ARTIST: Moya Brennan
TITLE: An Irish Christmas
LABEL: BEO
GENRE: Ambient
BITRATE: 184kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 45min total
RELEASE DATE: 2005-10-31
RIP DATE: 2005-10-20
Track List
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01. Carol Of The Bells 4:57
02. The Wexford Carol 3:36
03. Deck The Halls 3:45
04. Do You Hear / Don Oiche Ud I 4:18
Mbeithil
05. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 3:33
06. Gabriel's Message 3:18
07. Joy To The World 3:22
08. I Still Believe 3:56
09. In The Bleak Midwinter 3:58
10. Love Came Down At Christmas 3:26
11. In Dulci Jubilo 3:45
12. Oiche Chuin (Silent Night) 3:39
Release Notes:
Moya stands at the top of her profession, but you donÆt need us to tell you
that. You donÆt need the role-call of success read out û millions of albums sold
worldwide, the influence of Clannad on the global music scene or the courting by
Hollywood for soundtrack treats. What you need to know is not what happened in
the past, but what our Irish songstress does next.
Which is why MoyaÆs latest release is particularly intriguing. Still fired up
about the success of her most recent studio album û the epic Two Horizons û Moya
has decided to turn her thoughts to Christmas. The result is æAn Irish ChristmasÆ û
about as far away from shopping centre Santas and TV specials as you could hope
to get.
Instead, æAn Irish ChristmasÆ charts a different course, reviewing the Christmas
story through a blend of new tracks and leftfield favourites. From æGod Rest Ye
Merry GentlemenÆ to æIn The Bleak MidwinterÆ, Moya reworks the classics with an
intimacy that restores the personal and the passionate to what have become
mumbled, half-remembered musical yarns. In her hands, with layered production
that adds inches of fresh, crisp depth and those trademark vocals bringing light
to the darkest of nights, tracks like æCarol Of The BellsÆ and æLove Came DownÆ
make perfect sense. The listener is placed in the front row of the ultimate
nativity opera.
According to Moya, the idea for the album first came to her some time ago. ôIÆve
been involved in number of other peopleÆs Christmas projects in recent years but
I wanted to capture a truly Celtic Christmas feelingö, explains Moya,
As an alternative to anodyne interpretations of the meaning of Christmas, MoyaÆs
latest album offers the full story.
ôIts always important to bring the meaning of Christmas to the fore. It is the
essence of what I believe in and the album offers both celebration and
reflection on that familiar theme. ö
æAn Irish ChristmasÆ is set to become one of the most important albums of the
season.