meavが好き！コミュのSecond Album 「silver sea」

Firstのmeavから物凄く強いインパクトを受けたので、かなり大人しい印象を受けたが、その分聴きやすく、少しポップになった。声や歌い方が変わった訳ではないので、やはり良かったってのが感想です。
このＣＤの日本盤のみに２曲付いているボーナストラックの中のthe last rose of summer(邦題：庭の千草)は有名なトラッドですが、今回このＣＤで初めて聴いてとても感動しました。

Méav - Silver Sea
Year: 2002

The Songs:
1. You Brought me Up：By John Spillane and Louis de Paor
2. Wicked Sister：A new song based on an old ballad about jealousy, murder and revenge with a beating bodhrán heart.
3. Morning in Béarra：This combines the familiarity of the beautiful melody of Danny Boy with the freshness of Irish lyrics, arranged for shimmering string quartet.
4. Full fathom Five：Méav’s own setting of a vivid text by Shakespeare. It describes a drowned man at the bottom of the sea with pearls for eyes and mermaids tolling bells for him - with harp and echoing layered vocal harmonies.
5. The Waves of Tory：Previously unrecorded flowing song about an emigrant returning to his island after years away -sung in English and Irish.
6. A Maid in Bedlam：Quirky English folksong about a girl in Bedlam asylum driven crazy because her lover has been sent away to sea. Bouncy medieval style arrangement with vocal harmonies and drums.
7.The Cradles：A classical French lullaby by Fauré with a delicate harp accompaniment.
8. Newry Boat Song：A scots girl laments that her lover has crossed the sea and married and Irish girl. Accompanied by a chorus of deep male-voice harmonies.
9. Martha’s Harbour：Contemporary rocking lovesong likening a lover to the sea with guitar accompaniment.
10. The Dark Haired Girl：A medley of a lively, wild piece of Mouth Music from Scotland and a lilting Donegal tune, describing an exciting sea journey.
11. Port na bPucaí：A haunting unaccompanied melody heard over the sea.
12. Silent O Moyle：One of Moore’s best loved melodies, this tale of the children of Lir includes a soaring descant line over a string quartet.
13. Youkali Tango：To end, a sensuous tango about a mysterious island by Kurt Weill given a gypsy flavour with trumpet and accordion.

日本盤にはボーナストラックとして以下の２曲が付いている。
14. The Last Rose Of Summer
15. Greensleeves

結果、このボーナストラックのThe Last Rose Of Summerがとても気に入った。

ジャケット画像は左から、日本盤、アイルランド盤、ＵＳＡ盤。