An Ancient Muse

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

Tracklist

▼ Enhanced CD 1
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1Incantation
assistant producer:
Brian Hughes (guitarist)
producer:
Loreena McKennitt
cello:
Roman Borys and Carina Reeves
clarinet:
Steáfán Hannigan
electric guitar and synthesizer:
Brian Hughes (guitarist)
keyboard:
Loreena McKennitt
percussion:
Rick Lazar
viola:
Daniel Blackman and Christopher Redfield (American violist)
violin:
Carol Lynn Fujino, Bridget Hunt, Annalee Patipatanakoon and Wendy Rose
background vocals:
Stuart Bruce, Steáfán Hannigan, Brian Hughes (guitarist) and Marco Migliari
vocals:
Loreena McKennitt
strings arranger:
John Welsman
recorded at and mixed at:
Real World Studios in Box, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Incantation
composer:
Loreena McKennitt
32:35
2The Gates of Istanbul
assistant producer:
Brian Hughes (guitarist)
producer:
Loreena McKennitt
bass:
Tim Landers (bassist)
bouzouki:
Georgios Kontogiannis
bouzouki, electric guitar, oud and synthesizer:
Brian Hughes (guitarist)
cello:
Caroline Lavelle
keyboard:
Loreena McKennitt
lyre:
Σωκράτης Σινόπουλος
membranophone:
Tal Bergman (production music)
oud:
Haig Yazdjian
percussion:
Βαγγέλης Καρίπης, Πέτρος Κούρτης, Ανδρέας Παπάς (Krotala) and Hossam Ramzy
zither:
Πάνος Δημητρακόπουλος
vocals:
Loreena McKennitt
performer:
Krotala
recorded at and mixed at:
Real World Studios in Box, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
The Gates of Istanbul
lyricist and composer:
Loreena McKennitt
6:59
3Caravanserai
assistant producer:
Brian Hughes (guitarist)
producer:
Loreena McKennitt
accordion and keyboard:
Loreena McKennitt
bass:
Tim Landers (bassist)
bouzouki:
Georgios Kontogiannis
bouzouki, electric guitar, oud and synthesizer:
Brian Hughes (guitarist)
cello:
Caroline Lavelle
hurdy gurdy:
Nigel Eaton
lyre:
Σωκράτης Σινόπουλος
membranophone:
Tal Bergman (production music)
oud:
Haig Yazdjian
percussion:
Βαγγέλης Καρίπης, Πέτρος Κούρτης and Ανδρέας Παπάς (Krotala)
violin:
Hugh Marsh
zither:
Πάνος Δημητρακόπουλος
vocals:
Loreena McKennitt
performer:
Krotala
recorded at and mixed at:
Real World Studios in Box, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Caravanserai
lyricist and composer:
Loreena McKennitt
7:36
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
5Kecharitomene
assistant producer:
Brian Hughes (guitarist)
producer:
Loreena McKennitt
bouzouki, electric guitar, guitar, oud and synthesizer:
Brian Hughes (guitarist)
cello:
Caroline Lavelle
clarinet:
Steáfán Hannigan
double bass:
Charlie Jones (UK bassist, songwriter & producer)
hurdy gurdy:
Nigel Eaton and Ben Grossman
keyboard and percussion:
Loreena McKennitt
membranophone:
Manu Katché
oud:
Haig Yazdjian
percussion:
Tal Bergman (production music), Stuart Bruce, Rick Lazar and Hossam Ramzy
tabla and udu:
Ed Hanley
violin:
Hugh Marsh
zither:
Πάνος Δημητρακόπουλος
recorded at and mixed at:
Real World Studios in Box, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Kecharitomene
composer:
Loreena McKennitt
6:35
6Penelope's Song
recording engineer:
Stuart Bruce, Ben Findlay 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 Shabbat
assistant producer:
Brian Hughes (guitarist)
producer:
Loreena McKennitt
cello:
Caroline Lavelle
keyboard:
Loreena McKennitt
lyre:
Σωκράτης Σινόπουλος
oud:
Haig Yazdjian
zither:
Πάνος Δημητρακόπουλος
arranger:
Loreena McKennitt
recorded at and mixed at:
Real World Studios in Box, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
instrumental recording of:
Üsküdar'a Gider İken
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
4:00
8Beneath a Phrygian Sky
assistant producer:
Brian Hughes (guitarist)
producer:
Loreena McKennitt
bass:
Tim Landers (bassist)
bouzouki, electric guitar, guitar and synthesizer:
Brian Hughes (guitarist)
cello:
Roman Borys, Caroline Lavelle and Carina Reeves
clarinet and uilleann pipes:
Steáfán Hannigan
keyboard and piano:
Loreena McKennitt
lyre:
Σωκράτης Σινόπουλος
membranophone:
Clive Deamer
percussion:
Tal Bergman (production music), Jason Hann and Rick Lazar
viola:
Daniel Blackman and Christopher Redfield (American violist)
violin:
Carol Lynn Fujino, Bridget Hunt, Annalee Patipatanakoon and Wendy Rose
background vocals:
Stuart Bruce, Steáfán Hannigan, Brian Hughes (guitarist) and Marco Migliari
vocals:
Loreena McKennitt
strings arranger:
John Welsman
recorded at and mixed at:
Real World Studios in Box, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Beneath a Phrygian Sky
lyricist and composer:
Loreena McKennitt
9:29
9Never-Ending Road (Amhrán Duit)
assistant producer:
Brian Hughes (guitarist)
producer:
Loreena McKennitt
cello:
Natasha Kraemer and Caroline Lavelle
double bass:
Andy Pask
electric guitar, guitar and synthesizer:
Brian Hughes (guitarist)
keyboard:
Loreena McKennitt
uilleann pipes:
Steáfán Hannigan
viola:
Louise Hogan (violist) and Malgorzata Ziemkiewicz
violin:
George Crawford
zither:
Πάνος Δημητρακόπουλος
vocals:
Loreena McKennitt
strings arranger:
Brian Gascoigne
recorded at and mixed at:
Real World Studios in Box, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Never-Ending Road (Amhrán Duit)
lyricist and composer:
Loreena McKennitt
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
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)
manufactured by and distributed by:Universal Music Canada Inc. (not for release label use!)
recorded at:Angel Studios in Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
Cantini Music in Athens, Attiki, Greece
Firehouse Recording Studios in Pasadena, California, United States
Kick Audio in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lansdowne Studios (known as CTS Lansdowne Studios since 1987) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
NRG Recording Studios in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
Q Music in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
XM Studios, Jazz in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
mastered at:Gateway Mastering Studios in Portland, Maine, United States
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/865769 [info]
ASIN:CA: B000JXYJLE [info]