An elaboration of Celtic music where instruments like tin whistle, harp, concert flute, fiddle, dulcimer are fused with keyboards and rhythms of our age.

10 MP3 Songs
NEW AGE: Celtic New Age, WORLD: Celtic

Show all album songs: Taliesin - Poetical And Musical Re-elaboration Of A Legend Songs


Details:
Gian Castello is a flute - player who has studied Irish music with various flute teachers (John Lee, County Donegal, and Micho Russell, County Clare).
He is a fervent follower of Celtic culture, i. e. the culture which has its roots in Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Brittany.
He elaborates the music of those Countries and draws inspiration from the poetry of the ancient bards (harp - players who took up the task of keeping the tradition alive).
In his records and concerts, he also plays guitar, bodhràn, dulcimer, he writes texts and songs which he sings.
The Legend of Taliesin: the Welsh witch Keridwen, to cheer her deform son Afang - du, prepared the draught of wisdom for him. Her servant Gwion Bach accidentally drank three drops which fell on his hand. After a series of metamorphoses and reincarnations he is born as Taliesin (that is to say, Shining Forehead) and became the chief bard of Brittany, imbued with all the wisdom which was magically infused through the draught. The CD is a poetical and musical re - elaboration of the legend of Taliesin and his poems.
The little English book included, contains texts, poetical introductions to the tunes and a glossary, which are necessary to understand the meaning of the work.

The musicians and collaborators are:

Gian Castello: tin whistle, concert flute, tenor flute,
dulcimer, guitar, percussions, lead vocal, auto harp, texts, arrangements

Anna Manusso: violin, vocals

Enrico Cotella: keyboard, percussions, arrangements

Marco Canepa: digital sampler, computer, percussions, mixing

Daniel Ponte: advice about Irish musical style

Giorgio Testini: guitar in âThe Previous Livesâ and musical advice

Gabriella Veardo: vocals in âThe Previous Livesâ

Peter De Ville: translation from Italian

By the same author are available on CD:
MERLIN THE ENCHANTER, LA PIETRA NEL CAMPO with Steve Haggerty Celtic harp, THE SECRET KINGDOMS.
In the next few months RAMA, THE PRIMORDIAL DRUID.