These Celtic Woman songs have had some rearrangements over the years:
• Orinoco Flow (originally from Celtic Woman, rearranged for Ancient Land)
• She Moved Through the Fair (originally from Celtic Woman, rearranged for Voices of Angels)
• Walk Beside Me (originally from Destiny, rearranged for Voices of Angels)
• Newgrange (originally from A New Journey, rearranged for Ancient Land)
• Over the Rainbow (originally from A New Journey, rearranged for Ancient Land)
• O, America! (originally from Songs from the Heart, rearranged for Voices of Angels)
For each of these songs, which do you prefer, the original or rearrangement, and why?
My opinions:
• Orinoco Flow: Original. The rearrangement is great, especially since they got very creative with the intro and chorus etc., but it just lacks the full orchestral power of the original which I loved.
• She Moved Through the Fair: Original. Absolutely no offence to the rearrangement (especially Susan's dancing during live performances), which is also amazing, but this sounded much more enchanting and fairytale-esque.
• Walk Beside Me: Rearrangement. This is one of my favourite "love songs" to come from the group, and the way they rearranged it for Voices of Angels with the full orchestra and the uilleann pipe solo is absolutely gorgeous (no offence to the original, though).
• Newgrange: Rearrangement. In my opinion, Mairéad C.'s operatic voice at the beginning is absolutely stunning (no offence to Órla, though)!
• Over the Rainbow: Original. Mairéad C. and Megan did good, especially with their little "ooh"s in the rearrangement, but acapella is much more ethereal and the original greatly represents that.
• O, America!: Original. Unfortunately I haven't ever heard the rearrangement yet...