Loreena McKennitt - The Mask And Mirror (1994) [Remastered 2005]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image & cue & log) | 322 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 143 MB | Scans | 55:18
Genre: Folk Rock / World / Celtic | Country: Canada | Label: Quinlan Road | R2 45420
EAC Rip | FLAC (image & cue & log) | 322 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 143 MB | Scans | 55:18
Genre: Folk Rock / World / Celtic | Country: Canada | Label: Quinlan Road | R2 45420
| “ | Loreena McKennitt drew her inspiration for this album from 15th century Spain, where the cultures of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam coexisted uneasily, tied together by a common tradition of religious mysticism. McKennitt reflects the multi-culturalism in arrangements that mix the half-tone intervals and familiar instruments of the Aryan north with the quarter-tone intervals and dumbeg, oud, and tamboura of the Semitic south. The results are often intoxicating, even if the composer consistently prefers slow-moving tempos. There's a tension and density to this music that safely removes it from the new- age category. McKennitt's attempts to evoke medieval mysticism in her lyrics are less successful. | ” |