A Midwinter Night’s Dream ilustra o vasto leque de influências musicais de Loreena McKennnitt, desde a música Celta até ao Médio Oriente. O seu ecletismo brilha no misticismo de The Holly And The Ivy, nos arranjos exóticos Orientais de God Rest Ye Merry, Gentleman, nas nuances Latinas de Emmanuel, e na versão de influência do Norte de África, cantada em Francês Antigo, de Noël Nouvelet!

• Edição Limitada (5000 Unidades)
• Edição Numerada
• Vinil 180 Gramas
• Prensagem na Record Industry, Holanda
• Masterizado por Bob Ludwig na Gateway Mastering
• Corte de Vinil por Jeff Wolpert

Loreena McKennnitt’s 'A Midwinter Night’s Dream' features an array of Loreena's wide musical influences, ranging from Celtic to classical to Middle Eastern. McKennitt’s eclecticism shines through in the mysticism of The Holly and the Ivy, the exotic Eastern arrangements of God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen, the Latin-sung Emmanuel and the North French/African rendering of Noël Nouvelet!, sung in Old French.

Expanded from the 5-track 1995 EP "A Winter Garden: Five Songs for the Season," the newly titled album (originally released in 2008) now contains 13 holiday classics.

"Canadian singer/composer/harpist Loreena McKennitt's lush Celtic-infused balladry and worldbeat sensibilities lend themselves well to holiday music...The songs are immaculately produced as always, and McKennitt's predilection for Eastern mysticism and unique instrumentation keeps them from falling into the usual seasonal clichés." ~ James Christopher Monger, All Music

Loreena continues to celebrate her 30th anniversary as a recording artist with the vinyl release of her 2009 cross-cultural collection of seasonal music,

A Midwinter Night’s Dream.

A Midwinter Night’s Dream is available in a global limited edition of just 5,000 individually numbered copies pressed at the Record Industry plant in the Netherlands on 180g vinyl from the original high resolution masters.

“We are delighted to bring this recording into the vinyl format. As someone who grew up with the beautiful and exquisite sonic experience of vinyl, I think those who cherish music in this way will find these archival releases illuminating. Additionally, given that we make so many decisions at tracking stage to enhance and protect the fidelity of the recording, it is gratifying from an artist’s stand point that this music can be appreciated beyond the compression of an MP3.” comments McKennitt.

Músicos:

Loreena McKennitt, voz, piano, acordeão, harpa
Brian Hughes, oud, guitarra
Hugh Marsh, violino
Caroline Lavelle, violoncelo
Donald Quan, viola, percussão
Ben Grossman, hurdy gurdy, percussão
Simon Edwards, baixo
Rick Lazar, percussão

Lista de Faixas:

Lado A
1. The Holly & The Ivy
2. Un Flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle
3. The Seven Rejoices of Mary
4. Noel Nouvelet!
5. Good King Wenceslas
6. Snow

Lado B
1. Coventry Carol
2. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Abdelli version)
3. Breton Carol
4. Seeds of Love
5. Gloucestershire Wassail
6. Emmanuel
7. In the Bleak Midwinter

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