Alizbar - Metamorphoses of Ann (2007)

Alizbar's magical and soothing harp takes you to a world of Scandinavian Celtic tales. His universe is very near of Caprice's one, the 2 Russian bands are very tight. Alizbar music speaks without words, it touches directly your heart to deliver messages of beauty. Prikosnovenie has been astonished by the virtuosity of this Moldavian artist, his music is Beauty, Grace and Faeryesque. Fans of Celtic music, Fairy worlds and relaxation discover the enormous talent of Alizbar!





01. The island (3:59)
02. Last fallen leaf (3:32)
03. Myth about dumb innkeeper (2:11)
04. Out of time fairy-tale (3:29)
05. Metamorphoses of Ann' (3:59)
06. Waltz on the branches (4:28)
07. Fairy of melted snow (2:47)
08. Merry-go-round of doubts (3:17)
09. Clo's dreams (3:08)
10. Gleam in angel's eye-drop (3:40)
11. Unexpected mirth (3:58)
12. Dwarves' songs in hobbit's hole (2:42)
13. Nocturne (2:46)
14. Ainur's dialog (3:04)

Bonnie Shaljean - Farewell To Lough Neaghe

Traditional harp music of Britain & Ireland
Farewell to Lough Neaghe is a solo instrumental recording using both gut and wire–strung harps. This is the first CD to feature some of the most important ancient Gaelic wire–strung harp music on a harp constructed with a one–piece willow soundbox.



1. Pibddawns Y Tant/Yr Ysgubau/Y Blodau
2. Roslin Castle/The Lea-Rig
3. Captain O'Neil/Colonel O'Hara/Sir Festus Burke
4. Bryd One Brere/Foweles In The Frith/Edi Beo Thu Hevene Quene/Sumer Is Icumen In
5. Late Hour/The Clock's Back Reel, The
6. Meillionen
7. Maille Bheag O
8. Kilburn Jig/Diarmuid's Well/The Wild Irishman, The
9. Childgrove/Daphne/'Twas Within a Furlong of Edinburgh Town/the Oak and the Ash
10. Farewell To Lough Neaghe
11. Pant Corlan Yr Wyn/Pibddawns Jones/Pwt Ar Y Bys
12. Her Mantle So Green/In Aonar Seal
13. Port 4th/Air By Fingal No. 1/Air By Fingal No. 3/Port 5th
14. When She Cam Ben She Bobbit
15. Planxty Drew/Mary O'Neill/Edmond MacDermott Roe/The Maids of Derry
16. Caismeachd Mhic Iain 'Ic Sheumais/Marbhna Cathaoir Mhic C ba
17. An P ist¡n Fionn/Se n O'Duibhir An Ghleanna
18. Port Priest/Port Atholl
19. I Was Not... Since Martinmas/An Muileann Dubh/The Highlandman/Kissed His Mother
20. Cumha Mhic Guidhir/T im I Mo/Chodhladh Is N  Duisigh M‚
21. Maggy Lauther/Bonie Jean Makis/Meikill of Me

Rudiger Oppermann - Fragile Balance [Germany]

Rüdiger Oppermann nacido en 1954 es un arpista alemán y músico experimental. Se especializa en el arpa celta, que comenzó a tocar en 1973. Su instrumento, un clarsach hecho a medida, cuenta con 38 doradas cuerdas de bronce y un mecanismo especial que le permite doblar las notas de una manera similar a los músicos de blues, un estilo que a menudo adopta en sus improvisaciones. Él también ha desarrollado instrumentos electroacústicos.

Un músico itinerante dedicado a la exploración de todas las culturas musicales, Oppermann ha colaborado con músicos populares de todo el mundo (especialmente en África y Asia), que a menudo invita a tocar en su festival de música Klangwelten en Alemania, está a favor de un enfoque experimental en las melodías tradicionales, a menudo relacionados con la improvisación, la instrumentación inusual y a veces hasta la electrónica, incluidos los efectos digitales. Él ha escrito e interpretado música para teatro y danza producciones pequeñas combos de jazz, además de grupos de música folk.

 Un músico con una visión artística amplia y ecléctica, ha dedicado sus composiciones para artistas tan diversos como los místicos medievales como Rumi y Hildegard von Bingen, arpistas compañeros tales como Alan Stivell y Deborah Conant, y hoy en día improvisadores de jazz rock y guitarra eléctrica. Las grabaciones de Oppermann por lo general cuentan con algunas actuaciones en solitario y la conexión del arpa celta junto a piezas de músicos populares de todo el mundo (tocando instrumentos tradicionales).

