Celtic Christmas, Vol. 2 [Windham Hill] | ![Celtic Christmas, Vol. 2 [Windham Hill]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51N8P764H1L._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Artists: Kevin Burke; Michael O Domhnaill, Maighread Ni Dhomhnaill
Label: Windham Hill Records
Category: Music
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Rating:  5 reviews
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 11192
UPC: 019341119227
EAN: 0019341119227
Release Date: September 17, 1996
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| Tracks:
| • | Chanonry Point - Cunningham, Phil | | • | Amanecer (Dawn) - Public Domain [1] | | • | The Wexford Carol | | • | Brid Og Ni Mhaille | | • | The Day's Last Light - Egan, Seamus [1] | | • | Muladach Mi Is Mi Air M'Aineol | | • | Listen to the River - Bloom, Luka | | • | Marbhna Luimni | | • | After Aughrim's Great Disaster | | • | The Star of the County Down/Sweeney's Buttermilk/Jenny's Chicken's | | • | I'll Rock You to Rest | | • | Johnny Seoighe | | • | Lament - Dunning, Brian | | • | The Dove's Return - Minogue, Aine |
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| Editorial Reviews:
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A lullaby of an album, Celtic Christmas II features two James Galway flute pieces ("The Wexford Carol" and "I'll Rock You to Rest") that set the tone for this gentle collection. Some of the usual suspects, Nightnoise, folkie Luka Bloom, Capercaillie, Triona Ni Dhomhnaill, and others, appear on the 14-track survey of more Celtic music. Flutes and tin whistles seem to dominate the instrumental range here, underscored by strong vocal performances such as Maighread Ni Dhomhnaill's "Johnny Seoighe" and of course a lament or two. Would Christmas be any more joyful if it weren't balanced by world-weary ballads, dirges, and heartsick songs? The Irish know and so they wisely indulge in both the light and the dark. --Martin Keller
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| Customer Reviews:
 Volume 2 of the Celtic Christmas Series is awesome October 25, 2007
Robert C. Plunkett (Louisville, KY)
Volume 2 of the Celtic Christmas Series is awesome. If you have any or all of the other albums in this series, you have to get this one. Like all the others, the moods of the album range from mellow to exuberant, from wanting to sit & meditate to wanting to get up & dance. Yet this album in itself is as unique as the rest. It has familiar tunes like the 'Star of County Down' & new haunting melodies like 'The Dove's Return'. It completes the set of wonderous Celtic music found in the series. I highly recommend it.
Lovely Celtic music November 30, 2003
cyclista (the Midwest)
This 56 minute CD contains beautiful Celtic music. It is not your typical hodge podge of "various artists". This CD flows nicely from song to song. One especially nice feature of this CD is the 8 page booklet with liner notes. This includes the lyrics (and English translations, if needed). The liner notes also list musicians and other credits. I especially enjoyed Muladach Mi Is Mi Air M'Aineol by Capercaillie. Recommended to anyone who enjoys Celtic music.
celtic christmas 11 December 11, 2000
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I love this music--it is so relaxing--I listen to it all year
 Where's the Christmas! December 4, 1999
Kage Baker (Pismo Beach, CA USA)
15 out of 21 found this review helpful
Beautiful listening but badly named. The only seasonal piece on the album was James Galway's arrangement of the Wexford Carol. There are songs about fish, unrequited love, the Great Famine, defeat in battle... heaps of Celtic stuff well worth listening to, but not if you want holiday music. For midwinter celebration you'd do well to give this album a miss and try Celtic Christmas III instead.
A FANTASTIC CD!!! December 14, 1998
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
This cd is very relaxing. The bagpipes are great I recomend this cd to everyone!
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