| Celtic Woman: Voices of Angels | ||||
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| Released | 18 November 2016 (US, Canada and Ireland) 30 March 2017 (Europe) [1] [2] | |||
| Recorded | 12–13, 15 August 2016 | |||
| Studio | Cauldron Studios, Dublin, Ireland | |||
| Genre | Celtic, world, new-age, classical | |||
| Length | 1:13:41 | |||
| Language | English, Irish, Italian, Latin | |||
| Label | Manhattan Records | |||
| Producer | Gavin Murphy | |||
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Voices of Angels is the eleventh studio album released by the group Celtic Woman.
The album was recorded at Cauldron Studios in Dublin, Ireland with the seventy-two-piece RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland in August 2016, [3] and includes a mixture of original songs, new covers and re-arranged versions of previous Celtic Woman covers. [3]
Voices of Angels features vocalists Susan McFadden, Mairéad Carlin, Éabha McMahon, and fiddler and harpist Tara McNeill, with a guest appearance by former member and current vocal director Méav Ní Mhaolchatha. This is the group's first album to feature McNeill as their newest member (at the time). [4]
A digital-download copy of the album was made available as part of a ticket presale for the group's 2017 Voices of Angels tour in the United States, Canada, Japan, Europe, and Australia. [5]
| No. | Title | Performer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "My Heart Will Go On" | Mairéad Carlin, Susan McFadden, Éabha McMahon, Tara McNeill | 4:21 |
| 2. | "Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears" | McMahon | 5:01 |
| 3. | "As She Moved Through the Fair" (2016 Version) | McFadden | 3:55 |
| 4. | "Mo Ghile Mear (My Gallant Star)" | Carlin, McMahon, McFadden, McNeill | 3:36 |
| 5. | "Ave Maria" (2016 Version) | Carlin | 2:56 |
| 6. | "For the Love of a Princess" | McNeill | 3:49 |
| 7. | "Time to Say Goodbye" | Carlin, McMahon, McFadden, McNeill | 4:01 |
| 8. | "Dúlamán" (2016 Version) | Méav Ní Mhaolchatha | 4:18 |
| 9. | "Walk Beside Me" (2016 Version) | Carlin, McMahon, McFadden, McNeill | 4:40 |
| 10. | "O, America!" (2016 Version) | Carlin, McMahon, McFadden, McNeill, Ní Mhaolchatha | 4:57 |
| 11. | "A Time for Us" | Carlin, McNeill | 4:01 |
| 12. | "Across the World" | McNeill | 3:35 |
| 13. | "Téir Abhaile Riú" (2016 Version) | Carlin, McMahon, McFadden, McNeill | 3:53 |
| 14. | "Amazing Grace" (2016 Version) | Carlin, McMahon, McFadden | 4:34 |
| 15. | "You Raise Me Up" (2016 Version) | Carlin, McMahon, McFadden, McNeill | 4:10 |
| 16. | "Joy to the World" (2016 Version) | Carlin, McMahon, McFadden, McNeill | 3:29 |
| 17. | "Silent Night" (2016 Version) | Carlin, McMahon, McFadden, McNeill | 4:10 |
| 18. | "Once in Royal David's City" | Carlin, McMahon, McFadden, McNeill | 4:08 |
| Total length: | 1:13:41 | ||
| No. | Title | Performer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16. | "Níl Sé'n Lá" (2016 Version) | Carlin, McMahon, McFadden, McNeill | 3:34 |
| 17. | "Danny Boy" (2016 Version) | Carlin, McMahon, McFadden, McNeill | 3:30 |
| 18. | "Joy to the World" (2016 Version) | Carlin, McMahon, McFadden, McNeill | 3:29 |
| 19. | "Silent Night" (2016 Version) | Carlin, McMahon, McFadden, McNeill | 4:10 |
