Singer: Loreena McKennitt
Title: An Ancient Muse
Label: Verve Records ‎– B0007966-02
Type: 2 x CD, Album, Enhanced
Country: US
Date of released: 21 Nov 2006
Category: Folk, World, & Country
Style:
Size MP3 zip: 1596 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1501 mb
Rating: 4.3✭
Format: MP3 MP2 AA VOX XM WMA AC3 VOC FLAC

Tracklist

1-1	Incantation	2:35
1-2	The Gates Of Istanbul	6:59
1-3	Caravanserai	7:36
1-4	The English Ladye And The Knight	6:49
1-5	Kecharitomene	6:34
1-6	Penelope's Song	4:21
1-7	Sacred Shabbat	3:59
1-8	Beneath A Phrygian Sky	9:32
1-9	Never-Ending Road (Amhrán Duit)	5:54
Exclusive Bonus Disc Features Previously Unreleased Track
2-1	Raglan Road	6:12

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Quinlan Road Limited
• Copyright (c) – Quinlan Road Limited
• Manufactured By – The Verve Music Group
• Marketed By – The Verve Music Group
• Distributed By – Universal Music Distribution
• Recorded At – Real World Studios
• Mixed At – Real World Studios
• Mastered At – Gateway Mastering
• Recorded At – Rainbow Studio
• Recorded At – Angel Studios
• Recorded At – Cantini Music
• Recorded At – Firehouse Studios
• Recorded At – Kick Audio
• Recorded At – Lansdowne Studios
• Recorded At – NRG Studios
• Recorded At – Q Music, Toronto
• Recorded At – XM Studios
• Exclusive Retailer – Barnes & Noble

Credits

• Accordion – Loreena McKennitt (tracks: 1-3)
• Acoustic Bass – Andy Pask (tracks: 1-9), Charlie Jones (tracks: 1-5, 1-6)
• Arranged By – Loreena McKennitt
• Arranged By [Choral And Viol Da Gamba Arrangements] – Brian Gascoigne (tracks: 1-4)
• Arranged By [String Arrangement] – Brian Gascoigne (tracks: 1-9), John Welsman (tracks: 1-1, 1-8)
• Bass – Tim Landers (tracks: 1-2, 1-3, 1-8)
• Bouzouki [Celtic Bouzouki] – Brian Hughes (tracks: 1-2, 1-3, 1-5, 1-8)
• Bouzouki [Greek Bouzouki] – Georgios Kontogiannis (tracks: 1-2, 1-3)
• Cello – Carina Reeves (tracks: 1-1, 1-8), Caroline Lavelle (tracks: 1-2, 1-3, 1-5 to 1-9), Natasha Kraemer (tracks: 1-9), Roman Borys (tracks: 1-1, 1-8)
• Choir – Ensemble Plus Ultra (tracks: 1-4), Choristers Of Westminster Abbey* (tracks: 1-4)
• Clarinet [Turkish Clarinet] – Steáfán Hannigan (tracks: 1-1, 1-5, 1-8)
• Crotales – Andreas Papas (tracks: 1-2, 1-3), Evangelos Karipis (tracks: 1-2, 1-3), Petros Kourtis* (tracks: 1-2, 1-3)
• Design – Heidi Holdsworth
• Drums – Clive Deamer (tracks: 1-8), Manu Katché (tracks: 1-5), Tal Bergman (tracks: 1-2, 1-3)
• Electric Guitar – Brian Hughes (tracks: 1-1 to 1-3, 1-5, 1-8, 1-9)
• Engineer [Additional Assistant Engineering And Protools Operators] – Casey Lewis, Claire Lewis, Dominic Monks, Ed Wooley*, Gordon Davidson, Jeremy Murphy, Joel Walsh , Lewis Jones, Paul Grady
• Engineer [Assistant Engineer And ProTools Operator] – Marco Migliari
• Engineer [Recording Engineer] – Ben Findlay, Gabe Moffatt*, Jan Erik Kongshaug (tracks: 2-1), Stuart Bruce
• Engineer, Edited By [Additional Recording Engineering And Editing] – Brian Hughes, Brian Nebin*, Frank Wolf, Jeff Wolpert, Kevin Killen, Kostas Kousoulos, Kostas Mouroulis, Marco Migliari, Paul Klingberg, Steve Pelluet, Steve Price
• Guitar [Nylon String] – Brian Hughes (tracks: 1-5, 1-8, 1-9)
• Guitar Synthesizer – Brian Hughes (tracks: 1-1 to 1-3, 1-5, 1-8, 1-9)
• Harp – Loreena McKennitt (tracks: 1-4)
• Hurdy Gurdy – Ben Grossman (tracks: 1-5), Nigel Eaton (tracks: 1-3, 1-5)
• Illustration – Ange Zhang
• Kanun – Panos Dimitrakopoulos (tracks: 1-2, 1-3, 1-5, 1-7, 1-9)
• Keyboards – Loreena McKennitt
• Lyre – Sokratis Sinopoulos* (tracks: 1-2, 1-3, 1-7, 1-8)
• Lyrics By – Loreena McKennitt (tracks: 1-2, 1-3, 1-6, 1-8, 1-9), Patrick Kavanagh (tracks: 2-1), Sir Walter Scott (tracks: 1-4)
• Mastered By – Bob Ludwig
• Mixed By – Jeff Wolpert (tracks: 2-1)
• Mixed By [Mixing Engineer] – Stuart Bruce (tracks: 1-1 to 1-9)
• Music By – Loreena McKennitt (tracks: 1-1 to 1-9), Traditional Irish Melody*
• Nyckelharpa – Annbjørg Lien (tracks: 1-6)
• Oud – Brian Hughes (tracks: 1-2, 1-3, 1-5), Haig Yazdjian (tracks: 1-2, 1-3, 1-5 to 1-7)
• Percussion – Hossam Ramzay*, Jason Hann (tracks: 1-8), Loreena McKennitt (tracks: 1-5), Rick Lazar (tracks: 1-1, 1-5, 1-8), Stuart Bruce (tracks: 1-5), Tal Bergman (tracks: 1-5, 1-8)
• Photography – Ann Cutting, Demetris Koilalous*
• Piano – Loreena McKennitt (tracks: 1-8, 2-1)
• Producer – Loreena McKennitt
• Producer [Assistant Producer] – Brian Hughes
• Producer [Production Assistance] – Donald Quan
• Tabla – Ed Hanley (tracks: 1-5)
• Translated By [Liner Notes] – Ann Reynolds , Claude Fortin, Dafni Viorre, Omnicom , Selina Stewart
• Udu – Ed Hanley (tracks: 1-5)
• Uilleann Pipes – Steáfán Hannigan (tracks: 1-8, 1-9)
• Viola – Christopher Redfield (tracks: 1-1, 1-8), Daniel Blackman (tracks: 1-1, 1-8), Donald Quan (tracks: 1-1 to 1-3, 1-5, 1-6, 1-8, 1-9), Louise Hogan (tracks: 1-9), Malgorzata Ziemkiewicz (tracks: 1-9)
• Viola da Gamba [Bass Viol Da Gamba] – Richard Boothby (tracks: 1-4), William Hunt (tracks: 1-4)
• Viola da Gamba [Tenor Viol Da Gamba] – Asako Morikawa (tracks: 1-4), Susanna Pell (tracks: 1-4)
• Viola da Gamba [Treble Viol Da Gamba] – Richard Campbell (tracks: 1-4)
• Violin – Annalee Patipatanakoon (tracks: 1-1, 1-8), Bridget Hunt (tracks: 1-1, 1-8), Carol Lynn Fujino (tracks: 1-1, 1-8), George Crawford (tracks: 1-9), Hugh Marsh (tracks: 1-3, 1-5, 1-6), Wendy Rose (tracks: 1-1, 1-8)
• Vocals – Loreena McKennitt (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4, 1-6, 1-8 to 2-1)
• Vocals [Vocal Drone] – Brian Hughes (tracks: 1-1, 1-8), Donald Quan (tracks: 1-1, 1-8), Steáfán Hannigan (tracks: 1-1, 1-8), Stuart Bruce (tracks: 1-1, 1-8)
• Written By – Loreena McKennitt

