Ugo
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Posted: Jan. 22 2010, 16:45 |
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Well, what Voyager is, that's quite easy to say, I think: it's Mike Oldfield's Celtic album. Celtic/Irish music was happening big time when it was released, and of course Enya was getting bigger than everyone else @ WEA, so I think it would be fair to imagine that someone inside the label pushed Mike O. to release a Celtic-themed album. So, if you like Celtic music, if you have ever been in an Irish pub to hear some traditional music and liked what you heard, then you're bound to like Voyager. If you don't like Celtic music and Ireland, you're bound to hate it. That's all, IMHO. I do like Irish music, I love Enya and Clannad (which are essentially Enya & family), so I love Voyager. It's not terribly original, of course, and it's certainly not groundbreaking in terms of how Mike O. approached Celtic music. But, if you like the genre, it's excellent. Stand-out pieces? Yes, there's one - "Mont St. Michel", his first fully orchestrated composition. But also his reworks of traditional tunes, that are older than my grandmother's grandmother and yet do not sound that old, are also great.
-------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian
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