Loreena McKennitt – The Mask And Mirro
Label:WEA – 4509-95296-2, Quinlan Road – 4509-95296-2
Format:CD, Album
Country:Europe
Released:1994
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style:Celtic
1 The Mystic's Dream
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, Tombak [Dumbeg], Keyboards – L. M.*
Ney [Nai], Oud – Abraham Tawfik
Percussion, Tombak [Dumbeg] – Rick Lazar
Tabla – Ravi Naimpally
Uilleann Pipes – Patrick Hutchinson
7:40
2 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
3 The Dark Night Of The Soul
Cello, Esraj – George Koller
Fiddle – Hugh Marsh
Guitar, Electric Sitar – Brian Hughes
Lyrics By – St. John Of The Cross*
Music By, Arranged By, Adapted By, Vocals, Synthesizer – L. M.*
6:44
4 Marrakesh Night Market
Bass – George Koller
Drums – Al Cross
Fiddle – Hugh Marsh
Guitar, Balalaika, Electric Guitar – Brian Hughes
Music By, Lyrics By, Vocals, Accordion, Synthesizer – L. M.*
Tombak [Dumbek], Udu, Percussion – Rick Lazar
6:30
5 Full Circle
Bass, Esraj – George Koller
Music By, Lyrics By, Vocals, Harp, Synthesizer – L. M.*
5:57
6 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
7.1 Cé Hé Mise Le Ulaingt? ("Who Am I To Bear It")
Composed By, Pipe – Patrick Hutchinson
Tambura – George Koller
1:31
7.2 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
8 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
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Quinlan Road Limited
Copyright © – Quinlan Road Limited
Made By – Warner Music Manufacturing Europe
Pressed By – WMME Alsdorf
Published By – Quinlan Road Music Ltd.
Published By – BMG Music Publishing International Ltd.
Recorded At – Woodley Farm
Recorded At – McClear Pathé
Recorded At – Inception Sound Studios
Recorded At – Manta Sound
Recorded At – Real World Studios
Mixed At – McClear Pathé
Mixed At – Real World Studios
Mastered At – Gateway Mastering
Artwork – Antonio Lafreri
Co-producer [Co-producing Assistance] – Brian Hughes, Jeff Wolpert
Design – Margo Chase
Liner Notes [Translations] – Astrid Nagel, Emmy Bos, Javier Ynaraja
Mastered By – Bob Ludwig
Mixed By – Jeff Wolpert (tracks: 1 to 5, 7, 8), Richard Evans (3) (tracks: 6)
Photography By – Horst Stasny
Photography By [Cover] – Ann Cutting
Producer [Assistant] – Donal Lunny (tracks: 2)
Producer, Liner Notes – Loreena McKennitt
Recorded By – Jeff Wolpert
Recorded By [Additional Recording Assistance At Manta Sound] – John Hurlbut
Recorded By [Additional Recording AssistanceAt Real World Studios] – Russell Kearney
Recorded By [Additional Recording At Manta Sound] – John Naslen
Recorded By [Additional Recording At Real World Studios] – Richard Evans (3)
Recorded By [Assistance At Woodley Farm] – Denis Tougas, Eric Abrahms*, Keith Mariash
Recorded at Woodley Farm, Stratford, McClear Pathé, Toronto.
Additional recording at Inception Sound, Toronto; Manta Sound, Toronto; Real World Studios, Box, Wiltshire, England.
Mixed at McClear Pathé except for "Santiago" which was mixed at Real World Studios.
Mastered at Gateway.
Made in Germany by Warner Music Manufacturing Europe.
℗© 1994 Quinlan Road Limited.
All songs © 1994 Quilan Road Music Ltd. (SOCAN/BMI) for the world excluding Europe.
In Europe all songs © 1994 Quinlan Road Music Ltd./BMG Music Publishing International Limited.
[Track 7] Pipe intro: Cé Hé Mise Le Ulaingt? ("Who Am I To Bear It") composed and performed by Patrick Hutchinson
© 1994 Patrick Hutchinson (BMI) and administered for the world by Quinlan Road Music Ltd.
Inside front cover map by Antonio Lafreri "Map of Southwestern Europe" c.1554
Includes a 20 page booklet with detailed liner notes by Loreena McKennitt about the creation of each track.