Rudiger Oppermann podría ser descrito como un músico popular de estilo libre y experimental, que se basa en las dos músicas antiguas y modernas y en las tradiciones musicales, para crear un crisol de culturas musicales que no pueden ser atribuidas a cualquier tradición popular. En las notas del album Unchain my Harp (1994), él mismo describe como la búsqueda de la creación de" nuevos brotes en los árboles viejos, con raíces fuertes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%BCdiger_Oppermann
http://www.klangwelten.com/



Jatinder Thakur: Tablas (Indian/Austria)
Rainer Granzin: Piano, Synthesizer
Lars Lindvall: Trumpet (Sweden)
Bernd Dittl: Accordion
Carlos Pusseto: Percussion
Peter Götzmann: Drums
Tunji Beier: Percussion
Jorgen Lang: Guitar, Low-Whistle
Epi Enkh Jargal: Playing Morin Khoor and throat singing

1. Fragile Balance
2. Riding A Horse With Five Legs
3. Wide Horizons
4. Fast Finger Dance
5. Wintertime/Summertime
6. Roses For Rumi
7. Pretty Cool Harmonics!
8. On A Mirror
9. Great Eagle Dance

An Triskell - La Harpe Celtique

Le Chant du Monde edita este cd, el cual incluye integro el disco de An Triskell llamado "Harpe Celtique" de 1977, y cinco tracks del disco llamado "Kroaz Hent" de 1976.

Pol Quefféléant (Celtic harp, guitar), Hervé Quefféléant (Celtic harp, Irish flute, vocals), Alain Morizur (Irish flute, mandolin,), Pol Brieg Ruban (violin,), Patrick Lehoux (cello), Jean-Louis Nouvel (spinet), Patrick Audouin (keyboards), Mikaël Cornemuse (bagpipes)



1 Tir na n'Og
2 An Hader (Le semeur)
3 Gavotten Menez-Arre (Gavotte des monts d'arrée)
4 Distro ar mab Prodig (Le retour de l'enfant prodigue)
5 B.A.I.
6 Diaspora
7 War devenn Sant Pabu (Les dunes de Saint-Pabu)
8 Kroaz hent (La croisée des chemins)
9 Now we are Five (A présent, nous sommes cinq)
10 Diviz (Dialogue)
11 March' of the Rain (Marche de la pluie)
12 Tristan hag Isild (Trsitan et Yseult)
13 Inizi Hebrides (Les îles hébrides)
14 Ar hakous
15 An dro
16 Envorenn (Souvenance)
17 Viviana

Catrin Finch - Crossing The Stone (UK 2003)

Although the Welsh harpist Catrin Finch is only 23 years old, she has already been able to get the status of a virtuoso musician worldwide. Catrin is the first female harpist to whom The Prince of Wales granted the prestigious, traditional position of The Royal Harpist in 2000, another Welsh celebrity Karl Jenkins asked her to become involved in making the previous Adiemus album, Adiemus IV - The Eternal Knot. In addition, HRH The Prince of Wales commissioned even more music from Karl, and the result was a double harp concerto based on a Welsh folk tune "Over The Stone". After the work was premiered in Wales in 2002, Karl Jenkins became a producer of her next album, composed some more music for it, and the album Crossing The Stone (Sony Classical (UK) SK87320, 2003) was born.

Stylistically the album is a rainbow of various musical styles, and in addition to the original compositions of Karl himself, he has also arranged some very interesting pieces for the album. Most of the double harp concerto movements have been included, as well as very fine and, more or less, modernised versions of some famous classical tunes. Catrin is accompanied by the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, with Karl Jenkins as a conductor, but there are also pieces of solo harp included.
http://www.musicaldiscoveries.com/digest/digest.php?a=viewr&id=405



1. Mountain Dance
2. Harpers Bizarre
3. James
4. Crossing The Stone (Tros Y Garreg)
5. Prelude From Partita No. 3
6. Third Movement From Electric Counterpoint
7. Eternal Dream
8. The Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba From Solomon
9. Cafe Vamp Latino
10. Spain
11. Buenos Aires Hora Cero
12. Clair De Lune
13. Prelude In C/Ave Maria
14. Thingamujig
15. Suo Gan
16. Palladio (1st Movement)

Crossing The Stone