The Greatest Journey
Celtic Woman: The Greatest Journey is a compilation album by the group Celtic Woman, released on 28 October 2008. It features tracks from their self-titled debut album and A New Journey, plus three new tracks.
Performers in The Greatest Journey are vocalists Chloë Agnew, Órla Fallon, Lynn Hilary, Lisa Kelly, Méav Ní Mhaolchatha, Alex Sharpe, Hayley Westenra and fiddler Máiréad Nesbitt.
''Celtic Woman: The Greatest Journey - The Essential Collection'' DVD
Celtic Woman: The Greatest Journey - The Essential Collection was released on DVD on 30 January 2008 and features vocalists Chloë Agnew, Órla Fallon, Lisa Kelly, Méav Ní Mhaolchatha, Hayley Westenra and fiddler Máiréad Nesbitt. The DVD follows the same format as the CD by reprising songs from previous concerts at the Helix Theatre in Dublin, Ireland in 2004 and Slane Castle in County Meath, Ireland in 2006. Some of the tracks are presented as montages of footage from both concerts, such as "Orinoco Flow", while others are partially abbreviated, such as "Mo Ghile Mear".Personnel
Per the liner notes:Featured performers
- Chloë Agnew – vocals
- Órla Fallon – vocals, harp
- Lisa Kelly – vocals
- Lynn Hilary – vocals
- Méav Ní Mhaolchatha – vocals
- Máiréad Nesbitt – fiddle
- Alex Sharpe – vocals
- Hayley Westenra – vocals
- Des Moore – guitar, bouzouki
- Eoghan O'Neill – bass guitar
- John O'Brien – pipes, whistle
- Ray Fean – drums, percussion
- Robbie Casserly – additional percussion
- Nicky Bailey – percussion
- Robbie Harris, Andrew Reilly – bodhrán
- Russ Powell - cello
- Andreja Malir – harp
- Andrew Boland – pièna-flörten
- David Downes – keyboards, whistles, percussion, backing vocals
- Caitríona Walsh – orchestra contractor
- John Page, David Downes – conductors
- Alan Smale – concertmaster
- Martin Johnston, Bill Butt – solo cello
- Rosemary Collier – choral director
- Róisin Dexter – conductor
- David Downes – production, arrangements, orchestrations, additional engineering
- Andrew Boland – engineering, mixing
- Recorded at Corrig Sound, Windmill Lane Studios 1 & 2 and RTÉ Studio 1, Dublin, Ireland
- Mixed at Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin, Ireland
- Mastered at Joe Gastwirt at Gastwirt Mastering, Los Angeles, United States