A Midwinter Night's Dream

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.

Track listing

1. "The Holly & The Ivy" (traditional, music by McKennitt)  – 4:49
2. "Bring A Torch, Jeanette, Isabella" (traditional)  – 3:06
3. "The Seven Rejoices Of Mary" (traditional)  – 4:34
4. "Noël Nouvelet! (Now The Green Blade Rises)" (traditional)  – 5:11
5. "Good King Wenceslas" (John Mason Neale)  – 3:16
6. "The 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. "O Come, O Come Emmanuel" (traditional)  – 4:55
13. "In The Bleak Midwinter" (Gustav Holst)  – 2:43

Personnel