''Voices of Angels'' is the eleventh studio album released by the group

Celtic Woman Celtic Woman is an all-female Irish musical ensemble conceived and created by David Kavanagh, Sharon Browne and David Downes, a former musical director of the Irish stage show ''Riverdance.'' In 2004, Downes recruited five Irish female music ...

Background

The album was recorded at Cauldron Studios in

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with the seventy-two-piece RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland in August 2016, and includes a mixture of original songs, new covers and re-arranged versions of previous Celtic Woman covers. ''Voices of Angels'' features vocalists

Susan McFadden Susan McFadden (born 8 February 1983) is an Irish actress and singer. She is best known for playing the roles of Sandy in '' Grease'' and Elle Woods in ''Legally Blonde the Musical'' in London's West End and being a member of Celtic Woman from ...

Mairéad Carlin Mairéad Carlin is an Irish singer. She is a former member of the ensemble Celtic Woman and was the first-ever member of the group that was born in Northern Ireland. Early life Carlin was born in Derry. "Derry, my hometown, is a very cultured and ...

Éabha McMahon Éabha McMahon (pronounced ''AY-va'') is a contralto Irish singer and a former member of the ensemble Celtic Woman. In 2020 she began recording music under the name AVA. Early life Éabha was born in Dublin, Ireland on 9 December 1990. She is a ...

, and fiddler and harpist

Tara McNeill Tara McNeill (pronounced ''TAR-a'') is an Irish violinist, harpist, and soprano singer from Antrim, Northern Ireland. Early life and career McNeill comes from a family that is musically inclined. All her siblings play musical instruments. At S ...

, with a guest appearance by former member and current vocal director

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. This is the group's first album to feature McNeill as their newest member (at the time). A digital-download copy of the album was made available as part of a ticket presale for the group's 2017 ''Voices of Angels'' tour in the United States, Canada, Japan, Europe, and Australia.

Track listing

Notes * Tracks 14 and 15 were not available on digital-download versions of the album. * Tracks 2, 7 and 15 orchestrated by Paul Campbell. Notes * Tracks 2, 7 and 16 orchestrated by Paul Campbell. * Track 15 was originally released on the original ''

'' album. * Track 19 was originally released on the album ''

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''. * Tracks 15 and 19 were produced by David Downes. Notes * Tracks 2, 5 and 11 orchestrated by Paul Campbell. * Track 12 was originally released on the album ''

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''. * Track 13 was originally released on the album ''

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'' and performed by

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. The arrangement featured, performed by

, appeared on the album '' Emerald - Musical Gems''. * Tracks 14-16 were originally released on the original ''

'' album. * Track 17 was originally released on the album ''

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''. * Track 18 was originally released on the album ''

''. * Track 19 was originally released on the album '' Songs from the Heart''. * Track 20 was originally released on the album ''

'' with vocals by

. The arrangement featured, with vocals by

, appeared on the album '' Emerald - Musical Gems''. * Tracks 13-20 were produced by David Downes.

Personnel

Celtic Woman *

– vocals *

–

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, Irish harp *

– vocals The Orchestra of Ireland *Joe Csibi – orchestra contractor, conductor Celtic Voices Choir *Paul McGough – choir co-ordinator Production *Gavin Murphy – musical director, album producer, arrangements, orchestrations *

– vocal director *Paul Campbell – additional orchestrations (tracks 2, 7 and 15) *David Montuy, David McCune – additional recording and editing *Tim Martin – recording, mixing, orchestra and choir recording *Mark Thomas Dwyer, Ciaran Byrne – orchestra recording *Rachel Conlan – choir recording *Andy Walter – album mastering

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

This was the first Celtic Woman album to appear on the ''Billboard'' Classical Albums chart. The album also debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Biz

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chart. The album appeared on the ''Billboard'' World Albums chart for 48 consecutive weeks. As of December 27, 2017, the album had spent 53 weeks on the chart, including 14 weeks at No. 1.

References

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