Music : Riverdance: Music From The Show
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from: Decca U.S.
List Price: $18.98Amazon.com's Price: $14.99 You Save: $3.99 (21%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0601215307627
Format: Special Edition, Soundtrack
Label: Decca U.S.
Manufacturer: Decca U.S.
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Decca U.S.
Release Date: June 17, 1997
Sales Rank: 8456
Studio: Decca U.S.
Disc 1:- Reel Around the Sun
- The Heart's Cry
- The Countess Cathleen/Women of the Sidhe
- Caoineadh Cú Chulainn (Lament)
- Shivna
- Firedance
- Slip into Spring
- Riverdance
- American Wake (The Nova Scotia Set)
- Lift the Wings
- Macedonian Morning
- Marta's Dance/The Russian Dervish
- Andalucia
- Home and the Heartland
- The Harvest
- Riverdance (Reprise)
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Based on Irish folk dancing styles, Riverdance was originally devised as a 20-minute intermission entertainment for the Eurovision Song Contest. There, its phenomenal reception inspired composer Bill Whelan to expand the piece into a full-length stage show, still centered around Irish music, but now telling a loose story of many different peoples who in the 20th century have found themselves émigrés. The paradoxically formal yet expressive, sensual, and exhilarating energy of traditional Irish dance and Irish folk music is only the beginning. A work full of strong melodies, excitement, romantic dreams, and nostalgic longing, the full Riverdance show is a spellbinding spectacle. Complete with orchestra, Whelan brings influences from Irish classical music, incorporates the haunting sound of vocal group Anuna, and adds the diverse folk sounds of Nova Scotia, Macedonia, Russia, and Andalucia to his rich cultural melting pot. Playing on the album are some of the finest folk musicians around, including piper Davy Spillane and Eileen Ivers on fiddle. The result is not just a tuneful souvenir of a great stage show, but a most enjoyable release in its own right. Whelan also has worked on the Rob Roy soundtrack and composed The Seville Suite and The Spirit of Mayo. --Gary S. Dalkin
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - A MUST HAVE FOR ALL IRISH!
THIS IS A MUST HAVE CD FOR ALL TRUE IRISH BLOODED PEOPLE OUT THERE. THIS IS THE BEST CD YET RIVERDANCE HAS MADE.
Rating: - Outstanding!!!
I have every Riverdance DVD and have watched the live show once. This CD is based on the original production (With Michael Flatley and Jean Butler) and while it might not carry the "excitement" of the original show as others have commented, it is a great way to remember the beautiful music and orchestration when you are not close to a DVD player to enjoy the video production. The unfortunate thing in listening to the "soundtrack" of a live/video production is that separated from its visual context, ... Read More
Rating:  - Disappointment after seeing the show
I recently saw the show live & was excited to get the soundtrack. However, as many other reviewers have noted, it was a big disappointment - it doesn't match the charisma of the show. While it does have some great songs on it, you just don't get the feeling you got while actually watching the show, which was a tremendous feeling of excitement & thrill. I must add, I did pick up the 'Lord of Dance' soundtrack & was happily impressed.
Rating:  - Disappointed
Not the type of music I had envisioned...much slower than I was hoping for.
Rating: - Can't get enough of Riverdance!
First off, I'm 16 years old. I love music, just about every kind there is. I never cared for Riverdance before until last year when I listened to a song from "Lord of the Dance" completely by accident and then went from there. Now, I completely appreciate it, and I believe it's the best stuff I've ever listened to, and I don't regret it all. It's very refreshing, and it just calms you down, and I swear, some of the songs on here sends shivers down my spine even after listening to it for a good year ... Read More
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