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Narada packaged this album as if was another in its series of Celtic anthologies Celtic Voices, Celtic Legacy and Celtic Odyssey. This was a mistake on the label's part, because Celtic Reflections is actually a very individual work. A collection of original tunes almost all written by button-accordion wizard Whelan, the album also features such musical luminaries as Jay Ungar and Molly Mason (of "Ashokan Farewell" fame) and Pat Kilbride, formerly of the Battlefield Band.
At first glance one might not think there was much to distinguish the various numbers: they are all instrumental; the accordion dominates them all; the production and engineering, though competent, do not do quite enough to create for each song its own unique sound-world. That having been said, the various tunes do, surprisingly, stand out from one another. Two favorites on the album were not written by Whelan but by synthesizer and piano player Kinny Landrum: "Longing for Home, Longing for Here" combines the drama of its repeated bass synthesizer figure with the yearning of the accordion and the fiddle; "Cape Finisterre" features more drama, with cittern and castanets. Two or three of Whelan's own songs sound like Maria Kalaniemi. Celtic enthusiasts need not hesitate.
© Kurt Keefner /TiVo
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Michael Sullivan, Producer, Executive Producer - Kinny Landrum, Piano, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Jay Ungar, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Seamus Egan, Flute, Guitar, Mandolin, Whistle, Participant, AssociatedPerformer - JOHN SIMON, Harmonium, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Anderson, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - MOLLY MASON, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Rich Denhart, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Trevor Sadler, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Whelan, Composer, Producer, Accordion, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry O'Sullivan, Bagpipes, Whistle, Uilleann Pipes, AssociatedPerformer - Lisa Gutkin, Violin, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Andersen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pat Kilbride, Guitar, Vocals, Synthesizer, Participant, AssociatedPerformer - John Ballesteros, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Solamon, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brendan Dolan, Piano, Recording Engineer, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1996 Narada Productions, Inc ℗ 1996 Narada Productions, Inc.
Michael Sullivan, Producer, Executive Producer - Kinny Landrum, Composer, Producer, Piano, Co-Producer, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jay Ungar, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Seamus Egan, Flute, Guitar, Mandolin, Whistle, Participant, AssociatedPerformer - JOHN SIMON, Harmonium, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Anderson, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - MOLLY MASON, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Rich Denhart, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Trevor Sadler, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Whelan, Producer, Accordion, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry O'Sullivan, Bagpipes, Whistle, Uilleann Pipes, AssociatedPerformer - Lisa Gutkin, Violin, Baritone, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Andersen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pat Kilbride, Guitar, Vocals, Synthesizer, Participant, AssociatedPerformer - John Ballesteros, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Solamon, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brendan Dolan, Piano, Recording Engineer, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1996 Narada Productions, Inc ℗ 1996 Narada Productions, Inc.
Michael Sullivan, Producer, Executive Producer - Kinny Landrum, Piano, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Jay Ungar, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Seamus Egan, Flute, Guitar, Mandolin, Whistle, Participant, AssociatedPerformer - JOHN SIMON, Harmonium, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Anderson, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - MOLLY MASON, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Rich Denhart, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Trevor Sadler, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Whelan, Composer, Producer, Accordion, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry O'Sullivan, Bagpipes, Whistle, Uilleann Pipes, AssociatedPerformer - Lisa Gutkin, Violin, Baritone, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Andersen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pat Kilbride, Guitar, Vocals, Synthesizer, Participant, AssociatedPerformer - John Ballesteros, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Solamon, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brendan Dolan, Piano, Recording Engineer, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1996 Narada Productions, Inc ℗ 1996 Narada Productions, Inc.
Michael Sullivan, Producer, Executive Producer - Kinny Landrum, Piano, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Jay Ungar, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Seamus Egan, Flute, Guitar, Mandolin, Whistle, Participant, AssociatedPerformer - JOHN SIMON, Harmonium, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Anderson, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - MOLLY MASON, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Rich Denhart, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Trevor Sadler, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Whelan, Composer, Producer, Accordion, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry O'Sullivan, Bagpipes, Whistle, Uilleann Pipes, AssociatedPerformer - Lisa Gutkin, Violin, Baritone, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Andersen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pat Kilbride, Guitar, Vocals, Synthesizer, Participant, AssociatedPerformer - John Ballesteros, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Solamon, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brendan Dolan, Piano, Recording Engineer, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1996 Narada Productions, Inc ℗ 1996 Narada Productions, Inc.
