CALER - 2004/11/27 0:17:00
McKennitt 的歌曲充满叙事性，The Book of Secrets溶合了她数段的人生旅程，当中最重要的有一段讲述她坐上了西伯利亚号，游历亚欧地区的故事。McKennitt 的嗓音显得有点忧伤，忧伤背面则让人感觉到无限的生机。
Loreena是一位讲故事的高手，将古诗歌与传统音乐相结合。《神秘的书》将古老的故事与传说用她那如浮在空中的轻羽般轻灵缥缈的声音讲述，伴着迷人的音乐让你的耳朵与心灵共享。
专辑曲目
01 Prologue [序言]
02 The Mummers' Dance [艺者之舞]
03 Skellig
04 Marco Polo [马克·波罗]
05 The Highwayman (McKennitt/Noyes) [强盗]
06 La Serenissima
07 Night Ride Across the Caucasus [夜骑高加索]
08 Dante's Prayer [但丁的祈祷]
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The Mummers' Dance
When in the springtime of the year
When the trees are crowned with leaves
When the ash and oak, and the birch and yew
Are dressed in ribbons fair
When owls call the breathless moon
In the blue veil of the night
The shadows of the trees appear
Amidst the lantern light
We've been rambling all the night
And some time of this day
Now returning back again
We bring a garland gay
Who will go down to those shady groves
And summon the shadows there
And tie a ribbon on those sheltering arms
In the springtime of the year
The songs of birds seem to fill the wood
That when the fiddler plays
All their voices can be heard
Long past their woodland days
We've been rambling all the night
And some time of this day
Now returning back again
We bring a garland gay
And so they linked their hands and danced
Round in circles and in rows
And so the journey of the night descends
When all the shades are gone
"A garland gay we bring you here
And at your door we stand
It is a sprout well budded out
The work of our Lord's hand"
We've been rambling all the night
And some time of this day
Now returning back again
We bring a garland gay
We've been rambling all the night
And some time of this day
Now returning back again
We bring a garland gay