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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

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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.

Contents

Secret garden poeme


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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