White Stones

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Length 56:17 Release date 15 April 1997 Producer Rolf Løvland		Artist Secret Garden Label PolyGram Norway Genre New-age music

Released 15 April 1997 (1997-04-15) White Stones(1997) Dawn of a New Century(1999) Similar Secret Garden albums, New-age music albums

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White Stones (released 15 April 1997 by Mercury Records – 534 605-2 (PolyGram / Philips Records) is the second album by Secret Garden.

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Review

Here the duo Rolf Løvland and Fionnuala Sherry play with the conventions of Celtic and neo-classical music, weaving in unexpected elements like Spanish guitars and Eastern European folk melodies as their muse dictates. It reveals an overall mood is weighty, heart-centered, and Secret Garden is providing a supportive background for personal reflection. The touching melancholia lifts some on tracks like the polyrhythmic intoxication of «Windancer» and «Escape», which tastes a bit of Gypsy caravans and circus performers run amok.

Reception

The Allmusic reviewer Rovi awarded the album 4.5 stars.

Personnel

Violin – Fionnuala Sherry

Keyboards, Piano & Conductor of the Irish National Chamber Choir – Rolf Løvland

Guitar – Des Moore

Keyboards – Bjørn Ole Rasch

Bass – Eoghan O'Neill

Drums – Robbie Casserly

Orchestral percussion – Joakim Nordin

Choir – Irish National Chamber Choir

Orchestra – RTÉ Concert Orchestra

Conductor (RTÉ Concert Orchestra) – Fiachra Trench

Orchestra Leader – Michael D'Arcy

Credits

Additional assistant recording engineers – Alessandro Benedetti, Jan Erik Kongshaug, Nick Friend & Ronny Talsaete

Assistant recording engineers & mixing – Conan Doyle & Jonathan Ford

Pre-production Co-engineer & sound samples – Alf Emil Eik

Mastering – Greg Calbi

Composer, arranger & producer – Rolf Løvland

Photography – Dorothy Low

Recorded By, Mixed By, Co-producer – Andrew Boland

Orchestral score – Fiachra Trench (tracks: 4-5 & 10), John Tate (tracks: 1-2, 6, 8-9, 11-12 & 14), Rolf Løvland (tracks: 3 & 7)

Songs

1Steps4:03
2Poéme5:01
3Adagio4:21

References

White Stones Wikipedia

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