To Warm The Winter's Night
Áine Minogue
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BOSTON GLOBE ...Familiar melodies such as "Noel Nouvelle" and "Greensleeves" are delivered gracefully, with gorgeous string and oboe support from Cunningham and Kathy Halverson. Minogue's shy whisper of a soprano delivers a lulling Gaelic version of "Silent Night" and the ethereal "Darkest Midnight...
.... a spellbinding portrait of midwinter's moods and textures. Her harp is austere, never glissando-glossy or aimlessly lush.
...Spun together with brief snatches of spoken narration, this is a tender holiday masterpiece...
THE PATRIOT LEDGER ...a musical treasure...
THE IRISH ECHO ...a haunting and beautiful creation.... on the of the most unusual, original and beautiful Christmas (or should I say Holiday) Albums to appear in a long time...
FOLK ALMANAC ...One of the flat out prettiest Christmas albums to tumble down the chimney in a long time.... This is a soft masterpiece; ancient yet fresh, always lovely, always true to the warm spirits of this cold season...
ALBUM CREDITS Áine Minogue: Irish Harp, vocals, spoken word Johnny Cunningham: Fiddles, spoken word, percussion Cillian Vallely: Irish pipes, whistles Byron Duckwall: Cello Alasdair Halliday: Vocals Kathy Halvorson: Oboe Bob Patton: Soprano sax
Produced by: Johnny Cunningham All tracks published by Little Miller Music (BMI) for Aine Minogue.
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Horn Dance 1:480:00/1:48
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Calon Lan 1:480:00/1:48
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Merry Christmas Jig 2:590:00/2:59
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The Darkest Midnight 4:400:00/4:40
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Noel Nouvelle 2:050:00/2:05
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Mummers March 2:470:00/2:47
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