Essential Anuna (2005)

About this title: Anuna have come a long way since their debut in Bill Whelan's Celtic dance extravaganza Riverdance. Composer Michael McGlynn and his choral ensemble have since collaborated with artists such as Sinéad O'Connor, the Chieftains, Sting, Máire Brennan, and Elvis Costello, as well as release their own music, the best of which can be found here on Essential Anuna. Anuna's ethereal blend of Middle English, Scots Gaelic, Irish, Breton, Medieval Irish, Latin, and Greek choral music is infused with modern sensibilities. McGlynn's compositions have an almost jazz-like dimension to them, an effect that ... read more

Tracks:

1. The Blue Bird [Sanford]
2. Cormacus Scripsit
3. The Wild Song [McGlynn]
4. Siúil, A Rúin [Traditional]
5. Wind on Sea [McGlynn]
6. The Rising of the Sun [McGlynn]
7. The Flower of Maherally [Traditional]
8. Dúlamán [McGlynn]
9. Kyrie [McGlynn]
10. Deep Dead Blue [Costello/Frisell]
11. Blackthorn [McGlynn]
12. Behind the Closed Eye [McGlynn/Ledwidge]
13. August [McGlynn/Ledwidge]
14. Christus Resurgens [Traditional]
15. Victimae [McGlynn]
16. Pie Jesu [McGlynn]
17. Hymn to the Virgin [McGlynn]
18. Cynara [Dowson/McGlynn]
19. War Is Over [Greenawalt/McGlynn/]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.