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Secret Garden, White Stones
Audio CD
Disk ID: 1711594
Disk length: 56m 22s (14 Tracks)
Original Release Date: 1997
Label: Unknown
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Tracks & Durations
| 1. Steps | 4:03 |
| 2. Poeme | 5:01 |
| 3. Hymn to Hope | 4:20 |
| 4. Moving | 3:23 |
| 5. First Day of Spring | 4:46 |
| 6. Passacaglia | 3:49 |
| 7. Reflection | 3:02 |
| 8. Windancer | 3:43 |
| 9. Appassionata | 4:27 |
| 10. Escape | 3:36 |
| 11. Sanctuary | 4:22 |
| 12. Celebration | 3:58 |
| 13. Home | 3:26 |
| 14. Illumination | 4:19 |
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Review
Two factors account for the broad-based popularity of Secret Garden (the duo of Norwegian keyboardist Rolf Lovland and Irish violinist Fionnuala Sherry). One: the twosome's attractive, smartly conceived mix of compatible elements including light classical, urbane New Age, and well-mannered contemporary Celtic. Two: the pair's ability to persuasively present this formula with poise and (crucially) fetching good looks in a concert film, which in 1999 enjoyed broad exposure on American public television. (The performance, A Night with Secret Garden, is available on DVD.) White Stones is Lovland and Sherry's second collaboration, and, despite a few side trips into weighty sentimentality (e.g., the heart-clutching earnestness of "First Day of Spring"), it nicely conveys the pair's simple yet endearing children-of-the-cosmos spirit. Highlights here include the disc's energized, Celtic-influenced tunes ("Steps," "Moving," "Escape") and an infectious, regal charmer ("Celebration") Lovland composed in honor of the Queen of Norway's 60th birthday. Accompanied on nearly every piece by a small orchestra or Celtic instrumentalists, Sherry's violin sometimes evokes moods of melancholy that seem better suited for a two-hanky, movie-of-the-week film score. Yet a piece such as "Hymn to Hope" shows she can also elegantly trigger deeper feelings of longing and anticipation that can linger for hours. Overall, a worthwhile listen. --Terry Wood
Other Versions
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