Artist: VA
Title Of Album: Celtic Lullaby
Year Of Release: 1998
Label: Ellipsis Arts
Genre: World, Irish Folk, Celtic
Quality: Flac
Bitrate: Lossless
Total Time: 61:33 Min
Total Size: 287 Mb

Tracklist:

1. Tommy Sands - Night Night and Einini 2:33
2. Plethyn - My Gysgi Di Maban 3:04
3. Garry O Briain & Padraigin Ni Uallachain - Mullach A Tsi 3:34
4. Jean Redpath - Hishie Ba 3:00
5. Margie Butler - Morag's Cradle Song, Water Kilpie 3:26
6. Dafydd Iwan - Si Hei Lwli 3:07
7. Mac-Talla - Crodh An Tailleir 4:06
8. Ann Mayo Muir - Hush Ye, My Bairnie 2:31
9. Chris Norman - Now I Am Asleep 5:08
10. Parsons Hat - Do Chuirfinnse Fein 3:12
11. Maria Craig - Dream Angus 3:58
12. Jill Rogoff - Deirin De 4:03
13. Alison Kinaird - Ellen's Dreams 2:44
14. Emma Christian - Arrane Saveenagh 2:30
15. Tudur Morgan - Sup Gan 3:16
16. Garry O Briain & Padraigin Ni Uallachain - Seoithin Agus Seoithin 2:01
17. Margo Carruthers - Taladh Chriosda 4:51
18. Mac-Talla - Griogal Cridh 4:21

So much has been made of the music for babies and children to sleep, eat, and have their brains grow optimally that a collection of lullabies might seem a little suspect. But when the folks at Ellipsis Arts take up the task of creating a lullaby collection, the results are bound to be fruitful. Sure, the emphasis in this collection of 19 songs is on gentleness, but this music is so seldom heard that it's endlessly enticing. The Celtic lullabies range from three-part Welsh carols to the overtone-tinted wooden flute of Chris Norman on "Now I Am Asleep" to several showings for acoustic harp that highlight vocals by singers such as Jill Rogoff and Ann Mayo Muir. The unfortunate trend of globetrotting CDs that lose all their geographic specificity is easily bucked here with songs sung in Manx Gaelic and the more familiar Irish. The set even takes into account the farthest reaches of the Celtic diaspora by including a religious Nova Scotian melody with mother Mary singing to the baby Jesus, "Tha mi 'g altrum Righ na Mòrachd" ("I am nursing the Almighty King," for all you non-Gaelic speakers). The blurred edges throughout this selection move toward sonic dreaminess, made more warmly vaporous by the pillowing effect of the instrumental accompaniments. (Andrew Bartlett)

A collection of traditional lullabies from Ireland, Scotland, Wales & beyond to coax, cuddle and caress a child to sleep. Ethereal and enduring, each of these cradle songs has a melody that delights and lingers within the listener. The Boston globe called this compilation БЂњthe sleeper of the yearБЂ« because as soothing as these songs are to a child, they will also satisfy and please a parent. Harps, whistles, mandolins and flutes create crystalline textures, and the Gaelic lyrics and translations provided give insight into linguistic rhythms, shades of meaning, and even historical references.

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