Celtic Legends: Bard & Warrior

Jeff Johnson, Brian Dunning

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 14, 1997)
• Original Release Date: January 14, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Windham Hill Records
• ASIN: B000000NLD
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #140,668 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Customer Reviews

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Most Inspiring, Captivating, and Tranquil CD EVER!, April 22, 2000

By	Faeder Dane (Between this plane and the next) - See all my reviews

I purchased this cd on a whim in a local bookstore, and much to my surpise it became my favorite cd. Still is. I use it regulary for excellent sleep and vivid dreams, always awaking refreshed. Several friends have spent the night at my house and been so enchanted by it, they have all bought their own copies. I could give no other cd so high a recommendation. Please don't miss the beauty and peace Dunning & Johnson have graced us with. As if it alone wasn't enought, the insight of Taliesin's tales was helpful in my research of the bards of olde. I can't wait for them to produce another masterpiece...Blessed Be!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Full of mystery and atmosphere, November 30, 2002

By	Brianna Neal (USA) - See all my reviews

In "Music of Celtic Legends: The Bard and the Warrior", lyrical and original compositions are tied together as a whole by recurring themes, which are reworked and rewoven throughout the compositions. Brian Dunning's soulful flutes and whistles soar above the creative keyboards of Jeff Johnson and the added guitar and percussion of other artists. While this is definitely New Age music in style, rather than Celtic, these ambient compositions all have a subtle purpose and yearning about them that evokes images of a quest--perhaps not a quest of fear and gratuitous violence, but of seeking, exploring, and allowing oneself to be awed by the beauty and wonder in the world, and all that one does not (yet) know. I imagine that this is music of a reflective protagonist or two, and that their journey through the wilderness is one of self discovery. These compositions were inspired by writings of Stephen R. Lawhead, historical fantasy author and collector of Celtic legends, and the insert contains vignettes written by Lawhead about Taliesin and CuChulainn, two central figures in the mythic tradition of the Celts. For more storytelling music in the adventurous vein, try also Johnson and Dunning's subsequent release, "Byzantium: The Book of Kells and St. Aidan's Journey", and Ed Van Fleet's "The Forgotten Tribe".

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Relaxation Music, February 25, 2003

By A Customer

This CD will put you in a mellow mood in a heartbeat. This is not only my favorite album by Johnson and Dunning, it is also one of my all time favorite Celtic music CDs. If you like this CD, try any of the albums by Brian Dunning's group "Nightnoise". You'll not be disappointed. However, avoid 'Byzantium-The Book of Kells & St. Aidan's Journey" (the follow-up CD to this), it is no where near as good as Celtic Legends