An Ancient Muse
- 艺人
- Loreena McKennitt
- 语种
- 其他
- 厂牌
- Verve
- 发行时间
- 2006年11月21日
- 专辑类别
- 录音室专辑
专辑介绍
by James Christopher Monger
Canadian Celtic/new age/worldbeat architect Loreena McKennitt may be an odd choice for the legendary jazz label that released benchmark albums from Charlie Parker and Miles Davis, but Verve may have been moved by the undeniably talented harpist/composer/vocalist's large collection of globe-spanning gold, platinum, and multi-platinum sales awards. McKennitt's records (this is her first set of new material since 1997's Book of Secrets) tend to play like independent soundtracks to National Geographic aries -- kind of like a more ornate, expensive version of Dead Can Dance. An Ancient Muse may break little new ground for McKennitt, but it won't disappoint longtime fans. Her fascination with Celtic, Mediterranean, and Middle Eastern instrumentation (hurdy-gurdy, nyckelharpa, kanoun, uilleann pipes, bouzouki, lyra, and oud) and her preoccupation with mythology and poetry have won her great favor with the new age/adult alternative crowd, and rightly so, as Irish-tinged ballads such as &Never-Ending Road (Amhrán Duit)& and &Penelope's Song& are just Enya songs with more instruments than vocal tracks. Her penchant for quality instrumentals, in this case &Kecharitomene& and &Sacred Shabbat,& sets her apart from the more stereotypical new age artists like David Arkenstone and John Tesh, and her extensive, diary-like liner notes invoke ancient archeological sites and obscure Rumi poetry without coming off as too self-absorbed. This CD was nominated for a Grammy award in 2007 for Best Contemporary World Music Album.
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- @路德·古利特(这家伙很聪明什么也没留下...)：《古老的缪斯女神 An Ancient Muse》唱片里配有许多珍稀乐器的声音，从竖琴，绞弦琴，手风琴到乌得琴，天琴，坎农琴和尼古赫巴琴（一种斯堪的纳维亚人有键提琴）。这张唱片的精华之处在于：优美的旋律，被丝绸之路影响的第一首单曲“商队旅馆”，关于挚爱的颂歌“珀涅罗珀之歌”，Loreena式的音乐和司各特诗一般的兄弟恋浪漫史，“英国夫人和勇士”。合起来，九首单曲组成了远古的缪斯，让人想象出宽广世界中人类故事的价值，它们那么独特，那么令人难忘。
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