Various Artists - Celtic Twilight 7: Sacred Spirit

CELTIC TWILGIHT 7 weaves a Celtic knot of sacred music from antiquity to the present. The central worldview is the intimate relationship of humans with the natural world. This feeling is expressed in many of the pieces on this album. A very similar worldview infuses the music of the brilliant 12th century German visionary Hildegard von Bingen. Like the Celts, Hildegard believed that the natural world is a Divine creation, filled with Divine beauty and Divine energy, and this is the theme of her songs. This album features several songs by Hildegard in unique arrangements that are so radiantly Celtic in spirit, they almost transport the listener to the holy wells of Ireland. Also featured are top-notch Irish choir Anzna, great Celtic artists Aine Minogue and Cathie Ryan, brilliant English cellist Matthew Barley, virtuoso fiddler Mark O'Connor and his Appalachia Waltz Trio, the perfectly-tuned English choir the Cambridge Singers, and the wonderful Medieval/Eastern fusion ensemble Stellamara.

1) Kyrie - Jocelyn Montgomery
2) Kyrie Eleison An Ghlóir An Phaidir - Áine Minogue
3) The Blue Bird - Anúna
4) Lament of the Three Marys - Cathie Ryan
5) Caritas - Jocelyn Montgomery
6) Pie Jesu - Anúna
7) Viridissima - Jocelyn Montgomery
8) Kyrie Eleison - Stellamara
9) Hymn to the Virgin - Anúna
10) The Bluebird - Matthew Barley
11) A Gaelic Blessing - the Cambridge Singers
12) Amazing Grace- Mark O'Connor's Appalachia Waltz Trio
13) Immrama - Stellamara
14) Kells - Anúna