waterdance/Gay-feather - K.L. Waldren and C. Kreitlow
09. Memories Of That Isle - Derek Bell
10. Eclipse - Ani Williams
11. Blessing Way - Julia Haines
12. The Mushrooms Of Fagernes - Northern Lights
13. Bas Alastruim/McAllistruim's March - A. Heymann & A. Kinnaird
14. The Wedding Of Psyche And Eros - Judith Pintar
15. Spring - R. Lee with A. Rigby