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专辑介绍：
美丽人声 (Celtic Woman) 是由身兼音乐总监、指挥、作曲及编曲者四项身份、曾任“大河之舞”(Riverdance)音乐总监的大卫．唐恩所领军，以四位爱尔兰女歌手及一位小提琴手所组成，五人在加入团体前都是以演唱居尔特歌曲闻名的国际级艺人，她们融合了莎拉．布莱曼、美声男伶、恩雅、居尔特男高音、易希、克兰纳德等人特色，结合了新世纪、古典、传统居尔特乐风与大河之舞、舞王及火焰之舞等的音乐风格。他们将恩雅式演唱与充满气势的大型管絃乐团、合唱团和节奏感强烈的鼓声作对比，在极度柔美和震撼的气势中，让人感受到澎湃汹涌的声浪迎面袭来，却又能在柔美的歌声中得到抚慰。
Second only to Riverdance as an international Irish showbiz phenomenon, previous installments of this Platinum-selling extravaganza have become beloved PBS standards. The original buxom quartet of female singers, Lisa, Maev, Orla, and Chloe, have duly been joined by Hayley and are, as usual, backed by a full symphony orchestra and choir, plus enough traditional instruments (the house fiddler, Mairead, is a powerhouse) to keep things legit. The material ranges from folkloric ('Dulaman' is best known from Clannad's legendary rendering), to a standard from another Celtic nation ('Caledonia,' Dougie McLean's love letter to his native Scotland), to classical lite (Handel's poignant 'Laschia Ch'io Pianga'), to movie hits ('Somewhere Over The Rainbow' in a delicately lovely, a cappella, close-harmony treatment), to homegrown New Age (Enya's 'Newgrange'). Most tracks are produced to turn, presented in the aural equivalent of Technicolor or day-glo, in which colors pop while diverging ever so slightly from nature. In short, although the album offers fresh material, it covers old ground -- but this is exactly what the act's target audience expects and desires. Fans of acoustic folk would likely find the prevailing aesthetic a touch garish, but fans of Sarah Brightman and Il Divo will be diverted and thrilled. The deluxe package offers four bonus tracks, three of them live, plus a silver claddagh charm.
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