An Ancient Muse

~ Release by Loreena McKennitt (see all versions of this release, 10 available)

Annotation

Recorded and mixed at Real World Studios, Box, England, mastered at Gateway Mastering Studios, Inc., Portland, ME, additional recording and editing at Angel Studios, London, England, Cantini Music, Athens, Greece, Firehouse Studios, Pasadena, California, Kick Audio, Toronto, Ontario, Lansdowne Studios, London, England, NRG Recording, North Hollywood, California, Q Music, Toronto, Ontario and XM Studios, Jazz at Lincoln Centre, New York, New York.

Annotation last modified on 2008-08-15 03:56 UTC.

Tracklist

Enhanced CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Incantation32:35
2The Gates of Istanbul6:59
3Caravanserai7:36
4The English Ladye and the Knight
assistant producer:
Brian Hughes (guitarist)
producer:
Loreena McKennitt
harp and keyboard:
Loreena McKennitt
viola da gamba:
Asako Morikawa, Richard Boothby (viol and cello player), Richard Campbell (Viol Player), Fretwork (consort of viols), William Hunt (UK string musician, (viol, double bass, etc.)) and Susanna Pell (viol player)
choir vocals:
David Martin (lay vicar & alto), Julian Empett (lay vicar & bass vocalist), Ensemble Plus Ultra, Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Nicholas Morris (Choir of Westminster Abbey), Alexander Pott, Charles Pott, Elliot Thompson, Warren Trevelyan-Jones (tenor) and Lawrence Wallington (lay vicar & bass)
vocals:
Loreena McKennitt
viola da gamba arranger:
Brian Gascoigne
recorded at and mixed at:
Real World Studios in Box, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
The English Ladye and the Knight
lyricist:
Sir Walter Scott (19th-century Scottish author)
composer:
Loreena McKennitt
6:49
5Kecharitomene6:35
6Penelope’s Song
recording engineer:
Stuart Bruce, Ben Findlay (Engineer and Producer) and Gabe Moffatt
assistant producer:
Brian Hughes (guitarist)
producer:
Loreena McKennitt
mixer:
Stuart Bruce
cello:
Caroline Lavelle
double bass:
Charlie Jones (UK bassist, songwriter & producer)
keyboard:
Loreena McKennitt
nyckelharpa:
Annbjørg Lien
oud:
Haig Yazdjian
violin:
Hugh Marsh
vocals:
Loreena McKennitt
recorded at and mixed at:
Real World Studios in Box, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Penelope's Song
lyricist and composer:
Loreena McKennitt
4:22
7Sacred Shabbat4:00
8Beneath a Phrygian Sky9:29
9Never‐Ending Road (Amhrán Duit)6:03

Credits

Release

design/illustration:Ange Zhang
photography:Ann Cutting
Demetris Koilalous
mixer:Stuart Bruce
graphic design:Heidi Holdsworth
additional engineer:Gordon Davidson (engineer, Abbey Road Studios)
Paul Grady
Brian Hughes (guitarist)
Lewis Jones (engineer)
Kevin Killen
Paul Klingberg
Kostas Kousoulos
Casey Lewis
Claire Lewis (mostly credited as assistant engineer)
Marco Migliari
Dom Monks
Jeremy Murphy
Brian Nebin
Steve Pelluet
Steve Price (US drummer, founding member of Pablo Cruise)
Joel Walsh
Frank Wolf (engineer at Skyline Recording)
Jeff Wolpert
Ed Wooley
additional producer:Brian Hughes (guitarist)
Donald Quan
producer:Loreena McKennitt
additional recording engineer:Kevin Killen
Paul Klingberg
Kostas Kousoulos
Brian Nebin
Steve Pelluet
Steve Price (US drummer, founding member of Pablo Cruise)
Frank Wolf (engineer at Skyline Recording)
Jeff Wolpert
recording engineer:Stuart Bruce
Ben Findlay (Engineer and Producer)
Brian Hughes (guitarist)
Gabe Moffatt
additional editor:Brian Hughes (guitarist)
Kevin Killen
Paul Klingberg
Kostas Kousoulos
Brian Nebin
Steve Pelluet
Steve Price (US drummer, founding member of Pablo Cruise)
Frank Wolf (engineer at Skyline Recording)
Jeff Wolpert
mastering:Bob Ludwig (mastering engineer)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/1463788 [info]
ASIN:US: B000J3EEBY [info]