The Book of Secrets

~ Release by Loreena McKennitt (see all versions of this release, 12 available)

Tracklist

Enhanced CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Prologue3.654:25
2The Mummers’ Dance4.356:11
3Skellig
recording engineer and mixer:
Stuart Bruce
acoustic guitar:
Aidan Brennan
additional keyboard:
Steve Pigott and Donald Quan
cello:
Christopher van Kampen
double bass:
Danny Thompson (English double bass player)
keyboard:
Loreena McKennitt
mandolin:
Martin Jenkins (Mandocello player)
tin whistle:
Bob White (Wind instrument player)
viola:
Andy Brown (Violist/violinist, leader, strings arranger and conductor)
viola da gamba:
Joanna Levine
violin:
Iain King (violinist), Hugh Marsh and Jonathan Rees
vocals:
Loreena McKennitt
strings arranger:
Caroline Dale (cellist)
recorded at:
Real World Studios in Box, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Skellig
lyricist and composer:
Loreena McKennitt
36:11
4Marco Polo
recording engineer:
Stuart Bruce
engineer and mixer:
Stuart Bruce and Kevin Killen
assistant producer:
Brian Hughes (guitarist) and Donald Quan
accordion and keyboard:
Loreena McKennitt
acoustic guitar, bouzouki, oud and synthesizer:
Brian Hughes (guitarist)
double bass:
Danny Thompson (English double bass player)
drums (drum set):
Manu Katché
hurdy gurdy:
Nigel Eaton
keyboard, tabla and viola:
Donald Quan
mandola:
Aidan Brennan
mandolin:
Martin Jenkins (Mandocello player)
percussion:
Rick Lazar and Hossam Ramzy
shawm:
Bob White (Wind instrument player)
violin:
Hugh Marsh and Osama (Osama Taiym)
background vocals:
Stuart Bruce, Brian Hughes (guitarist) and Donald Quan
vocals:
Loreena McKennitt
recorded at:
Real World Studios in Box, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
mixed at:
AIR Studios (Lyndhurst Hall 1991–present) in Hampstead, Camden, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Marco Polo
lyricist and composer:
Loreena McKennitt
35:19
5The Highwayman4.3510:21
6La Serenissima35:10
7Night Ride Across the Caucasus38:33
8Dante’s Prayer
recording engineer:
Stuart Bruce
engineer and mixer:
Stuart Bruce and Kevin Killen
assistant producer:
Brian Hughes (guitarist) and Donald Quan
producer:
Loreena McKennitt
additional keyboard:
Steve Pigott
cello:
Caroline Lavelle
double bass:
Danny Thompson (English double bass player)
keyboard and piano:
Loreena McKennitt
viola:
Donald Quan
violin:
Hugh Marsh
choir vocals:
St. Petersburg Chamber Choir
vocals:
Loreena McKennitt
conductor:
Nikolai Korniev (chorus master)
recorded at:
Real World Studios in Box, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
mixed at:
AIR Studios (Lyndhurst Hall 1991–present) in Hampstead, Camden, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Dante's Prayer
lyricist and composer:
Loreena McKennitt
3.57:11