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Track Listing 1. Holly & The Ivy, The 2. Un Flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle 3. Seven Rejoices Of Mary, The 4. Noel Nouvelet! 5. Good King Wenceslas 6. Coventry Carol 7. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen [Abdelli Version] 8. Snow 9. Breton Carol 10. Seeds Of Love 11. Gloucestershire Wassail 12. Emmanuel 13. In The Bleak Of Midwinter
Album Notes Personnel: Loreena McKennitt (vocals, harp, accordion, piano, keyboards); Abdelli (vocals, mandola); Eddie Upton, Philippa Toulson, Gill Berry, Ellen Robotham, Bob Berry (vocals); Brian Hughes (guitar, guitar synthesizer); Dan Ar Braz (guitar); Simon Edwards (acoustic guitar, marimbula, electric bass); Aidan Brennan (acoustic guitar); Ben Grossman (hurdy-gurdy); Stratis Psaradellis (lute); Hugh Marsh, Waiel Abo Baker Ali (violin); Donald Quan (viola, accordion, tabla); Caroline Lavelle (cello); Robert A. White (whistle, Uilleann pipe, shawm); George Koller (acoustic bass); Hossam Ramzy, Rick Lazar (percussion). Audio Mixers: Jeff Wolpert; Stuart Bruce. Audio Remasterer: Bob Ludwig. Recording information: Real World Studios England. A MIDWINTER NIGHT'S DREAM is an expansion of a 1995 EP called A WINTER GARDEN, on which folksinger Loreena McKinnett tackled traditional Christmas carols. This 13 track version adds a few original holiday songs and more traditional material. Focusing on delightful but less overexposed tunes like "Coventry Carol" and "The Holly and the Ivy," A MIDWINTER NIGHT'S DREAM is a lovely antidote to uninspired cookie-cutter Christmas albums.
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