Altan

Altan Artist: Altan , and Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh
Label: Green Linnet
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 048248107822
EAN: 0048248107822
ASIN: B000005CNA


Release Date: 1993-01-05

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Tracks:

  1. Highland And Reels: The Highland Man/The Cliffs Of Glencolumbkille/Old Cuffe Street
  2. Jigs: An TSeanchailleach Gallda/Dermot Byrnes
  3. Ta Mo Chleamhnas A Dheanamh
  4. Reels: The Cat That Ate The Candle/Over The Water To Bessie
  5. Ceol A'Phiobaire
  6. Reels: Tommy Peoples'/Loch Altan/Danny Meehan's
  7. Reels: Rogha An Gabha/Charlie O'Donnel's
  8. Slow Reels: The Sunset
  9. Thug Me Ruide
  10. Slip Jigs: Humours Of Whiskey/The Fairy Jig/Humours Of Whiskey
  11. Strathspey And Reels: Jimmy Lyons/Leslie's Reel
  12. Cita Na GCumann
  13. Highlands And Reels: Con Cassidy's Highland/Neilly O'Boyle's Highland & Reel

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A beautiful classic from Altan's founders.......2006-03-11

This album, along with "Harvest Storm," "Island Angel," and "Local Ground," is one of my favorites from Altan. I bought it after already owning many of the band's later works, and find myself constantly returning to the simplicity and intimacy of this, Altan's second album. The signature sound of Altan (driving tunes and delicate songs) is here, not so much as a band as a duet between Frankie Kennedy's flute and Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh's fiddle, accompanied by light guitar or keyboard. The tunes are a mix of reels, highlands, strathspeys, and jigs. I'm especially fond of Kennedy's flute playing, and "The Cat That Ate the Candle/Over the Water to Bessie" and "The Sunset" are as beautifully rendered as anything found on later albums. Listeners who love Ni Mhaonaigh's singing will find it as fresh and unaffected as always, on songs featuring a simpler arrangement than is heard in later work. If you're a fan of the band Altan, or of traditional Irish music in general, "Altan" is an evocative collection of pieces I'm sure you'll enjoy.

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