Customer Reviews

Ensemble Mystical

5 star:		(1)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

I just had to respond to the first review, which gave one star to this marvellous album. The reviewer is simply saying that he does not like this kind of music: contempory traditionally oriented folk music from the north of England. Kathryn Tickell has been responsible possibly more than any other piper for returning this kind of music to a fairly sizeable audience and she has done it without dumbing down or sweetening up the music. I saw her perform this material with the above Ensemble Mystical in England a couple of years ago in a medieval Great Hall in Devon, England and it was magnificent; the cd accurately captures the music and for any lover of traditional English or Celtic music it (along with her other recordings) is essential for an overview of the state of the tradition today.

I don't usually write reviews, but like the second reviewer, I so strongly disagree with the first reviewer that I figured I should write something. This cd is a piece of magic. Obviously people have different tastes, and nothing is for everybody. For me, I've owned this cd for several years and have played it over and over. It is very haunting.

I like Enya, Maire Brennan, Secret Garden, and this doesn't even deserve a 1 but I didn't have an option for 0.