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| Celtic Woman - A New Journey: Live at Slane Castle, Ireland | 
 enlarge | Actors: Chloe Agnew, Lisa Kelly, Mairead Nesbitt, Orla Fallon, Meav Ni Mhaolchatha
Studio: Manhattan Records
Category: DVD
List Price: $18.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  322 reviews
Sales Rank: 279
Format: Color, Ntsc, Widescreen
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: EMID7510698D
UPC: 094637510698
EAN: 0094637510698
ASIN: B000LC4CVA
Theatrical Release Date: January 30, 2007
Release Date: January 30, 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
Moving, Outstanding Concert! December 8, 2006
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
I am a lifelong musician and especially love Celtic music. It has such a magic to it, and I love the stories they tell. These lovely ladies were phenomenal singers. Beautiful spirits with totally classy presentation. I believe just about everyone knows a lot of these old classics no matter how young or old you are. The energy level was phenomenal! Although I'm a happily married man, I did fall in love with the gorgeous violinist! What a performer. As she played (incredibly well) she danced and flirted with the audience and I might add some of the guys watching really got into it! All in all, an incredible experience. I'm buying the DVD as soon as I can. Do yourself a big favor and buy it! p.s. the band was the highest excellent standard of musicianship and very lively too!
Second concert, second masterpiece February 5, 2007
16 out of 17 found this review helpful
Celtic Woman: A New Journey by [...] ~ Miami, Florida
They are young, they are beautiful, full of life and full of talent: The Celtic Woman just released a second album: "A New Journey"
In their first concert, they were only five girls: four vocalists and a violinist, a wonderful creature fallen from Heaven for our utmost happiness. If Paradise exists, I picture it full of angels like Mairead Nesbitt (not necessarily 77 for each warrior...) playing harp or violin! This is a small blonde with wonderful long hair (I would swim across the Atlantic just to see that hair!) who reminds me of all the poets I have read evoking the nymphs of the woods: She hops, she jumps, she smiles, she turns like a spinning top, while mastering her fiddle like Paganini. She alone would justify the purchase of this DVD.
But there is more. A fifth vocalist (Hayley Westenra) has joined the original four (Chloe Agnew, Orla Fallon, Lisa Kelly and Meav Ni Mhaolchatha). All of them are lovely, have great voices, and sing in great harmony.
The concert opens with a presentation of the six girls plus David Downes, the Musical Director. This is followed by a beautiful view of Slane Castle in Ireland, where the concert is staged, under a violin melody played by angel Mairead. All five vocalists soon join her in a beautiful song with a rich orchestration.
Unlike Andre Rieu's concerts, where numbers are often separated by Andre's jokes or explanations, there is no wasted time here. The public is still applauding that the next number is already rolling. The whole concert is thus only 1h30; a plus for businessmen in a hurry... All others will be able to run it twice after dinner, as I did myself last night. A supplement shows lovely views of Ireland and Slane Castle.
You will hear immortal songs like the "Orinoco Flow" (Number 5), "Scarborough Fair" (No. 8, interpreted by the newcomer: Hayley Westenra), "Over the Rainbow" (No. 10), followed by "Beyond the Sea" (11), "The Last Rose of Summer" (No. 17), "Somewhere" (the famous song from "West Side Story", No. 22) and this masterpiece called "You Raise Me Up", which closes the show.
Most numbers are richly orchestrated with plenty of drums and a choir in the background, like "Caledonia" (No. 3), "Newgrange" (No. 4), the "Orinoco Flow", "Dulaman" (No. 6), At the Ceili" (No. 12), "Sing Out" (No. 15) or "Spanish Lady" (No. 18). These few numbers alone would justify the purchase of this DVD, but I think I already said that about Mairead...
There are a few notable exceptions like "The Blessing" (No. 7), interpreted by Lisa Kelly with a discrete piano melody by David Downes, "Lascia Ch'io Pianga" (No. 13), a languorous classical melody with lots of violins in the background or "Carrickfergus" (No. 14) interpreted by Orla Fallon while she plays the harp, or "Panis Angelicus" (No. 16), interpreted by Chloe Agnew accompanied by a violoncello and soft violins, with a discrete choir jumping in later on. And let's not forget "Shenandoah" (No. 19), a violin solo by Mairead (no jumping this time: she is grave like a grown up person) with David at the piano.
Remember the famous "Over the Raimbow", created by Judy Garland in "The Wizard of Oz" in 1939 and wonderfully interpreted by Suzan Erens in Andre Rieu's "The Flying Dutchman"? Well, you will hear a new version "a cappella" by four of the girls. And, trust me, you won't miss the orchestra. They will do it again with the famous "Somewhere".
When I was fifteen (many, many, many moons ago...) my professor of classical guitar in Havana used to say that the best number is always the one that closes the show. Well, this is still the case. Just like the first concert, this one ends with the same number: a masterpiece written by Rolf Loveland and Brendan Graham and made famous by Josh Groban titled "You Raise Me Up": "I am strong when I am on your shoulders, you raise me up to more than I can be."
But, after all, didn't Oscar Wilde say it already in "The Portrait of Dorian Gray"?: "Aimer c'est se surpasser" said the French translation that I read with my students in Paris ~ To love is to transcend yourself.
Simply Wonderful December 10, 2006
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
Celtic Woman. Need I say more? I just caught the new concert, and WOW. What more can I say. I loved their first CD and their new music is just as good, if not better. What wonderfuly talented young women. Their voices are amazing, single or together, their voices shine. Mairead can play the violin with such grace and ease. If you are a fan of Celtic Woman but have not heard their new music, pre-order the CD and DVD now. It is worth the waite to get.
WOW! TONS better than the original Celtic Woman! December 19, 2006
14 out of 17 found this review helpful
I don't know what they did to change and improve this show so much, but whatever they did, it really, really, worked. The womyn were animated and the songs they sang were more to my liking than the Celtic Woman songs.
This is just the opposite of Riverdance, the first edition was by far the best. This edition is so MUCH BETTER than the first one, that it's almost like watching a totally different group of womyn.
Kudos to everyone who made all the improvements and keep it up! I'm probably going to buy this DVD!
Lots of talent, great arrangements, and a rising star January 4, 2007
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
A slick and lively production of mostly Celtic and American music. Appearing with the four talented Irish singers, and incredible fiddle player, is a young woman from New Zealand named Hayley Westernra. IMHO, she brings the production its fifth star. Her voice is incredibly clear and hauntingly beautiful. I'm sure they'll sell more copies because of her.
If you like Celtic music, and well-done standards, it's a good bet you'll enjoy this DVD.
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