Loreena McKennitt - The mask and mirror - 1994

Excelente álbum de ésta canadiense de oro.Un diario sonoro de viaje - en el espacio y el tiempo - que los amantes de la buena música del mundo querrán repetir y repetir.


I looked back and forth through the window of 15th century Spain, through the hues of Judaism, Islam, and Christianity, and was drawn into a fascinating world: history, religion, cross-cultural fertilization....For some medieval minds the mirror was the door through which the soul frees itself by passing.... for others the pursuit of personal refinement was likened to polishing the mirror of the soul. From the more familiar turf of the west coast of Ireland, through the troubadours of France, crossing over the Pyrenees, and then to the west through Galicia, down through Andalusia and past Gibraltar to Morocco....the Crusades, the pilgrimage to Santiago, Cathars, the Knights Templar, the Sufis from Egypt, One Thousand and One Nights in Arabia, the Celtic imagery of trees, the Gnostic Gospels...who was God? and what is religion, what spirituality? What was revealed and what was concealed...and what was the mask and what the mirror?

THE MASK AND MIRROR - FULL ALBUM

PROGRAMA
01) The Mystic's Dream
Bagpipes [Uilleann] – Patrick Hutchinson
Bass, Tambura – George Koller
Cello, Backing Vocals – Anne Bourne
Choir – Victoria Scholars Choir
Chorus Master – Jerzy Cichocki
Electric Guitar, Oud – Brian Hughes
Music By, Lyrics By, Vocals, Goblet Drum [Dumbeg], Keyboards – L. M.*
Ney [Nai], Oud – Abraham Tawfik
Percussion, Goblet Drum [Dumbeg] – Rick Lazar
Tabla – Ravi Naimpally
7:40
02) The Bonny Swans
Bass – George Koller
Bouzouki, Bodhrán – Donal Lunny
Cello – Anne Bourne
Fiddle – Hugh Marsh
Guitar, Balalaika – Brian Hughes
Lyrics By – Traditional
Music By, Arranged By, Adapted By, Vocals, Keyboards, Accordion – L. M.*
Percussion – Rick Lazar
7:18
03) The Dark Night Of The Soul
Cello, Esraj – George Koller
Fiddle – Hugh Marsh
Guitar, Sitar [Electric] – Brian Hughes
Lyrics By – St. John Of The Cross*
Music By, Arranged By, Adapted By, Vocals, Synthesizer – L. M.*
6:44
04) Marrakesh Night Market
Bass – George Koller
Drums – Al Cross
Fiddle – Hugh Marsh
Goblet Drum [Dumbek], Udu, Percussion – Rick Lazar
Guitar, Balalaika, Electric Guitar – Brian Hughes
Music By, Lyrics By, Vocals, Accordion, Synthesizer – L. M.*
6:30
05) Full Circle
Bass, Esraj – George Koller
Music By, Lyrics By, Vocals, Harp, Synthesizer – L. M.*
5:57
06) Santiago
Arranged By, Adapted By, Vocals, Accordion, Synthesizer – L. M.*
Bouzouki – Donal Lunny
Cello, Bass – George Koller
Drums, Percussion – Rick Lazar
Fiddle – Hugh Marsh
Guitar, Balalaika – Brian Hughes
Hurdy Gurdy – Nigel Eaton
Music By – Traditional
5:58
07.1) Cé Hé Mise Le Ulaingt? ("Who Am I To Bear It")
Composed By, Pipe – Patrick Hutchinson
Tambura – George Koller
1:31
07.2) The Two Trees
Arranged By [String And Cello] – John Welsman
Arranged By, Adapted By, Music By, Vocals, Piano, Synthesizer – L. M.*
Bass – George Koller
Cello – Ofra Harnoy
Lyrics By – William Butler Yeats
Strings – Adele Armin, Andy Benac*, David Hetherington, David Miller (13), Douglas Perry (2), Fujico Imajishi*, Heinz Boshart, Kent Teeple, Mark Sabat*, Marie Berard*, Morry Kernerman, Sharon Prater, Susan Lipchak, Sylvia Lange
7:35
08) Prospero's Speech
Bass – George Koller
Lyrics By – William Shakespeare
Music By, Arranged By, Adapted By, Vocals, Synthesizer, Pipe [Organ Pipes] – L. M.*
3:23

SANTIAGO