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Key Information
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| Artist: |
Secret Garden |
| Record Label: |
Philips |
| Genre: |
New Age |
| Subgenre: |
Violin |
| Release Date: |
April 15, 1997 |
| Number of Discs: |
1 |
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Song List: Disc 1
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1. Steps 2. Poeme 3. Hymn to Hope 4. Moving 5. First Day of Spring 6. Passacaglia 7. Reflection 8. Windancer 9. Appassionata 10. Escape 11. Sanctuary 12. Celebration 13. Home 14. Illumination |
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Secret Garden: Fionnuala Sherry (violin); Rolf Lovland (piano, keyboards). Additional personnel: Rolf Kristensen (guitar, zither harp); Des Mooore (guitar); John Feeley (classical guitar); Annbjorg Lien (fiddle); Simon Emes (oboe); Hans Fredrik Jackobsen (whistle, recorder); Davy Spillane (Uilleann Pipe); Martin O'Connor (accordion); Kenneth Edge (soprano saxophone); Bjorn Ole Rasch (keyboards); Eoghan O'Neill (bass); Robbie Casserly (drums); Noel Eccles (percussion). Recorded at Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin, Ireland. On their second album, duo Secret Garden play with the conventions of Celtic and neo-classical music, weaving in unexpected elements like Spanish guitars and Eastern European folk melodies as their muse dictates. Norwegian pianist Rolf Lovland composes striking instrumentals for which Fionnuala Sherry's violin supplies the lead voice. Just about every song here features a lavish orchestral arrangement, but it's Sherry's violin that speaks loudest and touches the heart most tenderly. Her fl... |
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