On this this eagerly-awaited 1994 release, Loreena combines her Celtic influences with world music to create a magical work of deep beauty and profound mystery. She says, 'I looked back and forth through the window of 15th century Spain, through the hues of Judaism, Islam and Christianity, and was drawn into a fascinating world: history, religion, cross-cultural fertilization.' Blending harps and fiddles with electric guitars and exotic percussion, mixing traditional songs with musical settings of Shakespeare and Yeats, this is a dazzling kaleidoscope of feelings unified by the intensity of her voice. Contains The Mystic's Dream, The Dark Night of the Soul, Marrakesh Night Market, The Bonny Swans, Full Circle; instruments include cello (played by virtuosa Ofra Harnoy!!), bouzouki, bodhran, tamboura, dumbek, oud, balalaika, Uilleann pipes and more. Highly recommended as usual! The bonus DVD on this limited edition version (common to all 6 limited edition versions) contains No Journey’s End> this half-hour documentary profile, created for American public television, features Loreena's own discussion of the influences behind The Visit and The Mask And Mirror. Documentary includes a live performance of The Lady Of Shalott and excerpts of performances of Santiago, The Dark Night Of The Soul and the promotional video for The Bonny Swans. The bonus DVD also contains the music videos The Bonny Swans and The Mummers’ Dance, plus a feature entitled “Explore the Music of Loreena McKennitt,” with short descriptive paragraphs on all Loreena McKennitt releases to date, along with selected audio samples. No Journey’s End subtitles and “Explore the Music of Loreena McKennitt” text are available in English, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, German, Dutch, Turkish, Greek, Arabic, Hebrew, Japanese and Chinese.

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