The Mystic Harp

Derek Bell | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 1, 1996)
• Original Release Date: January 1, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Clarity Snd & Light
• ASIN: B000003LVR
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,558 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #6 in Music > Indie Music > New Age > International
  • #25 in Music > Indie Music > World Music > Europe
  • #74 in Music > New Age > Celtic New Age

Editorial Reviews

Billboard magazine

"...an ambiance quiet and dreamy enough to appeal to new age audiences and Celtic folkies"

Product Description

Derek Bell, of the Chieftains,, captures the haunting, mystical quality of traditional Celtic music on this solo album of original melodies by Donald Walters.

Derek has played harp for 23 years with five-time Grammy Award-winning group, The Chieftains--Ireland's best-known interpreters of traditional Celtic music. Classically trained, Bell joined the group in 1972, after a distinguished career as a harpist with the Northern Ireland BBC Orchestra, and as a professor of harp and Irish harps at the Belfast Academy of Music.

For thirty-one years, The Chieftains have been the most influential of the Irish folk musicians, credited with doing more to spread the appreciation of traditional Irish music than any other group in Ireland's history. Bell, a resident of Northern Ireland, has several solo albums to his credit. He has composed three piano sonatas and Symphony in E-flat for orchestra, and is the recipient of the Manns Prize from the Royal College of Music

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "The silence must be heard", July 23, 2002

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Michele Minard (CLARKSBURG, WV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Mystic Harp (Audio CD)

This artist will open a new chapter in your life. I reach for this CD after a long day at the office. The music is a blend of classical, new age. Deeply moving, these songs give you a moment to reflect on love and to explore your inner self. If you play piano, this is a worthy investment. Let "Mystic Harp", melt your stress, and be lifted instantly.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Most soothing music ever, December 6, 2003

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N. Curran "Gramnan" (Maryland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Mystic Harp (Audio CD)

It is soothing, relaxing, regenerating collection of Music I have found. I can read while listening to this CD, I often go to sleep with the music.
I so wanted to hear Derek Bell when he was alive. The sorrow of the Chieftains is very evident. He was a good and great person in life as well as music. I found harp music too late, but we can all still enjoy Derek Bell's music.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A gem: a consumate harper, an ideal instrument, December 4, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Mystic Harp (Audio CD)

Derek Bell, the harper of the The Chieftains, has here an album of uplifting, relaxing music in the Irish tradition. Bell is one of the great "old timers" of the Celtic harp, having performed on the instrument for many decades. Yet he brings to this disk a freshness that will delight anyone looking for both a moving experience and transcendent artistry.

On this CD, Derek plays a lovely harp made by Glenn Hill of Oregon: itself a work of art. Glenn has made harps for some of the leading harpers of the world and this harp is a joy to hear. Each harp made possesses its own soul and voice and Glenn's Crescent Moon harp is one of my favorite in all the world.

I listen to this album literally nightly: it is part of my sleep ritual and I believe that the music on it has been responsible for some of the improvements in daily functioning that I have experienced lately.

Buy this CD. You will thank yourself over and over.