Parallel Dreams [ENHANCED] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

Loreena McKennitt

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 14, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 1989
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced, Original recording remastered
• Label: Verve
• ASIN: B000J233TO
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,475 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Samain Night

2. Moon Cradle

3. Huron 'Beltane' Fire Dance

4. Annachie Gordon

5. Standing Stones

6. Dickens' Dublin (The Palace)

7. Breaking the Silence

8. Ancient Pines [From Goddess Remembered]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely beautiful., September 29, 2008

By	Bear One (USA) - See all my reviews

This early work of original compositions and traditional songs with accompaniment by Celtic harp is truly beautiful and a must have for all lovers of Loreena's music. Her original songs are so haunting and atmospheric they take you away to a moonlight place. This is every bit as good as her later work, if not better.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best of Loreena Mckennit's album, August 6, 2008

By	Nawarat Sangnark "Vanda" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is her best album.(The Visit too) Every songs are well recorded.
Smooth and spirit. I can listen to this album night and day.
Get one and you'll be happy.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Heartachingly beautiful!, August 16, 2009

By	Allan Eòghan "Gaelbàrd" - See all my reviews

I have most of Lady McKennitt's work, but this one holds a special place for me, in that she captures the spirit of the Celts.

The infectious and mysterious "Beltane Fire Dance" and the soaring "Standing Stones" grab the attention. "Samhain Night" is dark and mysterious, "Annachie Gordan" a poignant Romeo and Juliette love story...

The ones that tug at my heart the most are "Moon Cradle", a soothing but melancholy lullaby, and Loreena's vocals on "Ancient Pines"; "the earth's yearning for release from oppression under the human hand" is just the right sentiment.

On "Ancient Pines", I see great forests and great sweeps of land, and Loreena's vocalizing (it sometimes sounds like "no, no, no...!") sounds like the mournful sobbing and wailing of the bean-sidhe (banshee) (and and lore says that if more than one banshee was heard crying at once, it warned that death was near for someone of great importance... Mother Earth, perhaps?)

And Loreena's refined, warbling voice (all the while raw with emotion) is the highlight. I highly recommend this if you want something peaceful (or a good cry).