Michael Sullivan, Producer, Executive Producer - Kinny Landrum, Piano, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Jay Ungar, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Seamus Egan, Flute, Guitar, Mandolin, Whistle, Participant, AssociatedPerformer - JOHN SIMON, Harmonium, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Anderson, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - MOLLY MASON, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Rich Denhart, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Trevor Sadler, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Whelan, Composer, Producer, Accordion, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry O'Sullivan, Bagpipes, Whistle, Uilleann Pipes, AssociatedPerformer - Lisa Gutkin, Violin, Baritone, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Andersen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pat Kilbride, Guitar, Vocals, Synthesizer, Participant, AssociatedPerformer - John Ballesteros, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Solamon, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brendan Dolan, Piano, Recording Engineer, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1996 Narada Productions, Inc ℗ 1996 Narada Productions, Inc.
Michael Sullivan, Producer, Executive Producer - Kinny Landrum, Piano, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Jay Ungar, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Seamus Egan, Flute, Guitar, Mandolin, Whistle, Participant, AssociatedPerformer - JOHN SIMON, Harmonium, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Anderson, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - MOLLY MASON, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Rich Denhart, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Trevor Sadler, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Whelan, Composer, Producer, Accordion, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry O'Sullivan, Bagpipes, Whistle, Uilleann Pipes, AssociatedPerformer - Lisa Gutkin, Violin, Baritone, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Andersen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pat Kilbride, Composer, Guitar, Vocals, Synthesizer, Participant, AssociatedPerformer - John Ballesteros, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Solamon, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brendan Dolan, Piano, Recording Engineer, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1996 Narada Productions, Inc ℗ 1996 Narada Productions, Inc.
Michael Sullivan, Producer, Executive Producer - Kinny Landrum, Piano, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Jay Ungar, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Seamus Egan, Flute, Guitar, Mandolin, Whistle, Participant, AssociatedPerformer - JOHN SIMON, Harmonium, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Anderson, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - MOLLY MASON, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Rich Denhart, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Trevor Sadler, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Whelan, Composer, Producer, Accordion, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry O'Sullivan, Bagpipes, Whistle, Uilleann Pipes, AssociatedPerformer - Lisa Gutkin, Violin, Baritone, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Andersen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pat Kilbride, Guitar, Vocals, Synthesizer, Participant, AssociatedPerformer - John Ballesteros, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Solamon, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brendan Dolan, Piano, Recording Engineer, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1996 Narada Productions, Inc ℗ 1996 Narada Productions, Inc.
Michael Sullivan, Producer, Executive Producer - Kinny Landrum, Piano, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Jay Ungar, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Seamus Egan, Flute, Guitar, Mandolin, Whistle, Participant, AssociatedPerformer - JOHN SIMON, Harmonium, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Anderson, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - MOLLY MASON, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Rich Denhart, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Trevor Sadler, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Whelan, Composer, Producer, Accordion, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry O'Sullivan, Bagpipes, Whistle, Uilleann Pipes, AssociatedPerformer - Lisa Gutkin, Violin, Baritone, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Andersen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pat Kilbride, Guitar, Vocals, Synthesizer, Participant, AssociatedPerformer - John Ballesteros, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Solamon, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brendan Dolan, Piano, Recording Engineer, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1996 Narada Productions, Inc ℗ 1996 Narada Productions, Inc.
Michael Sullivan, Producer, Executive Producer - Kinny Landrum, Piano, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Jay Ungar, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Seamus Egan, Flute, Guitar, Mandolin, Whistle, Participant, AssociatedPerformer - JOHN SIMON, Harmonium, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Anderson, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - MOLLY MASON, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Rich Denhart, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Trevor Sadler, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Whelan, Composer, Producer, Accordion, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry O'Sullivan, Bagpipes, Whistle, Uilleann Pipes, AssociatedPerformer - Lisa Gutkin, Violin, Baritone, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Andersen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pat Kilbride, Guitar, Vocals, Synthesizer, Participant, AssociatedPerformer - John Ballesteros, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Solamon, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brendan Dolan, Piano, Recording Engineer, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1996 Narada Productions, Inc ℗ 1996 Narada Productions, Inc.
Michael Sullivan, Producer, Executive Producer - Kinny Landrum, Piano, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Jay Ungar, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Seamus Egan, Flute, Guitar, Mandolin, Whistle, Participant, AssociatedPerformer - JOHN SIMON, Harmonium, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Anderson, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - MOLLY MASON, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Rich Denhart, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Trevor Sadler, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Whelan, Composer, Producer, Accordion, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry O'Sullivan, Bagpipes, Whistle, Uilleann Pipes, AssociatedPerformer - Lisa Gutkin, Violin, Baritone, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Andersen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pat Kilbride, Guitar, Vocals, Synthesizer, Participant, AssociatedPerformer - John Ballesteros, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Solamon, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brendan Dolan, Piano, Recording Engineer, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1996 Narada Productions, Inc ℗ 1996 Narada Productions, Inc.
