A Christmas Celebration

Celtic Woman: A Christmas Celebration is the second album from the Irish group Celtic Woman. The album's main members are the same four women who were first featured on the PBS music special of the same name: Méav Ní Mhaolchatha, Órla Fallon, Lisa Kelly, Chloë Agnew and violinist Máiréad Nesbitt. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA in December 2009, for sales of 500,000, and certified Platinum in November 2011 for sales of 1,000,000.[2]

Celtic Woman: A Christmas Celebration
Studio album by
Celtic Woman
Released3 October 2006
RecordedSummer 2006
GenreCeltic
LanguageEnglish, Irish, Latin
LabelManhattan
ProducerDavid Downes
Celtic Woman chronology
Celtic Woman
(2005)		 Celtic Woman: A Christmas Celebration
(2006)		 Celtic Woman: A New Journey
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Music Box[1]

Track listing
No.TitlePerformer(s)Length
1."O Holy Night"Chloë Agnew, Órla Fallon, Lisa Kelly, Máiréad Nesbitt, Méav Ní Mhaolchatha04:25
2."Away in a Manger"Fallon02:31
3."Ding Dong Merrily On High"Agnew, Fallon, Kelly, Nesbitt, Ní Mhaolchatha02:47
4."White Christmas"Agnew, Kelly, Ní Mhaolchatha03:22
5."Silent Night"Nesbitt, Ní Mhaolchatha03:25
6."Christmas Pipes"Agnew, Fallon, Kelly, Nesbitt, Ní Mhaolchatha03:52
7."The Christmas Song"Kelly03:36
8."Carol of the Bells"Nesbitt02:19
9."Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas"Agnew, Fallon, Kelly, Nesbitt, Ní Mhaolchatha02:27
10."Panis Angelicus"Agnew03:56
11."Don Oíche Üd I mBeithil (That Night in Bethlehem)"Agnew, Nesbitt, Ní Mhaolchatha02:44
12."O Come All Ye Faithful"Agnew, Fallon, Kelly, Nesbitt, Ní Mhaolchatha03:51
13."The Little Drummer Boy"Agnew, Fallon03:47
14."The Wexford Carol"Ní Mhaolchatha03:04
15."Let It Snow"Agnew, Fallon, Kelly, Nesbitt, Ní Mhaolchatha02:31

Bonus track on Japanese edition
No.TitlePerformer(s)Length
16."Beyond The Sea" (30 Sec. CM Version)Agnew, Fallon, Kelly, Nesbitt, Ní Mhaolchatha00:40

Bonus track on Spanish edition
  1. Don Oíche Úd Mbeithil (That Night In Bethlehem)
  2. O Come All Ye Faithful
  3. Let It Snow

The 2006 EMI Canada CD release has the following differences. The track sequence is very different. All the "bonus" tracks on the Spanish release are included. The "bonus" track on the Japanese release is not. In The Bleak Midwinter and The First Noel are not included.

DVD

Recorded July 2007 in Dublin

  1. "Carol Of The Bells"-(Mairead)
  2. "Silent Night"-(Mairead & Meav)
  3. "White Christmas"-(Chloe, Lisa, & Meav)
  4. "Away In A Manger"-(Orla)
  5. "Ding Dong Merrily On High"-(All)
  6. "Little Drummer Boy"-(Chloe & Orla)
  7. "The Christmas Song"-(Lisa)
  8. "In The Bleak Midwinter"-(Mariead)
  9. "The First Noël"-(All)
  10. "The Wexford Carol"-(Meav)
  11. "Christmas Pipes"-(All)
  12. "O Holy Night"-(All)
  13. "Panis angelicus"-(Chloe)
  14. "Green The Whole Year Round"-(Lisa)
  15. "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas"-(All)
  16. "Don Oíche Úd I Mbeithil (That Night In Bethlehem)"-(Chloe, Mairead, & Meav with Orla on harp)
  17. "O Come All Ye Faithful"-(All)
  18. "Let It Snow!"-(All)

Personnel

Performers:

The Irish Holiday Film Orchestra was recorded at Icicle Studios, Dublin, Ireland Directed by Timothy Wells Celtic Woman Band:

The Antonas Choir was recorded at South Hill Studios, Dublin, Ireland Directed by Rosemary Collier All Christmas arrangements by David Downes

Chart history

References
  1. The Music Box review
  2. "Recording Industry Association of America". RIAA. Archived from the original on 2008-09-02. Retrieved 2012-02-09.
  3. "Ultratop.be – Celtic Woman – A Christmas Celebration" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  4. "Spanishcharts.com – Celtic Woman – A Christmas Celebration". Hung Medien.
  5. "Celtic Woman Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  6. "Celtic Woman Chart History (World Albums)". Billboard.
  7. A Christmas Celebration - Celtic Woman
  8. "American album certifications – Celtic Woman – A Christmas Celebration". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. 


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