Loreena McKennitt, recordings

[bill@psych.toronto.edu]

(Some people requested I repost this info since it
didn't get to their sites ... please excuse if you've
seen it already.)
 
LOREENA McKENNITT recording history
-----------------------------------
 
She's released four albums to date:
 
 _Elemental_  (1985)
   QR 101 (cassette) C$ 10.00
   QRCD 101 (CD)     C$ 20.00
 
   Loreena's settings of several trad Celtic pieces
   incl _Blacksmith_, _She Moved Through the Fair_,
   _Kellswater_, and a setting of Yeats' _The Stolen
   Child_.
 
 _To Drive The Cold Winter Away_ (1987)
   QR 102 (cassette) C$ 10.00
   QRCD 102 (CD)     C$ 20.00
 
   Music for the midwinter &/or Christmas: a collection
   of Christmas carols which gracefully avoids being
   clichee.
 
 _Parallel Dreams_ (1989)
   QR 103 (cassette) C$ 10.00
   QRCD 103 (CD)     C$ 20.00
 
   Some trad (incl Annachie Gordon) and some original
   Celtic influenced compositions incl _Huron Beltane
   Fire Dance_, _Breaking the Silence_, _Ancient
   Pines_.
 
 _The Visit_ (1991)
   QR 104 (cassette) C$ 10.00
   QRCD 104 (CD)     C$ 20.00
 
   To quote from the Winter 1991 Newsletter:
 
     "Much of the inspiration [for _The Visit_] was
     derived... from reflections upon the earlier
     eastern ancestors of the people we now call
     Celts... while this recording is still rooted in
     Celtic territory... I've woven in some East Indian
     and Middle Eastern instruments along with the harp
     and Irish pipes.
 
     Much of the music is original, although there is a
     'different' version of _Greensleeves_. I've also
     set Tennyson's _Lady of Shallott_ to music, as
     well as a piece from Shakespeare's _Cymbeline_.
     The record has quite a separate personality from
     the others..."
 
 Special two-CD package C$ 30.00
   interview with Loreena by the CBC's Tim Wilson +
   selections from previous releases +
   _The Visit_ (see above) & its booklet
 
The address is :
 
     Quinlan Road Productions
     RR #5, Box 933,
     Stratford, Ontario,
     Canada, N5A 7M3
 
If you send them your address, they'll put you on a
newsletter / mailing list, and send you release info
for your area. Tell them you heard about her over the
net, their response to news of this medium has been
very positive!
 
Blessed be.
 
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