Notes

Barnes & Noble exclusive version, features an additional disc with a bonus track "Raglan Road".

Released in digipak with a 24-page booklet.

Both the booklet and the main CD are the same as on a standard US release (see Loreena McKennitt - An Ancient Muse) and have the same catalog number (B0007920-02).

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Scanned): 774213221094
• Barcode (Text): 7 74213 22109 4
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI L006
• Mould SID Code (CD1): IFPI 0340
• Mould SID Code (CD2): IFPI 0395
• Matrix / Runout (CD1): B00 079 2002 01@
• Matrix / Runout (CD2): B00 079 6602 01@
• Rights Society: SOCAN/BMI
• Other (CD1 mould etchings): MADE IN USA BY UML
• Other (CD2 mould etchings): MADE IN USA BY EDC
• Other (CD1 Catalog Number): B0007920-02
• Other (CD 2 Catalog Number): B0007966-02

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
B0007920-02	Loreena McKennitt	An Ancient Muse ‎(CD, Album, Enh)	Quinlan Road, Verve Records	B0007920-02	US	2006
B0007920-02	Loreena McKennitt	An Ancient Muse ‎(CD, Album, Enh)	Quinlan Road	B0007920-02	Argentina	2006
B0007920-02	Loreena McKennitt	An Ancient Muse ‎(CD, Album, Enh, EDC)	Quinlan Road, Verve Records	B0007920-02	US	2006
QRLP109	Loreena McKennitt	An Ancient Muse ‎(LP, Album, Ltd, Num, RE, 180)	Quinlan Road	QRLP109	Canada	2016
0774213521095	Loreena McKennitt	An Ancient Muse ‎(CD, Album, Enh, Dig)	Quinlan Road	0774213521095	Europe	2006