CELTIC TWILIGHT VOL. 7: SACRED SPIRIT

CELTIC TWILIGHT VOL. 7: SACRED SPIRIT

Celtic Twilight 7: Sacred Spirit weaves a Celtic knot of sacred music from antiquity to the present. The Celtic worldview's central feature is the intimate relationship of humans with the natural world--"a holy intimacy between the human and the divine in nature"--and "a sense of spirit presences in nature," as Thomas Berry says. This feeling is expressed in many of the pieces on this album. A very similar worldview infuses the brilliant 12th century German visionary Hildegard von Bingen's music. Like the Celts, Hildegard believed that the natural world is a Divine creation, filled with Divine beauty and Divine energy, and this is the theme of her songs. Some of the best Celtic artists have recognized their kinship with her and have made their own music. Hildegard's album features several songs in unique arrangements that are so radiantly Celtic in spirit; they almost transport the listener to Ireland's holy wells. Also featured are top-notch Irish choir Anúna, great Celtic artists Áine Minogue and Cathie Ryan, brilliant English cellist Matthew Barley, virtuoso fiddler Mark O'Connor Appalachia Waltz Trio, the perfectly-tuned English choir The Cambridge Singers, and the wonderful Medieval/Eastern fusion ensemble Stellamara.

List of Songs
Kyrie Eleison, An Ghloir, An Phaidir
Kyrie
Lament of The Three Marys
Caritas
Pie Jesu
Viridissima
Kyrie Eleison
Hymn to The Virgin
The Blue Bird
A Gaelic Blessing
Amazing Grace
Immrama
Kells

Item specifics:
Genre: World Music
Release Date: 04/14/2007
Style: Celtic
Record Label: Hearts of Space
Artist: Various Artists
UPC: 025041111720
Format: CD
Release Year: 2007
Artist: Various Artists
Record Label: Hearts of Space
Genre: Celtic, International