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A Christmas Celtic Sojourn
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Price: $10.99
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0011661704220
Label: Rounder / Umgd
Manufacturer: Rounder / Umgd
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Rounder / Umgd
Release Date: 2001-10-09
Studio: Rounder / Umgd
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Customer reviews of A Christmas Celtic Sojourn
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Customer Rating: 
Summary: Rejoice
Comment: I LOVE this Christmas cd (and I don't love very many). It's not too too overproduced, but still sublime. Has an authentic feel - often ethereal and sometimes just a little gritty too. This is the one to curl up with as it snows outside the window. I also love its cousin, "Comfort and Joy".
Customer Rating:
Summary: Wonderful
Comment: I absolutely love this cd. The first time I listened to it, its soothing music almost put me to sleep. It's really good for relaxing, and the Christmas songs were some I had never heard of, making the cd new and interesting.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Love it over and over again
Comment: This is by far one of my favorite Christmas CDs, one of my favorite Celtic CDs, one of my favorite CDs period. I can listen to it for hours while driving through the farmlands in the US. It has a dreamy quality and my daughter day dreams out the window on our long cross country jaunts. If you enjoy the music in Rob Roy, Braveheart, or Lord of the Rings, you'll enjoy this. My favorite selections are #3 Christ's Child Lullaby, #4 Sou Gan, #9 Spered Hollvedel, and #12 A Midwinter Waltz.
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Summary: A Christmas CD set apart from the rest
Comment: I purchased this CD because of some of the musicians listed on the CD and after listening to some of the excerpts. This is one CD that I have repeatedly listened to this Christmas season. Not only can it be listened to during the holiday season, but throughout the year. Much of the music is not the traditional Christmas music and has an earthy, folk sound to it. Every time I have played this with company here, someone has wanted a copy of it!! If you are looking for Christmas music that doesn't have the commercial sound to it, this is the CD for you!!
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Summary: Beautiful and Unusual
Comment: A wonderful collection of traditional yet uncommon Christmas music from Celtic artists. A far cry from those overplayed poppy commercial compilations. I totally disagree with the first reviewer's one star rating. This music is off the beaten path, and I celebrate this.
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Editorial Reviews:
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On A Christmas Celtic Sojourn, Brian O'Donovan, the host of the Celtic Sojourn radio show, compiles a collection of songs that mixes the contemplative with more raucous fare, ancient melodies with modern, and the earthy with the ethereal. The musicians come from all corners of the Celtic world, and include the Breton choir Ensemble Choral du Bout du Monde, who blend medieval vocal harmonies with modern instruments such as the tin whistle and the guitar; Dordan, the masters of Irish baroque music; and the pan-Celtic band the Boys of the Lough. Also included are English performers Maddy Prior (the lead singer of Steeleye Span) and the family group Waterson:Carthy, who deliver a hearty version of the "The Ditchling Carol." The majority of the tracks feature vocals, but the instrumental selections--particularly fiddler Bonnie Rideout's haunting "Gloomy Winter" and the lovely "Midwinter Waltz" from the Boys of the Lough--do a beautiful job of wordlessly evoking the season. By passing over too-familiar Christmas songs in favor of less-well-known melodies, O'Donovan has come up with that rarest of all holiday treats--a gift that that both surprises and delights. --Michael Simmons
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