Emerald – Musical Gems

Emerald – Musical Gems is the seventh studio album (and ninth overall) by the group Celtic Woman, released on 25 February 2014.

Emerald – Musical Gems features vocalists Chloë Agnew (her last following her departure from the group in spring 2013), Susan McFadden, Lisa Lambe, and fiddler Máiréad Nesbitt. The songs on the album are re-recorded versions of songs previously covered by the group.

The accompanying concert special for American television station PBS (and later DVD and Blu-ray), also entitled Emerald – Musical Gems, was recorded in April 2013 at the Morris Performing Arts Center, South Bend, Indiana, United States. It was the group's second concert special to be recorded in the country since Believe was recorded two years prior.

The album debuted at No. 29 on the Billboard 200 albums chart on its first week of release,^[1] with around 10,000 copies sold in the United States. It also debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard World Albums chart^[2] and No. 3 on the Independent Albums charts.^[3] As of December 2015, the album has sold 73,000 copies in the country.^[4]

Performers[]

• Chloë Agnew
• Lisa Lambe
• Susan McFadden
• Máiréad Nesbitt
• Lynn Hilary – 2014 (Replacing Lisa during the 2014 tour when necessary)
• Mairéad Carlin – 2014 (Replacing Chloë during the 2014 tour)
• Aontas Choir
  • Craig Ashurst
  • Edel Murphy
  • Dermot Kiernan
  • Sarah Gannon

Track listing[]

CD[]

Target-exclusive deluxe edition bonus tracks[]

DVD and Blu-ray[]

Tour Information[]

PBS Special, DVD and Blu-ray setlist, 2013[]

Act 1

1. "Awakening" (All)
2. "Dúlamán" (Lisa)
3. "Caledonia" (Susan)
4. "Nocturne" (Chloë and Máiréad)
5. "Orinoco Flow" (Chloë, Lisa and Susan)
6. "The New Ground" (Instrumental)
7. "Téir Abhaile Riú" (All) – Céilí dresses
8. "The Coast of Galiçia" (Máiréad)
9. "Danny Boy" (All)
10. "Mo Ghile Mear" (All)

● Intermission – Gown change

Act 2

1. "Amazing Grace" (Chloë, Lisa and Susan)
2. "She Moved Through the Fair" (Chloë and Lisa)
3. "Bridge Over Troubled Water" (Lisa)
4. "Níl Sé'n Lá" (All) – Céilí dresses
5. "Shenandoah / The Contradiction" (Máiréad)
6. "The Voice" (Máiréad and Susan)
7. "Ave Maria" (Chloë)
8. "You Raise Me Up" (All)
9. "The Parting Glass" (All)
10. "At the Céilí" (Playoff) (Máiréad)

Additional tour setlist, 2014 (Emerald – Musical Gems World Tour)[]

Act 1

1. "The Sky and the Dawn and the Sun" (All)
2. "Dúlamán" (Lisa or Lynn)
3. "Newgrange" (Mairéad C.)
4. "The Butterfly" (Máiréad N.)
5. "Orinoco Flow" (Lisa or Lynn, Mairéad C. and Susan)
6. "The Moon's a Harsh Mistress" (Susan)
7. "Amazing Grace" (Lisa or Lynn, Mairéad C. and Susan)
8. "Sí Do Mhaimeo Í" (Lisa or Lynn, Máiréad N. and Mairéad C.)
9. "The New Ground" (Instrumental)
10. "Téir Abhaile Riú" (All) – Céilí dresses

● Intermission – Gown change

Act 2

1. "I Know My Love" (Mairéad C.)
2. "Bridge Over Troubled Water" (Lisa) / "My Lagan Love" (Lynn)
3. "The Call" (Susan and Máiréad N.)
4. "Níl Sé'n Lá" (All) – Céilí dresses
5. "Granuaile's Dance" (Máiréad N.)
6. "Danny Boy" (All)
7. "Mo Ghile Mear" (All)
8. "You Raise Me Up" (All)
9. "The Parting Glass" (All)
10. "Finale / Mo Ghile Mear" (All)

Shows[]

Charts[]

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