Believe (Celtic Woman album)

Believe is the seventh studio album released by the group Celtic Woman.

The album was released in two versions: the first a compilation of earlier songs packaged with a new song, "Princess Toyotomi", released on 25 May 2011 in Japan to promote the release of the titular film in which said track served as the theme song, the other a studio album released internationally on 24 January 2012, featuring new music. Vocalists Chloë Agnew, Lisa Kelly, Lisa Lambe, and fiddler Máiréad Nesbitt appear on both versions, while the Japanese version features former members Órla Fallon, Lynn Hilary, Méav Ní Mhaolchatha, Alex Sharpe, and Hayley Westenra.

Track listing

International version

Japanese version

PBS special and DVD release background

A concert special of the same title was recorded live at the Fox Theater in Atlanta, Georgia, United States on 6 and 7 September 2011 to promote and accompany the international release of the album. The concert featured lead vocalists Chloë Agnew, Lisa Kelly, Lisa Lambe and fiddler Máiréad Nesbitt with the Aontas Choral Ensemble and the Celtic Woman band and orchestra led by musical director and pianist David Downes, as well as the Atlanta Pipe Band and the Gwinnett Young Singers. The concert was broadcast on PBS stations across the United States in December 2011 and released on DVD in March 2012.

DVD track listing

Personnel

Note: For international version only.

Per the liner notes:<br> Featured performers<br> Celtic Woman

• Chloë Agnew – vocals
• Lisa Kelly – vocals
• Lisa Lambe – vocals
• Máiréad Nesbitt – fiddle

Other performers

• Bagad de Lann-Bihoué
• Gwinnett Young Singers

Band

• Ewan Cowley – electric and acoustic guitar, bouzouki
• Eoghan O'Neill – bass guitar
• Russell Powell - guitar
• Tommy Martin – uilleann pipes, whistles
• Ray Fean – drums, percussion, bodhrán
• Anthony Byrne – bagpipes
• Andrew Boland – contra pièna-flörten
• David Downes – grand piano, keyboards, whistles, percussion, backing vocals

The Irish Film Orchestra

• Caitríona Walsh – orchestra contractor
• David Downes – conductor, orchestrations, choral arrangements
• Alan Smale – concertmaster
• Martin Johnston – solo cello
• Gerald Peregrine – solo cello
• Nick Ingham – additional orchestrations

Aontas Choral Ensemble

• Rosemary Collier – choral director

Production

• Produced and arranged by David Downes
• Engineered and mixed by Andrew Boland
• Additional engineering by David Downes
• Recorded at Windmill Lane Studio 1 and RTÉ STUDIOTWO, Dublin, Ireland
• Mixed at STUDIOTWO, Dublin
• Mastered by Vlado Meller at Masterdisk, New York, United States

Charts

Note: For international version only.

Certifications

References