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List Price: $11.94 | | Label: Manhattan Records
Salesrank: 174
Released: March 1, 2005 |
| Our Price: $9.72 |
| Used Price: $8.35 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Celtic Woman Track Listing:
1. Last Rose of Summer (Intro)/Walking in the Air - Chl�e, �rla ?
2. May It Be - Lisa,
3. Isle of Inisfree - M�av,
4. Danny Boy - Mairead, Celtic Woman
5. One World
6. Ave Maria - Chl�e, M�av,
7. Send Me a Song - Lisa,
8. Si�il a R�n (Walk My Love) - �rla ?,
9. Orinoco Flow - Celtic Woman
10. Someday - Chl�e,
11. She Moved Thru' the Fair - Mairead,
12. Nella Fantasia - Chl�e,
13. Butterfly - Lisa,
14. Harry's Game - �rla ?,
15. Soft Goodbye
16. You Raise Me Up - Celtic Woman
17. Ashoken Farewell/The Contradiction [Live][*] - Lisa,
18. S� Do Mhaimeo � (The Wealthy Widow) - M�av,
Editorial Review:
Fueled by healthy public appetite for traditional melodies and quasi-ethnic roots, the crossover genre continues to flourish with this debut release from Ireland's Celtic Woman ensemble. The brainchild of Sharon Browne, Dave Kavanaugh (founders of Ireland's successful Celtic Collections label) and young Riverdance touring company musical director David Downes, CW's five young women musicians and vocalists offer up an ever pleasant, Eire-savvy fusion of folk, pop and classical influences. Avoiding the intrusive, club-beat/sex kitten window dressing of Bond, the ensemble tackles material that ranges from the expected (spare, lovely covers of "Danny Boy" and "Ave Maria") to more adventurous fare like "Nella Fantasia" (Ennio Morricone's vocal adaptation of his rapturous theme from The Mission) and Enya's "Orinoco Flow." Elsewhere, "The Butterfly" offers up fiddle-fueled take on their Riverdance parallels (which also get a workout on the live bonus tracks), if renditions of Downes' originals like "One World" and "Send Me a Song" and "Someday" from Disney's animated Hunchback of Notre Dame hew slavishly to the middle of the road -- which largely seems the album's easy-listening intention. --Jerry McCulley
Celtic Woman Reviews:
Music that lifts the soul 
2009-12-13 - This is a fabulous DVD. I am planning to buy the CD of this same title to carry with me. Wish I had discovered Celtic Woman a few years ago, but I'm enjoying them fully now!!
My baby loves it
2009-12-04 - Since he was 14 months old, my baby is absolutely entranced whenever he watches this Celtic Woman concert, although he is still not interested in dvds for small kids (like Pocoyo, In the Night Garden, etc).
His favorites are Chloe and Hayley: when they are on screen, he lays his head on my lap and can't stop smiling. We watch the concert quite often because he likes it so much, and I don't get tired of it either.
Absolutely Astounding!!!
2009-11-17 - I have in my possession the Celtic Woman audio CD for awhile, but only recently purchased the DVD. I remember the emotion that came over me listening to the music two years ago while watching the tele, and me literally taken over by their music. The girls sing with all their heart and they are very talented. Songs that particularly struck a chord with me are 'New Grange', 'Granuailes Dance', 'Dulamann', 'Carrickfergus' and 'The Voice'.
I have only a sliver of Ulster-Scot ancestry in me but this album was all that it took to bring it out in a mighty roar or just the soul of someone who knows good music when he hears it.
If you cherish Irish culture as I do and appreciate songs of passion, feet that move to a tune (Mairead the Fiddler could easily be African American with her ability to dance, uninhibited), and the sound of a symphony in perfect rhythm then Celtic Woman is A MUST!
Vinnie Kelly.
"Orinoco Flow" on PBS, but not DVD. 
2009-11-15 - The PBS special, that I originally saw this concert on, had "Orinoco Flow" as the 4th track, but it's not here. More than that, the disc pauses in the place where the chapter should be. Unlike the other reviewer, when I ordered the DVD the track list had been updated and did not include "Orinoco Flow"; however, I didn't notice. I just assumed this DVD had the full concert. Needless to say I was very disappointed.
This is the only reason I'm giving 4 stars. Otherwise it's a solid 5.
One odd thing I noticed is the DVD itself and its sleeve shows a copyright year of 2009! The concert was performed in 2006 with the DVD released in 2007. I don't know if this means it's simply been reissued (as with alot of DVDs) or if there's an older disc out there with the track on it.
UPDATE: I said the track list had been updated and "Orinoco Flow" was not included but as it turns out there are two listings for this DVD. One has the correct info and the other does not.
Celtic Women: A New Journey
2009-11-04 - Extraordinary. The Celtic Women at their best. This will be an excellent reminder for those of you who have seen their show in Toronto few years ago. The decor is almost the same despite the fact that, in Slane Castle, the show takes place outside in what seems to be a beautiful night. I particularly enjoyed Mairead, the fiddle female Elf for whom gravity is just a word or so it seems. She is so light, so fairy like.
Off course, the rest of the troop, singers and musicians, is great too. Without them, the show wouldn't be what it is, Excellent.
One can never go wrong when buying their music in whichever form. But, seeing them, is such a delight.
Nora, Toronto ON Canada
