:A Midwinter Night's Dream
:"A Midwinter Night's Dream" is also the name of episodes from The Golden Girls, and Frasier.
{{Infobox album
| name = A Midwinter Night's Dream
| type = Album
| artist = Loreena McKennitt
| cover = Midwinternightsdream.jpg
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| released = October 28, 2008
| recorded = 1995, June 15-25, 2008
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| length = 54:29
| label = Quinlan Road, Universal
| producer = Loreena McKennitt
| prev_title = Nights from the Alhambra
| prev_year = 2007
| next_title = A Mediterranean Odyssey
| next_year = 2009
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A Midwinter Night's Dream is the eighth studio album by the Canadian singer, songwriter, accordionist, harpist, and pianist Loreena McKennitt, released on October 28, 2008.[http://www.quinlanroad.com/temp/AMWND-Release-Dates-Table.html Release date by territory (Quinlanroad.com)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011033706/http://www.quinlanroad.com/temp/AMWND-Release-Dates-Table.html |date=October 11, 2008 }}
Origins
The album is an extended version of A Winter Garden: Five Songs for the Season (1995). 8 new tracks (recorded at Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios during spring 2008) were added to the original 5 songs of the 1995 EP.
A Midwinter Night's Dream takes the place of A Winter Garden, which has been deleted from the Quinlan Road catalogue.{{Cite web |url=http://www.quinlanroad.com/newsandviews/currentupdates.asp?id=784 |title=Quinlanroad.com - July 1, 2008 |access-date=July 19, 2008 |archive-date=February 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214055900/http://www.quinlanroad.com/newsandviews/currentupdates.asp?id=784 |url-status=dead }}
Track listing
- "The Holly & the Ivy" (traditional, music by McKennitt) – 4:49
- "Un flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle" (traditional) – 3:06
- "The Seven Rejoices of Mary" (traditional) – 4:34
- "Noël Nouvelet!" (traditional) – 5:11
- "Good King Wenceslas" (John Mason Neale) – 3:16
- "Coventry Carol" (traditional, music arranged & adapted by McKennitt) – 2:18
- "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" (Abdelli version) (traditional, music arranged and adapted by McKennitt) – 7:19
- "Snow" (lyrics by Archibald Lampman, music by McKennitt) – 5:05
- "Breton Carol" (traditional) – 3:30
- "Seeds of Love" (traditional, music by McKennitt) – 4:54
- "Gloucestershire Wassail" (traditional) – 2:39
- "Emmanuel" (traditional) – 4:55
- "In the Bleak Midwinter" (Gustav Holst) – 2:43 {{Cite web |url=http://quinlanroad.com/explorethemusic/mid-winter-nights-dream.asp |title=A Midwinter's Night Dream on Quinlanroad.com |access-date=2008-09-20 |archive-date=2014-03-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311165617/http://www.quinlanroad.com/explorethemusic/mid-winter-nights-dream.asp |url-status=dead }}
Charts
Personnel
- Loreena McKennitt – vocals, piano, accordion and harp
- Brian Hughes – oud and guitar
- Hugh Marsh – violin
- Caroline Lavelle – cello
- Donald Quan – viola and percussion
- Ben Grossman – hurdy-gurdy and percussion
- Simon Edwards – bass
- Rick Lazar – percussion
- Stratis Psaradellis – Greek lyra and Greek lute
References
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