| 20. | "Once in Royal David's City" | Carlin, McMahon, McFadden, McNeill | 4:08 |
| Total length: | 1:20:45 | ||
Notes
| No. | Title | Performer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "My Heart Will Go On" | Carlin, McMahon, McFadden, McNeill | 4:21 |
| 2. | "Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears" | McMahon | 5:01 |
| 3. | "As She Moved Through the Fair" (2016 Version) | McFadden | 3:55 |
| 4. | "Mo Ghile Mear (My Gallant Star)" | Carlin, McMahon, McFadden, McNeill | 3:36 |
| 5. | "Ave Maria" (2016 Version) | Carlin | 2:56 |
| 6. | "For the Love of a Princess" | McNeill | 3:49 |
| 7. | "Time to Say Goodbye" | Carlin, McMahon, McFadden, McNeill | 4:01 |
| 8. | "Dúlamán" (2016 Version) | Ní Mhaolchatha | 4:18 |
| 9. | "Walk Beside Me" (2016 Version) | Carlin, McMahon, McFadden, McNeill | 4:40 |
| 10. | "O, America!" (2016 Version) | Carlin, McMahon, McFadden, McNeill, Ní Mhaolchatha | 4:57 |
| 11. | "A Time for Us" | Carlin, McNeill | 4:01 |
| 12. | "Across the World" | McNeill | 3:35 |
| 13. | "Téir Abhaile Riú" (2016 Version) | Carlin, McMahon, McFadden, McNeill | 3:53 |
| 14. | "Danny Boy" (2016 Version) | Carlin, McMahon, McFadden, McNeill | 3:30 |
| 15. | "Orinoco Flow" | Órla Fallon, Lisa Kelly, Ní Mhaolchatha | 3:32 |
| 16. | "You Raise Me Up" (2016 Version) | Carlin, McMahon, McFadden, McNeill | 4:10 |
| 17. | "Joy to the World" (2016 Version) | Carlin, McMahon, McFadden, McNeill | 3:29 |
| 18. | "Silent Night" (2016 Version) | Carlin, McMahon, McFadden, McNeill | 4:10 |
| 19. | "Christmas Pipes" | Chloë Agnew, Fallon, Kelly, Máiréad Nesbitt, Ní Mhaolchatha | 3:50 |
| 20. | "Once in Royal David's City" | Carlin, McMahon, McFadden, McNeill | 4:08 |
| Total length: | 1:16:29 | ||
Notes
| No. | Title | Performer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "My Heart Will Go On" | Carlin, McFadden, McMahon, McNeill | 4:21 |
| 2. | "Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears" | McMahon | 5:01 |
| 3. | "Mo Ghile Mear (My Gallant Star)" | Carlin, McFadden, McMahon, McNeill | 3:36 |
| 4. | "Ave Maria" (2016 Version) | Carlin | 2:56 |
| 5. | "Time to Say Goodbye" | Carlin, McFadden, McMahon, McNeill | 4:01 |
| 6. | "Dúlamán" (2016 Version) | Ní Mhaolchatha | 4:18 |
| 7. | "Walk Beside Me" (2016 Version) | Carlin, McFadden, McMahon, McNeill | 4:40 |
| 8. | "Danny Boy" (2017 Short Intro) | Carlin, McFadden, McMahon, McNeill | 3:30 |
| 9. | "Across the World" | McNeill | 3:35 |
| 10. | "Amazing Grace" (2016 Version) | Carlin, McFadden, McMahon | 4:34 |
| 11. | "You Raise Me Up" (2016 Version) | Carlin, McFadden, McMahon, McNeill | 4:10 |
| 12. | "I See Fire" | Carlin, Nesbitt | 5:07 |
| 13. | "Caledonia" (2013 Version) | McFadden | 4:59 |
| 14. | "May it Be" | Kelly | 3:45 |
| 15. | "The Ashoken Farewell / The Contradiction" (Live) | Nesbitt | 4:10 |
| 16. | "Orinoco Flow" | Fallon, Kelly, Ní Mhaolchatha | 3:32 |
| 17. | "Bridge Over Troubled Water" | Agnew, Kelly, Lisa Lambe | 4:03 |
| 18. | "Vivaldi's Rain" | Agnew | 2:12 |
| 19. | "Fields of Gold" | Kelly | 3:51 |
| 20. | "The Voice" (2013 Version) | McFadden, Nesbitt | 3:10 |
| Total length: | 1:19:31 | ||
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