A Midwinter Night's Dream

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A Midwinter Night's Dream
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 28, 2008
Recorded1995, June 15-25, 2008
Genre
Length54:29
Label Quinlan Road, Universal
Producer Loreena McKennitt
Loreena McKennitt chronology
Nights from the Alhambra
(2007)
A Midwinter Night's Dream
(2008)
A Mediterranean Odyssey
(2009)
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A Midwinter Night's Dream is the eighth studio album by the Canadian singer, songwriter, accordionist, harpist, and pianist Loreena McKennitt, released on October 28, 2008. [2]

Contents

Origins

The album is an extended version of A Winter Garden: Five Songs for the Season (1995). 8 new tracks (recorded at Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios during spring 2008) were added to the original 5 songs of the 1995 EP.

A Midwinter Night's Dream takes the place of A Winter Garden, which has been deleted from the Quinlan Road catalogue. [3]

Track listing

  1. "The Holly & the Ivy" (traditional, music by McKennitt) – 4:49
  2. "Un flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle" (traditional) – 3:06
  3. "The Seven Rejoices of Mary" (traditional) – 4:34
  4. "Noël Nouvelet!" (traditional) – 5:11
  5. "Good King Wenceslas" (John Mason Neale) – 3:16
  6. "Coventry Carol" (traditional, music arranged & adapted by McKennitt) – 2:18
  7. "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" (Abdelli version) (traditional, music arranged and adapted by McKennitt) – 7:19
  8. "Snow" (lyrics by Archibald Lampman, music by McKennitt) – 5:05
  9. "Breton Carol" (traditional) – 3:30
  10. "Seeds of Love" (traditional, music by McKennitt) – 4:54
  11. "Gloucestershire Wassail" (traditional) – 2:39
  12. "Emmanuel" (traditional) – 4:55
  13. "In the Bleak Midwinter" (Gustav Holst) – 2:43 [4]

Charts

Chart (2008)Peak
position
Austria Albums Chart [5] 75
Belgium Albums Chart [6] 42
Canadian Albums Chart [7] 12
Dutch Albums Chart [8] 77
France Albums Chart [9] 57
Germany Albums Chart [10] 27
Italian Albums Chart46
Spain Albums Chart [11] 38
Swiss Albums Chart [12] 63
US Billboard 200 [7] 140
US World Albums [13] 1
US Holiday Albums [13] 16

Personnel

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