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10/18/2005 | Rca
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All Music Guide Review
Windham Hill's successful A Winter's Solstice series started during the label's first year in 1985, and has continued at roughly a new volume every two or three years, each installment containing a bright wintry blend of classical music, reimagined hymns, chiming carols, and atmospheric compositions that have since garnered the name new age. This two-disc set picks some of the best and brightest moments from the series' first eight volumes, including David Qualey's guitar arrangement of "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring," Liz Story's piano rendition of "Greensleeves," harpist Lisa Lynne's "Northern Lights," and guitarist W.G. Snuffy Walden's sad, haunting "Moon Lake" on disc one. Disc two offers up the Modern Mandolin Quartet's take on "Trepak," drawn from Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker Suite," William Coulter's lovely "Rain into Snow," and Darol Anger's reshaping of the traditional "I Saw Three Ships." The music on these two discs is beautiful, soothing, even redemptive, and it all seems as natural as a sky full of stars. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide
Essential Winter's Solstice Track Listing
Credits of Essential Winter's Solstice
- Cookie Marenco
- Tambourine, Producer
- Mike Marshall
- Mandolin
- Paul McCandless
- Arranger, Oboe, Horn (English)
- Tom Miller
- Bass, Arranger
- Gil Morales
- Cello
- Dana Rath
- Mandolin
- Martha Reikow
- Tambur
- Richard Schönerz
- Synthesizer, Piano, Arranger
- Peter Scott
- Guitar, Arranger
- Danny Seidenberg
- Viola
- Tracy Silverman
- Violin, Violin (Electric), Keyboards, Producer
- Mark Summer
- Cello
- Russel Walder
- Oboe
- George Winston
- Piano, Soloist, Producer
- Katrina Wreede
- Viola
- Alex de Grassi
- Guitar, Arranger
- W.G. Snuffy Walden
- Guitar (Acoustic), Producer, Programming
- Dr. David Evans
- Producer
- Howard Fritzson
- Art Direction
- Ari Rios
- Mastering
- Pat Jerina
- Design
- Thea Suits-Silverman
- Flute
- Caito Marcondes
- Percussion, Pandeiro, Caxixi
- Gregg Williams
- Percussion
- Lisa Lynne
- Harp, Producer
- Steve Perry
- Producer
- Patti Matheny
- A&R
- Keola Beamer
- Guitar
- John Fitzpatrick
- Violin
- Jeremy Holiday
- A&R
- Darren Salmieri
- A&R
- Jeff Johnson
- Arranger, String Arrangements, Effects, Keyboards, Producer
- Bridget McGoldrick
- Packaging Manager
- Nathan Sedlander
- Production Coordination
- Pete Sutherland
- Arranger
- David Qualey
- Guitar
- Paul Binkley
- Mandola
- Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill
- Synthesizer, Accordion, Piano
- Ira Stein
- Piano
- Steven Berkowitz
- A&R
- William Coulter
- Guitar, Producer, Arranger
- Philip Aaberg
- Synthesizer, Piano, Arranger
- Will Ackerman
- Guitar, Producer
- Dawn Atkinson
- Arranger, Liner Notes, Executive Producer, Producer, Vocals
- David Balakrishnan
- Violin, Arranger
- Charlie Bisharat
- Violin
- Jim Brickman
- Piano
- Kimberly Bryden
- Oboe
- Johnny Cunningham
- Fiddle
- Mícheál Ó Domhnaill
- Synthesizer, Guitar
- George Doering
- Guitar (Electric)
- Brian Dunning
- Flute, Arranger, Whistle (Human), Accordion
- Tim Ellis
- Guitar
- Nina Gerber
- Bouzouki, Guitar
- John Imholz
- Arranger, Mandocello
- Joan Jeanrenaud
- Cello
- Mitzi Johnson
- Lute
- Derek Jones
- String Bass
- Darol Anger
- Mandolin, Violin, Arranger, Keyboards, Shaker, Producer
- Michael Hedges
- Guitar, Arranger
- Barbara Higbie
- Synthesizer, Celtic Harp, Vocals, Bouzouki, Piano, Violin, Harp, Arranger
- Mark Isham
- Multi Instruments, Producer
- Brian Keane
- Synthesizer, Producer, Guitar (12 String Acoustic)
- Michael Manring
- Bass, Piano, Fretless Bass
- Liz Story
- Piano, Arranger
- Tim Story
- Synthesizer, Piano, Sampling Instruments
- Steve Erquiaga
- Guitar, Arranger
- Andy Narell
- Arranger, Drums (Steel), Double Second, Lead, Quadrophonics
- Steve Reid
- Percussion
- Seamus Egan
- Mandolin, Whistle (Instrument)
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