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4.5
There are some quiet moments that prove even more satisfying with dreamy melodies to punctuate them. And nothing transports and calms as does the Celtic harp with a little mandolin and fiddle thrown in. Hopeless romantic that I am, Haste to the Wedding takes me to leafy glens, fragrant bowers, hilly crooks, both secret places and bustling fairs, to shimmering youthful days that blurred one onto the other, when all there was to know shone in the blue-violet eyes of a first lover. This is a sentimental collection of traditional airs, faithfully performed by Anne Roos and peers who complement with accordion, guitar, and bodhran to set toes to tapping and foolish hearts to sweetly ache in the remembering. The CD package similarly gilds with recipes, lore, and ancient customs bound into a lacy little booklet. So many tantalizing elements to enjoy in this lovely presentation. May love always reign. "The love you give away is the only love you keep."