Symphonie Celtique

Stivell, further back in France, reached a European then global reach. In Italy, class Stivell 52nd best rock musician of all time ("Best Rock Musicians of all times") in the "String / Wind" category. Italian free radio stations broadcast his music, which led him to play in the wake before 11,000 people in Rome and 14,000 in Milan. In Great Britain, Andy Morgan believes that "Stivell's early crative development reached a climax with the staging of his Symphonie Celtique. Is the ultimate expression of everything Stivell felt about his Celtic roots and their place in the wider cultural context." ==Track listing==

This track listing is as presented on the sleeve of the original LP release; this differs slightly from that of the CD reissue. All music was composed by Alan Stivell. • '''KELC'H UNAN:''' First Circle (20:45) • BEAJ d'an Ec'honderiou Diabarzh - voyage to our inner spaces • HIRAEZH d'an Amser dremenet ha da-zoned - nostalgia for the past and the future • "Gwerz 1" and "Loc'h ar Goulenn" - "Song 1" and "Profound lake that I interrogate" • DIVODAN en Holl Veur - dissolution in the Great All • '''KELC'H DAOU:''' Second Circle (18:24) • EMSKIANT newez tost d'ar Mann en Eil Bed kenstur - regaining consciousness near the Nothingness in the second parallel world • KENDASKREN Gant an Hollved - vibratory communion with the universe • IMRAM d'an Inisenn - in quest of the Isle • DILESTRAN was Inis gWenva - landing on Blissful Isle, the isle of the Pure World, the third world (or the third life, that of perfection or harmony) • '''KELC'H TRI:''' Third Circle (33:15) • AR C'HAMMOU KENTAÑ war an Inisenn - first steps on the Isle • Kawadden AR GEODED SKEDUS: Tir Na Nóg - discovery of the Radiant City • AR BALE TREMA 'R GEODED - the march towards the City • GOUEL HOLLVEDEL - universal festival • AN DISTRO trumm e-barzh ar Bed Keñverel ha Goulenn - sudden return to the relative and interrogative world ==Personnel==

• Alan Stivell – vocals, harps, Scottish bagpipes, whistle, bombard • Chris Hayward – flute, percussion • Robby Finkel – keyboards • Michel Prezman – keyboards • Dominique Widiez – keyboards • Marc Perru – guitars • Mikael Valy – bass guitar • Roger Secco – drums • Padrig Kerre – fiddle, mandolin, bodhran • Daniel Herve – uilleann pipes • Marie-José Cochevelou – spoken word • Maire Fenton – Irish vocal • Uña Ramos – kena • Narendra Bataju – sitar • Mrs Bataju – tampura with additional pipe/Bombard and drum bands, full orchestra, a choir directed by Christiane Legrand, and the Berber female vocal group DjurDjura. == References ==