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World Network Vol. 16 - Treasures of Irish Music

Info:
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Traditional Irish, Celtic
Format: Mp3 
Bitrate: vbr~200 kbps
Release: 1993
Tracks : 22


Traditional dance tunes, fiery jigs and reels, slow airs and unaccompanied sean-nos songs are the stuff of this thrilling live recording featuring Ireland"s best musicians. This CD only confirms what true lovers of Irish Folk have already known for a long while: far older than the ballad-folk-song-traditions are the dance tunes, the fiery jigs and reels, the slow airs, the moderate melodies and the unaccompanied sean-nos songs. And it is just these traditions that are presented so thrillingly in this live recording featuring the elite of Irish musicians.
Liam O’Flynn makes his uillean pipes, (the Irish bagpipe), whimper and shout with joy. Frankie Gavin’s bow flits across the strings of his fiddle with devilish speed. Dessie Wilkinson’s irresistible rhythms and trills on the tin whistle and long concert flute make you tap your feet and force you to dance.
The relatively new quintet Altan is a true find. The sensitive and beguiling female vocals are captivating, the turbulent fiddle duet, masterly flute-playing and a rhythmically intricate network of bouzouki-guitar are all enchanting. The band has won recording prizes in many countries. Even Stereo is generous in its praise: “Altan is the most popular Irish folk combo today … Altan shows yet again that Irish folklore has lost none of its high quality musical standard.”

Performers: Altan (vocals, 2 fiddles, concert flute, guitar, flatback bouzouki) - De Dannan (fiddle, bouzouki, guitar, vocals, bodhrán, accordion) - Frankie Gavin, Liam O"Flynn & Dessie Wilkinson (vocals, fiddle, viola, tin whistle, uilleann pipes, concert flute, tin whistle)
Additional: Recorded live at Museum Bochum and the Ravensberger Spinnerei, Bielefeld, 1989, as well as the Schloss Kirchheim, 1984

Tracklist:

01. Altan - Con Cossidy"s - Neil Gow"s Highland - Moll and Tiarna - McSweeney"s
02. Altan - Yellow Tinker - Lady Montgomery
03. Altan - Thugh Me Ruide
04. Altan - Ta Mo Chleamhnas A Dheanamh
05. Altan - The Curlew - McDermott"s - The Scones of Boxty - Unnamed Reel
06. Altan - Tuirse Mo Chroi
07. Altan - Paddy"s Trip to Scotland - Dinky"s - The Shetland Fiddler
08. Altan - Johnny"s Wedding - Rogues"s Reel - Gravel Walk
09. De Dannan - Mulvihill"s - Mulqueen"s
10. De Dannan - The Bantry Girls" Lament
11. De Dannan - The Rights of Men - The Pride of Petravore
12. De Dannan - Joe Doran"s - The Galway Rambler - Jerry Holland"s
13. De Dannan - Taim I Mo Shul
14. De Dannan - Unnamed Reels
15. Liam O"Flynn - The Westwind
16. Frankie Gavin - The High Reel - The Monaghan Twig
17. Dessie Wilkinson - The Return of Spring - The Mountain Pathway
18. Frankie Gavin - The Maids of Mount Cisko - Kitty Gone A-Milking
19. Frankie Gavin - The Moving Pint - Dog Little - Dog Big
20. Frankie Gavin - I Buried My Wife and Danced on Her Grave - Paddy High"s Jig
21. Frankie Gavin - The Wheels of the World
22. Liam O"Flynn - By The River of Gems