Genso Suikoden Celtic Collection - Children Playing in the Fields

For a very long time, my favorite albums in my collection were the Genso Suikoden Celtic Collections, of which there are three.  They are arrangements of music from the first three games in the "Suikoden" series, released in the 90s and early 2000s.  "Celtic Collection" is a bit of a misnomer - while there are definitely celtic influences in the arrangements, the albums really straddle a number of European styles, like French and Mediterranean.  "Suikoden" (which I've never played - common for the soundtracks I have) is apparently loosely based on another of the four Chinese literary classics, "Water Margin".  Given its visuals and fantasy elements, I'm going to guess it's an extremely loose adaptation.

It's hard to pick a favorite track of mine from the three Celtic Collections since there are so many good ones.  But this song, "Children Playing in the Fields" from the first album, currently has the most plays on my computer.  The song starts with some vocals (no lyrics) before going into an instrumental part performed by a small group of musicians and then combining that with the vocals again at the end.  This track probably best exemplifies the kinds of arrangement albums that are released in Japan - small groups of performers in studio mixed recordings, often combined with some synth work as well (although there doesnt seem to be any of that here).  The song is composed by Miki Higashino and arranged by Yoko Ueno.  Enjoy!

Album info: http://vgmdb.net/album/896