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Live in Paris and Toronto
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Price: $7.99
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0774213910820
Format: Enhanced
Label: Warner Bros.
Manufacturer: Warner Bros.
Number Of Discs: 2
Publisher: Warner Bros.
Release Date: 2003-09-23
Studio: Warner Bros.
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Customer reviews of Live in Paris and Toronto
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Customer Rating:  
Summary: Annoying add-on, cannot load onto ipod
Comment: Okay, this is not a review of the music, since there are plenty of those here already. What I have a problem with is in the manufacturing process. Like another reviewer noted, this CD does not play well on my pc. Odd, for a digital format...
Secondly, when I do open it on my pc I get an annoying macromedia flash window of self promotion.
Thirdly, and my biggest complaint, is that I cannot load this onto my ipod. I'm sure there is a workaround, but I'm not proficient enough on a computer to know what it is.
I understand that artists need to protect their works against piracy and illegal filesharing, but if I spend my money on a product with an already inflated price I should be able to listen to it the way I want. It is no wonder then that consumers get frustrated with the recording industry and their zillions in profits and turn to other means for getting their music.
Just my two cents.
Customer Rating:
Summary: As She Proves Again....LOREENA RULES!!!!!
Comment: OK, Folks; this time, very short and sweet. Of all the "live" albums that I have purchased in the past, say 10 years, this IS IT! Truly a knockout, spellbinding set from this wonderful singer/songwriter/musician.
None can touch her in the world of "Celtic", or "New Age", etc.!
Recorded in two venues, one in Paris, and one in Canada, then edited together into a seamlessly beautiful performance. Don't just take my word for it, check out a few more of the reviews here, Then, go out and get this album, and ENJOY! ~operabruin
Customer Rating:
Summary: It's a live album, okay we get it
Comment: Musically, the recording is beautiful in every way except the long audience applause before and after every selection breaks the spell. Why did the producer feel that he had to put the audience applause on the recording? Is this somehow proof that it is indeed a live recording?
Customer Rating:
Summary: Ethereal
Comment: With a voice that can only be described as unworldly and ethereal, Loreena Mckennitt, with vocal and harp alike lifts the soul and offers a rare moment of beauty. Her interpretations of classic ballads marks this as an important album and indeed listening to it, I've often felt my heart skip a beat. That such a great talent has gone so long without producing a new album remains a loss for all music lovers, but at least we can take solace in this marvelous work.
Truly a must have.
Customer Rating:
Summary: "Let your indulgence set me free."
Comment: This is a wonderful album on many reasons. Like most McKennitt fans I held off from buying it because I already had the songs on other CDs. This first CD is really a complete performance of The Book of Secrets, and the second is a carefully chosen selection from The Visit and The Mask and The Mirror (plus a hidden bit, which as you will see shortly could probably be considered a lament and a memory). By and large McKennitt stays very true to the original recordings. Tempo's are generally slightly slower, although there are exceptions like The Highwayman, which is a full minute faster here.
There are subtle differences everywhere in phrasing and the inner working of her group. In a piece like The Mummer's Dance, for instance, you become much more aware of the workings on the strings. And songs like The Lady of Shallot and Dante's Prayer reach a level that can only be described as perfection. Live performance is the acid test of a musician's powers, and everyone in the group, from the likes of Brian Hughes and Hugh Marsh to La McKennitt herself, achieves everything that could be desired.
This was McKennitt's last album, put together in 1999. Suddenly a brilliant and fertile career came to a halt, with nothing about why every being said. The sole clue to the hiatus is two lines in the album folder dedicating the album to the memory of Ronald Douglas Rees and mentioning the Cook-Rees Memorial Fund For Water Search And Safety. Ronald Rees was Lorena McKennitt's fiancé and he died unexpectedly while she was wrapping up this album. For some time she was completely silent, but has gradually increased her performances again. Now a visit to her website reveals that another album is in progress. Good for us, and very good for Loreena as well.
If for no other reason than that on two CDs you have many of McKennitt's songs done beautifully you should by this. For the newcomer, I can't imagine a better introduction to the work of a woman who is scholar, minstrel, and beauty. For the fan it is a reward for the affection of a singer/songwriter who has stayed steadily true to her vision of what should be, rather than fall to the lure of pop culture.
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Internationally reknowned artist, Loreena McKennit, one of the most influential celtic/new age artists of contemporary music. Canadian singer/composer Loreena McKennitt is self-managed, self-produced, and the head of her own internationally successful record label, Quinlan Road.
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