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Renaissance of the Celtic Harp [Import]

~ Alan Stivell
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  • Audio CD (16 Jan 1996)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Import
  • Label: Import Music Services
  • ASIN: B000025BD7
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 27,104 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Listen  2. Marv Pontkalleg 3:34£0.69
Listen  3. Extraits De Manuscrits Gallois: Ap Huw Et Penlyn 2:58£0.69
Listen  4. Eliz Iza 2:57£0.69
Listen  5. Gaeltacht Medley: Caitlin Triall18:53Album Only

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great great music, 8 Mar 2004
By Jamie Wilson (Dundee, Angus Scotland) - See all my reviews
Sad that this is currently discontinued. It features music played on steel strung harp by one of its greatest exponents - Alan Stivell. Tunes come from across the celtic spectrum. Fine airs, well known irish jigs such as Morrison's and the Kid on the Mountain make an appearence. The tunes are finely played and an atmosphere deftly created using musical devices not dissimilar to those used by Mike Oldfield in Ommadawn / Hergest Ridge. This should be in any celtic music collection.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Alan Stivell - Renaissance of the Celtic Harp, 4 Dec 2002
By J. D. Stevenson "elainedave" (UK) - See all my reviews
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I purchased this album as a record years ago. It was one of the early "ethnic" music records, and, as far as I am concerned, set a standard of quality rarely matched for truly beautiful music of this genre. The arrangements are great, the joining of one piece to another is very well done, and it makes for really enjoyable listening, partly due to Stivell's creating an "atmosphere" throughout the recording which is wholely appropriate to the music. It is completely instrumental, which suits me in that I am not particularly fond of vocal music in this type of music.
I am ordering the CD version since my record collection is unfortunately terminally done for due to too many moves and new technology. This recording is one of the few I have insisted on replacing with a CD.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The modern Celtic harp starts here, 14 Feb 2007
By Jack Shuttleworth (Coventry, UK) - See all my reviews
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Not only a seminal LP and one of the most influencial foudations of the Celtic revival, but also a rewarding listen every time.

Alan Stivell lead his year in the Paris Academy in composition and improvisation, and was the first student to use the Celtic Harp. This record shows his immense talent more than any other - it is very precisely arranged, but the harp is right at the front. The tunes are all great - origanally the "Gaeltacht" track (about 12 tunes played in many styles) was one side of the LP, contrasting the more individual set peices on the other tracks.

This was recorded in 1970, and has never been equalled - it has clasical and rock twists that Clannad, Moving Hearts etc would have died for. Just think of the state of Celtic music back then (pre-Bothy Band or Planxty)- and the number of great musicians who were inspired to take up the harp after listening to this. No collection is complete without it.
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