The Riverdance CD features the music from the show that played an instrumental part in placing Irish music among popular favorites. Traditional instruments and dance combine to provide the base for a soundtrack, written by Bill Whelan, that incorporates the best of Irish and other world musicians who create a sound that is at once completely traditional and completely new. The full-length soundtrack tells a story centered around Irish music, but also tells a loose story of many different peoples who found themselves emigres in the twentieth century. The paradoxically formal yet expressive, sensual, and exhilarating energy of traditional Irish dance and Irish folk music is only the beginning. Bill Whelan has composed a score full of strong melodies, excitement, romantic dreams, and nostalgic longing. Complete with orchestra, Whelan brings influences from Irish classical music, incorporates the haunting sound of vocal group Anuna, and adds the diverse folk sounds of Nova Scotia, Macedonia, Russia, and Andalucia to his rich cultural melting pot. The Riverdance CD is a must-have for any Irish music fan. Riverdance CD track titles:

• Reel Around The Sun
• The Heart's Cry
• The Countess Cathleen/ Women of Sidhe
• Caoineadh Cu Chulainn (Lament)
• Shivna
• Firedance<li>Slip Into Spring
• Riverdance
• American Wake (The Nova Scotia Set)
• Lift The Wings
• Macedonian Morning
• Marta's Dance/ The Russian Dervish
• Andalucia
• Home And The Heartland
• The Harvest
• Riverdance (Dance Remix)

Riverdance CD - Bill Whelan: Copyright 1995.