The mask and mirror

~ Release by Loreena McKennitt (see all versions of this release, 14 available)

Annotation

The crusades, the pilgrimage to Santiago,Cathars, the Knights Templar, the Sufis from Egypt, One Thousand and One Nights in Arabia, the Celtic sacred imagery of trees, the Gnostic Gospels... who was God ? and what is religion, what spirituality ? What was revealed and what was concealed... and what was the mask ans what the mirror ?

Annotation last modified on 2020-04-09 12:52 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1The Mystic's Dream
producer:
Loreena McKennitt
mixer:
Jeff Wolpert
bass and tambura:
George Koller
cello and background vocals:
Anne Bourne
electric guitar and oud:
Brian Hughes (guitarist)
keyboard and membranophone:
Loreena McKennitt
membranophone and percussion:
Rick Lazar
nai and oud:
Abraham Tawfik
tabla:
Ravi Naimpally
uilleann pipes:
Patrick Hutchinson
choir vocals:
Victoria Scholars
vocals:
Loreena McKennitt
chorus master:
Jerzy Chichocki
recording of:
The Mystic’s Dream
lyricist and composer:
Loreena McKennitt
47:42
2The Bonny Swans
additional producer:
Dónal Lunny
mixer:
Jeff Wolpert
accordion and keyboard:
Loreena McKennitt
balalaika and guitar family:
Brian Hughes (guitarist)
bass:
George Koller
bodhrán and bouzouki:
Dónal Lunny
cello:
Anne Bourne
fiddle:
Hugh Marsh
percussion:
Rick Lazar
vocals:
Loreena McKennitt
recording of:
The Bonny Swans
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer and arranger:
Loreena McKennitt
47:21
3The Dark Night of the Soul
mixer:
Jeff Wolpert
cello and strings:
George Koller
electric sitar and guitar:
Brian Hughes (guitarist)
fiddle:
Hugh Marsh
synthesizer:
Loreena McKennitt
vocals:
Loreena McKennitt
recording of:
The Dark Night of the Soul
lyricist:
San Juan de la Cruz (Saint John of the Cross)
composer:
Loreena McKennitt
46:45
4Marrakesh Night Market
mixer:
Jeff Wolpert
accordion and synthesizer:
Loreena McKennitt
balalaika, electric guitar and guitar family:
Brian Hughes (guitarist)
bass:
George Koller
fiddle:
Hugh Marsh
membranophone:
Al Cross
membranophone, percussion and udu:
Rick Lazar
vocals:
Loreena McKennitt
recording of:
Marrakesh Night Market
lyricist and composer:
Loreena McKennitt
46:30
5Full Circle
mixer:
Jeff Wolpert
bass and strings:
George Koller
harp and synthesizer:
Loreena McKennitt
vocals:
Loreena McKennitt
recording of:
Full Circle
lyricist and composer:
Loreena McKennitt
45:57
6Santiago
mixer:
Richard Evans (UK recording engineer, producer and musician)
accordion and synthesizer:
Loreena McKennitt
balalaika and guitar family:
Brian Hughes (guitarist)
bass and cello:
George Koller
bouzouki:
Dónal Lunny
fiddle:
Hugh Marsh
hurdy gurdy:
Nigel Eaton
membranophone and percussion:
Rick Lazar
vocals:
Loreena McKennitt
arranger:
Loreena McKennitt
instrumental recording of:
Santiago
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
35:59
7Cé Hé Mise Le Ulaingt? / The Two Trees
mixer:
Jeff Wolpert
bass and tambura:
George Koller
cello:
Ofra Harnoy (cellist)
piano and synthesizer:
Loreena McKennitt
strings:
Adele Armin (violinist), Andy Benac, Marie Bérard (violinist), Heinz Boshart, David Hetherington, Fujiko Imajishi, Morry Kernerman, Sylvia Lange, Susan Lipchak, David Miller (undetermined string player), Douglas Perry (Canadian violist), Sharon Prater, Marc Sabat (Canadian-born violinist and composer) and Kent Teeple
uilleann pipes:
Patrick Hutchinson
vocals:
Loreena McKennitt
cello and strings arranger:
John Welsman
recording of:
Cé Hé Mise Le Ulaingt? / The Two Trees
lyricist:
William Butler Yeats
composer:
Patrick Hutchinson and Loreena McKennitt
39:10
8Prospero's Speech
mixer:
Jeff Wolpert
bass:
George Koller
pipe organ and synthesizer:
Loreena McKennitt
vocals:
Loreena McKennitt
recording of:
Prospero's Speech
lyricist:
William Shakespeare (English poet and playwright)
composer:
Loreena McKennitt
is based on:
The Tempest
33:23