Celtic Solstice

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Celtic Solstice
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Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 9, 1999
Genre Celtic, new-age
Length57:33
Label Living Music

Celtic Solstice is an album by Paul Winter, released in 1999 through the record label Living Music. [1] In 2000, the album earned him a Grammy Award for Best New Age Album.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Triumph" (Halley, Spillane, Winter) – 7:06
  2. "Golden Apples of the Sun" (W. B. Yeats, Travis Edmonson) – 6:25
  3. "Hollow Hills" (Spillane) – 1:55
  4. "O'Farrell's Welcome to Limerick" (traditional) – 4:36
  5. "Dawnwalker" (Halley, Spillane) – 6:43
  6. "My Fair and Faithful Love/Blarney Pilgram" (Maclean, traditional) – 5:23
  7. "Sweet Comeraghs" (Faoli·in) – 3:55
  8. "After the Fleadh/Running Through the Woods With Keetu" (Fahy, Madden) – 6:45
  9. "The Minister's Adieu" (Thomas) – 2:09
  10. "Farewell to Govan" (Cunningham) – 2:58
  11. "Golden Apples of the Sun (Reprise)" – 7:06
  12. "Dawnwalker (Reprise)" (Halley, Spillane) – 2:32

Personnel

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References

  1. "Celtic Solstice". Allmusic . Retrieved March 12, 2011.