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The Chieftains | Format: Audio CD
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Six time Grammy winners, The Chieftains, are now recognised for bringing traditional Irish music to the world's attention. They have uncovered the wealth of traditional Irish music that has accumulated over the centuries, making the music their own with a style that is as exhilarating as it is definitive.

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  • Audio CD (21 April 2002)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Sony Music Classical
  • ASIN: B000003FE5
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 36,582 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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2. Kerry Fling
3. MacAllistrum's March - Mairseail Alasdroim
4. Tribute to Bunting
5. The Parting of Friends/Kerry Fling
6. Planxty Bunting
7. Madame Cole
8. The Blackbird
9. Táimse 'im Chodladh
10. Sonny Brogan's Mazurkas
11. The Wild Geese
12. The Green Fields of America
13. Carolan's Concerto
14. The Lament for Limerick

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In 1792, Edward Bunting invited his fellow Irish harpists to a festival in Belfast to celebrate the then-endangered art form. Bunting transcribed the tunes played at the festival, and his subsequent music books preserved traditional Celtic harp music for modern-day masters like Derek Bell of the Chieftains. The Chieftains and the Belfast Harp Orchestra met in Belfast for the bicentennial of Bunting's festival and recorded four numbers together two weeks later. The sound of fiddles, flute, pipes, bodhran and dozens of lap harps is at once big and yet strangely delicate. It inspired the Chieftains, who had been recording with American and British pop stars, to return to their strength: new instrumental arrangements of 17th and 18th-century Irish folk songs. No one does that better. --Geoffrey Himes

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Bravo! 24 Oct 2003
Format:Audio CD
This excellent CD contains twelve traditional Irish tunes that were recorded by the incomparable Chieftains, in conjunction with the Belfast Harp Orchestra. The sounds produced are soothing, and quite enjoyable to listen to. In fact, this album was actually awarded the Best Traditional Folk Album award at the 1994 Grammies! So, if you like Irish harp music, or traditional Irish tunes, then you will love this album. My family and I highly recommend this CD to you.
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Ottimo CD 10 Nov 2010
By laura
Format:Audio CD
Veramente un bellissimo Cd questo dei Chieftains che cercavo da molto tempo.
Questa collaborazione con la Belfast Orchestra lo rende uno tra i loro migliori CD, in particolare questa versione dell'O' Carolan concerto è semplicemente fantastica.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Bravo! 4 Oct 2003
By Kurt A. Johnson - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
This excellent CD contains twelve traditional Irish tunes that were recorded by the incomparable Chieftains, in conjunction with the Belfast Harp Orchestra. The sounds produced are soothing, and quite enjoyable to listen to. In fact, this album was actually awarded the Best Traditional Folk Album award at the 1994 Grammies! So, if you like Irish harp music, or traditional Irish tunes, then you will love this album. My family and I highly recommend this CD to you.
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Lovely Sound that never caught on ... 15 Mar 1999
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
I love the sound of the Celtic Harp on this CD, and it's just a shame it never caught on... especially here in America, where the search for relaxing music seems to be neverending (and usually involves the sound of a babbling brook ... how droll ... ). The sound is beautiful, and the only vocal track a real treat.
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Beautiful, relaxing music. 20 April 2000
By Diarmaid - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
Teh Belfast Harp Orchestra along with Derek "Ding-dong" Bell (Chieftains harpist) produce some truly wonderful compositions here. I never knew the harp could be so versatile - from slow laments to marches.
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