The Book of Secrets
by Loreena McKennitt
- Type: Album
- Released: 30 September 1997
- Label: Quinlan Road
- Country: Canada
- Length: 53:03
- Community rating: 4.04/5 from 5 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
On the globally successful 'The Book of Secrets', Loreena McKennitt weaves Celtic New Age with vibrant Arabic folk music and neoclassical atmospheres. The album is incredibly ethereal and passionate, utilizing traditional instrumentation to tell poetic, deeply melancholic tales of medieval folklore and travel.
Genres
Descriptors: acoustic, medieval, folklore, fantasy, female-vocals, harp, orchestral, traditional, vocal, folk, storytelling, strings, ritualistic
Tracklist
- Prologue (4:22)
- The Mummers' Dance (6:04)
- Skellig (6:10)
- Marco Polo (5:17)
- The Highwayman (10:18)
- La Serenissima (5:08)
- Night Ride Across the Caucasus (8:29)
- Dante's Prayer (7:11)
Credits
- Loreena McKennitt - primary artist, keyboards, producer, vocals, kanun [kanoun], accordion, harp, piano
- Danny Thompson - acoustic bass
- Brian Gascoigne - arranged by [additional strings], additional stringsarranger
- Doug Riley - arranged by [additional strings], additional stringsarranger
- Margo Chase Design - design
- Kevin Killen - engineer, mixed by, recorded by
- Stuart Bruce - engineer, mixed by, recorded by, drone [assembled drone], vocals [vocal drone]
- Claude Fortin - liner notes [french translation]
- Martin Jenkins - mandocello
- Bob Ludwig - mastered by, mastering
- Jacquie Turner - mixed by [assistant], additional engineer
- Justin Griffith - mixed by [assistant], additional engineer
- Marco Migliari - mixed by [assistant]
- Hossam Ramzy - percussion
- Rick Lazar - percussion
- Ann Cutting - photography by, photography
- Brian Hughes - producer [assistant], electric guitar, oud, acoustic guitar, bouzouki, oud, guitar synthesizer, vocals [vocal drone], acoustic guitar, bouzouki, electric guitar, classical guitar, additional producer
- Donald Quan - producer [assistant], viola, timbales [timba], esraj, tabla, keyboards [additional], keyboards [additional], tabla, vocals [vocal drone], additional producer
- Hugh Marsh - violin
- Manu Katch茅 - drums
- Caroline Lavelle - cello
- David Rhodes - electric guitar
- Nigel Eaton - hurdy gurdy
- Aidan Brennan - acoustic guitar, mandola
- Caroline Dale - arranged by [strings]
- Christopher Van Kampen - cello
- Steve Pigott - keyboards [additional]
- Robert A. White - tin whistle, shawm
- Andy Brown - viola
- Joanna Levine - viola da gamba
- Jonathan Rees - violin [1st]
- Iain King - violin [2nd]
- Osama - violin
- Martin Brown - acoustic guitar, mandolin, mandola
- Ste谩f谩n Hannigan - bodhr谩n
- Paul Clarvis - snare [snare drum]
- Anne Bourne - cello
- Robin Jeffrey - guitar [victorian]
- Nick Hayley - sarangi, rebec, vielle [lira da braccio]
- Marco Migliara - additional engineer