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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Moya Brennan's amazing 16 year solo career has seen 7 studio albums interspersed with a plethora of live performances, bringing the magic to her fans all across the world.
Anyone lucky enough to have seen Moya and her charismatic, superbly talented band (including the De Barra brothers and Sinéad Madden) live in concert will no doubt attest to the amazing vocal harmonies and the diversity of sound from a meld of traditional and contemporary instruments.
Heart Strings captures a veracious reproduction of this live sound and brings the Celtic magic into our homes. Backed by the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra for a one-off performance, a special touch is added to the mix for this album.
Whilst the fiddle and the (various) pipes evoke both a heart-wrenching melancholy ('Gone Are the Days') and, at the next moment, an energetic elation ('Alasdair MacColla'), the drums, keyboards and bass kick in to lend a very striking folk-rock sound showing Moya can still pull off a punchy performance reminiscent of the 80s Clannad days.
Of course, the harp is Moya's instrument, backed faithfully by Cormac De Barra- especially prominent on 'Molly Fair'.
My copy of Heart Strings included the encore, 'Harry's Game' which is performed beautifully and delicately as ever. It sounds as fresh as it did on its release in 1982.
Anyone lucky enough to have seen Moya and her charismatic, superbly talented band (including the De Barra brothers and Sinéad Madden) live in concert will no doubt attest to the amazing vocal harmonies and the diversity of sound from a meld of traditional and contemporary instruments.
Heart Strings captures a veracious reproduction of this live sound and brings the Celtic magic into our homes. Backed by the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra for a one-off performance, a special touch is added to the mix for this album.
Whilst the fiddle and the (various) pipes evoke both a heart-wrenching melancholy ('Gone Are the Days') and, at the next moment, an energetic elation ('Alasdair MacColla'), the drums, keyboards and bass kick in to lend a very striking folk-rock sound showing Moya can still pull off a punchy performance reminiscent of the 80s Clannad days.
Of course, the harp is Moya's instrument, backed faithfully by Cormac De Barra- especially prominent on 'Molly Fair'.
My copy of Heart Strings included the encore, 'Harry's Game' which is performed beautifully and delicately as ever. It sounds as fresh as it did on its release in 1982.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I have enjoyed all of Moya Brennan's albums, so it was a welcomed surprise to see this release.
I think Moya's voice sounds slightly fragile in places, but that's not to say she sings poorly, because she actually sings well - it's just not as strong as I anticipated it would be. However, she's a lovely harpist, the band is brilliant, as is the orchestra, conducted by Julie Feeney (who recorded the album "13 Songs"), who should be congratulated for her string arrangements.
"Gone Are The Days" is a wonderful example of Moya, backing singers, band and orchestra as one on a beautiful track - my personal highlight. "Sailing Away", "No One Talks" are also strong contenders for best track, in what is a nice mix of traditional and modern, Clannad and solo, vocal and instrumental tracks - in some ways, it's a shame the album isn't longer, as I'm certainly she has the repertoire of songs to choose from.
However, there is the catastrophic inclusion of "In A Lifetime", where the Bono part is sung by (I think) Fionan De Barra - it just doesn't work for me and is, to my ears, a pretty poor version.
Enough said about that, the rest of the album is excellent and I'm so pleased there is a live album in her discography.
All in all, a pretty good album and worth buying, whilst we fans wait for a new solo album.
I think Moya's voice sounds slightly fragile in places, but that's not to say she sings poorly, because she actually sings well - it's just not as strong as I anticipated it would be. However, she's a lovely harpist, the band is brilliant, as is the orchestra, conducted by Julie Feeney (who recorded the album "13 Songs"), who should be congratulated for her string arrangements.
"Gone Are The Days" is a wonderful example of Moya, backing singers, band and orchestra as one on a beautiful track - my personal highlight. "Sailing Away", "No One Talks" are also strong contenders for best track, in what is a nice mix of traditional and modern, Clannad and solo, vocal and instrumental tracks - in some ways, it's a shame the album isn't longer, as I'm certainly she has the repertoire of songs to choose from.
However, there is the catastrophic inclusion of "In A Lifetime", where the Bono part is sung by (I think) Fionan De Barra - it just doesn't work for me and is, to my ears, a pretty poor version.
Enough said about that, the rest of the album is excellent and I'm so pleased there is a live album in her discography.
All in all, a pretty good album and worth buying, whilst we fans wait for a new solo album.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
For anybody that knows Moya she has the finest, spiritual voice i have heard for years. No one has ever in my opinion matched her. She's gives her heart and soul into every song she sings and to tell the truth she gets better as the years roll by. Heart strings is a fab album covering the great hits from Clannads early days as well as Moya solo's. She fab to watch live as she likes to include and invite her audience to sing along and to enjoy the occassion. I recommend you catch Moya live because you will go home spellbound!
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lovely lilting celtic music
This is a great CD for lying on the floor in front of a roaring fire and letting the music wash over you. I loved it!
Published 19 months ago by Diana Kay
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I was so impressed when I first heard Moya Brennens first composition of Irish folk. Her music was and still is high class
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Published on 13 April 2010 by Nick Flick
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