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Thread #20548   Message #2706431
Posted By: Jack Blandiver
23-Aug-09 - 03:57 AM
Thread Name: Breton tune from Alain Stivell
Subject: RE: Alain Stivell
Journee a la Maison

A fine album, all the more so for being totally acoustic! I have this on Rounder, but not on CD.

His other acoustic albums are very fine too: E Langonned (1974) and Trema'n inis (1976); the first is very traditional, the second being voice & harp, poetry settings, featuring the sublime Stok Ouzh An Enez which he featured a lot in his concerts during the 80s.

That said, I'm a sucker for his Celtic Symphony (1979), though some editions are very badly edited (CD included) and the darkly brooding funk-disco of Terre de Vivants (1981) is a favourite too, featuring as it does both Klaus Blazquiz and Jannick Topp!

Didn't hear anything he did after the lack-lustre Harps of the New Age (1985) until the execrable Again (1993) after which I gave up!