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Released
  
1987

Artist
  
The Chieftains

Producer
  
Paddy Moloney

Genre
  
Folk music

Celtic Wedding (1987)
  
In Ireland (1987)

Release date
  
1987

Label
  
RCA Red Seal Records

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Recorded
  
May 1986, Lansdowne Studios, Dublin

Similar
  
Another Country, Film Cuts, The Chieftains in China, The Chieftains 7, A Chieftains Celebration

The chieftains celtic wedding


Celtic Wedding is an album of traditional Breton music performed by the Irish band The Chieftains. The album features guest performances by the Breton artists, Nolwenn Monjarrret, Bernard Pichard, Alain Guerton and Michel Bertae. Nolwen Monjarret later appeared on the Chieftains' album, The Bells of Dublin, performing "A Breton Carol" with the band.

Contents

The album's liner notes state that the music was selected from a publication entitled Tonioù Breizh-Izel (Traditional Tunes from Lower Brittany), which contains over 3,000 tunes collected by Polig Monjarret, who collaborated with Paddy Moloney in choosing the tunes for the album. The original album's cover (later changed in more recent reprints) features a painting by the Scottish painter Alexander Goudie. Celtic Wedding was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1986.

The making of the album was sponsored by Brittany Ferries.

Da s tro fisel the chieftains celtic wedding


Track listing

All songs traditional. Descriptions from the album's liner notes.

Side one

  1. "Dans Mod Koh a Vaod" (3:30) Old-fashioned dance
  2. "A Breton Carol" (3:41)
  3. "Dans-Tro Fisel" (4:06) Dance from the Fisel country
  4. "Marches" (4:09) From the Vannes country
  5. "Dans Bro-Leon" (2:28) Dance and song from the Leon country
  6. "Heuliadenn Tonioù Breizh-Izel" (6:57) A medley in which each member of the band plays a tune of his own choice

Side two

  1. "Ev Chistr 'Ta, Laou!" (1:56) Cider-drinking song
  2. "Jabadaw" (3:03) Dance from Breton Cornwall
  3. "Celtic Wedding" (20:11) A medley of song and dance describing the famous ancient Breton ceremony

Personnel

  • Derek Bell – harp, tiompán, oboe, organ
  • Martin Fay – fiddle, bones
  • Seán Keane – fiddle
  • Kevin Conneff – bodhrán, vocals
  • Matt Molloy – flute, tin whistle
  • Paddy Moloney – uilleann pipes, tin whistle
  • Nolwenn Monjarret - vocals
  • Bernard Pichard - bombarde
  • Alain Guerton - bombarde, biniou
  • Michel Bertae - bombarde, biniou

    • Songs

    1Dañs Mod Koh a Vaod3:33
    2Peh Troux 'zou Ar En Doar (What Noise on Earth; Carol)3:45
    3Dans Tro Fisel4:08

    References

    Celtic Wedding Wikipedia
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