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Culled from Windham Hill's five best-selling Celtic Christmas collections, this 19-track Best Of features atmospheric yuletide classics and originals from some of contemporary Celtic music's most celebrated performers. Highlights include Maighread Ni Dhomhnaill and Donal Lunny's lush "Third Carol for a Christmas Day," Altan's "Soillse Na Nollag (The Lights of Christmas)" and former Silly Wizard fiddler Johnny Cunningham's "King Holly, King Oak." These are reverently performed and arranged tunes that despite their occasional nose-dive into new age, factory-preset keyboard-land, manage to provide the audio equivalent of a well-tended fireplace. ~ James Christopher Monger, All Music Guide
The Very Best of Celtic Christmas
10/26/2004 | Rca
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Track Listing
Credits
- Manus Lunny
- Guitar (Acoustic)
- Paddy Moloney
- Producer, Uillean Pipes
- Don Markese
- Penny Whistle
- Brian Masterson
- Producer, Engineer
- Arty McGlynn
- Guitar
- Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
- Vocals
- Gil Morales
- Engineer, Mixing
- Adele O'Dwyer
- Cello
- Liam O'Flynn
- Uillean Pipes
- Dean Parks
- Guitar
- Bennett Salvay
- String Arrangements
- Bob Stark
- Engineer
- Ciarán Tourish
- Fiddle, Whistle (Human)
- Áine Minogue
- Harp, Vocals, Irish Harp
- Justin Mayer
- Mixing
- Rod McVey
- Keyboards
- Nancy Roth
- Violin
- Philip Begley
- Engineer, Mixing
- Tom Kochan
- Arranger
- W.G. Snuffy Walden
- Guitar, Mixing, Producer
- Roger Hadley
- Cymbals
- Enrique Iglesias
- Violin
- David Agnew
- Oboe, Cor Anglais
- David Downes
- Piano, Arranger, Uillean Pipes, Choir Director, Whistle (Human), Keyboards
- Ken Rice
- Violin
- Erwin Gorostiza
- Art Direction
- Chris Bellman
- Mastering
- Seamus Brett
- Keyboards, Engineer, Producer
- Ciaran Byrne
- Engineer
- Pancho Alvarez
- Bouzouki
- Chika Azuma
- Design
- Francisco Gude
- Assistant
- Laurence Beaufils
- Harp
- Diego Bouzon
- Spanish Guitar
- Pablo Cano
- Harpsichord
- Janet Chvatal
- Voices
- Alastair McMillan
- Engineer
- Pablo Muzquiz
- Double Bass
- Marcos Vazquez
- Tambourine, Bodhran, Tympani (Timpani)
- Gregg Williams
- Percussion, Drums
- Niall Vallely
- Concertina, Producer
- Lisa Lynne
- Celtic Harp
- Jim McGraff
- Bodhran
- Aontas
- Choir, Chorus
- Mary Barton
- Violin
- Michael Eagan
- Archlute
- Denise Barbarita
- Assistant
- John Fitzpatrick
- Fiddle, Low Whistle, Keyboards, Guitar, Viola
- Paul Verna
- Engineer
- The Dermot Byrne Blues Combo
- Accordion
- Sean Keane
- Fiddle
- Robbie Overson
- Guitar
- James Galway
- Flute
- Sid Page
- Violin
- Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill
- Piano, Harmonium, Vocals
- William Coulter
- Arranger, Guitar (Steel), Mixing
- Daíthí Sproule
- Guitar
- Benjamin Verdery
- Arranger, Guitar (Classical)
- Michael Aarvold
- Engineer
- Dawn Atkinson
- Compilation Producer
- Robert Becker
- Viola
- Maire Breatnach
- Violin, Vocals, Whistle (Human), Producer
- Liam Bradley
- Percussion
- Brian Capouch
- Engineer, Mixing
- Karan Casey
- Vocals, Producer
- Mark Chatfield
- Viola da Gamba
- Jon Clarke
- Penny Whistle
- Steve Cooney
- Guitar
- Johnny Cunningham
- Fiddle
- Mícháel Ó Domhnaill
- Guitar, Keyboards, Arranger, Producer, Mixing, Engineer
- Erika Duke-Kirkpartick
- Cello
- Brian Dunning
- Flute, Penny Whistle, Accordion
- Tim Ellis
- Guitar
- Michael Fisher
- Percussion
- Dan Fitzgerald
- Engineer
- Peter Kent
- Violin
- Randy Kerber
- Piano
- Mark Knopfler
- Guitar (Electric)
- David Arkenstone
- Guitar, Percussion, Keyboards, Mixing
- Nightnoise
- Arranger
- Steve Reid
- Percussion
- Altan
- Arranger, Producer
- Kevin Burke
- Fiddle, Producer, Arranger
- Dónal Lunny
- Bouzouki, Bodhran, Keyboards, Producer, Arranger, Guitar
- Maighread Ní Dhomnaill
- Arranger, Vocals
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