Michael Sullivan, Producer, Executive Producer - Kinny Landrum, Piano, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Jay Ungar, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Seamus Egan, Flute, Guitar, Mandolin, Whistle, Participant, AssociatedPerformer - JOHN SIMON, Harmonium, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Anderson, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - MOLLY MASON, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Rich Denhart, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Trevor Sadler, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Whelan, Composer, Producer, Accordion, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry O'Sullivan, Bagpipes, Whistle, Uilleann Pipes, AssociatedPerformer - Lisa Gutkin, Violin, Baritone, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Andersen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pat Kilbride, Guitar, Vocals, Synthesizer, Participant, AssociatedPerformer - John Ballesteros, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Solamon, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brendan Dolan, Piano, Recording Engineer, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1996 Narada Productions, Inc ℗ 1996 Narada Productions, Inc.
Michael Sullivan, Producer, Executive Producer - Kinny Landrum, Composer, Producer, Piano, Co-Producer, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jay Ungar, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Seamus Egan, Flute, Guitar, Mandolin, Whistle, Participant, AssociatedPerformer - JOHN SIMON, Harmonium, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Anderson, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - MOLLY MASON, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Rich Denhart, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Trevor Sadler, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Whelan, Producer, Accordion, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry O'Sullivan, Bagpipes, Whistle, Uilleann Pipes, AssociatedPerformer - Lisa Gutkin, Violin, Baritone, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Andersen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pat Kilbride, Guitar, Vocals, Synthesizer, Participant, AssociatedPerformer - John Ballesteros, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Solamon, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brendan Dolan, Piano, Recording Engineer, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1996 Narada Productions, Inc ℗ 1996 Narada Productions, Inc.
Michael Sullivan, Producer, Executive Producer - Kinny Landrum, Piano, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Jay Ungar, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Seamus Egan, Flute, Guitar, Mandolin, Whistle, Participant, AssociatedPerformer - JOHN SIMON, Harmonium, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Anderson, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - MOLLY MASON, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Rich Denhart, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Trevor Sadler, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Whelan, Composer, Producer, Accordion, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry O'Sullivan, Bagpipes, Whistle, Uilleann Pipes, AssociatedPerformer - Lisa Gutkin, Violin, Baritone, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Andersen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pat Kilbride, Guitar, Vocals, Synthesizer, Participant, AssociatedPerformer - John Ballesteros, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Solamon, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brendan Dolan, Piano, Recording Engineer, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1996 Narada Productions, Inc ℗ 1996 Narada Productions, Inc.
Michael Sullivan, Producer, Executive Producer - Kinny Landrum, Piano, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Jay Ungar, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Seamus Egan, Flute, Guitar, Mandolin, Whistle, Participant, AssociatedPerformer - JOHN SIMON, Harmonium, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Anderson, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - MOLLY MASON, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Rich Denhart, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Trevor Sadler, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Whelan, Composer, Producer, Accordion, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry O'Sullivan, Bagpipes, Whistle, Uilleann Pipes, AssociatedPerformer - Lisa Gutkin, Violin, Baritone, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Andersen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pat Kilbride, Guitar, Vocals, Synthesizer, Participant, AssociatedPerformer - John Ballesteros, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Solamon, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brendan Dolan, Piano, Recording Engineer, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1996 Narada Productions, Inc ℗ 1996 Narada Productions, Inc.
Album review
Narada packaged this album as if was another in its series of Celtic anthologies Celtic Voices, Celtic Legacy and Celtic Odyssey. This was a mistake on the label's part, because Celtic Reflections is actually a very individual work. A collection of original tunes almost all written by button-accordion wizard Whelan, the album also features such musical luminaries as Jay Ungar and Molly Mason (of "Ashokan Farewell" fame) and Pat Kilbride, formerly of the Battlefield Band.
At first glance one might not think there was much to distinguish the various numbers: they are all instrumental; the accordion dominates them all; the production and engineering, though competent, do not do quite enough to create for each song its own unique sound-world. That having been said, the various tunes do, surprisingly, stand out from one another. Two favorites on the album were not written by Whelan but by synthesizer and piano player Kinny Landrum: "Longing for Home, Longing for Here" combines the drama of its repeated bass synthesizer figure with the yearning of the accordion and the fiddle; "Cape Finisterre" features more drama, with cittern and castanets. Two or three of Whelan's own songs sound like Maria Kalaniemi. Celtic enthusiasts need not hesitate.
© Kurt Keefner /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:53:58
- Main artists: John Whelan
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Narada
- Genre: World
© 1996 Narada Productions, Inc. ℗ 1996 Narada Productions, Inc.
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