A Mediterranean Odyssey
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A Mediterranean Odyssey | ||||
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Released | October 20, 2009 | |||
Recorded | June 2009 | |||
Genre | Folk, world music | |||
Length | 56:14 | |||
Label | Quinlan Road | |||
Producer | Loreena McKennitt | |||
Loreena McKennitt chronology | ||||
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A Mediterranean Odyssey is a two-disc collection of the music of Canadian singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist Loreena McKennitt. It features a selection of previously unreleased live recordings from her 2009 Mediterranean Tour, and a disc of previously released studio recordings selected by Loreena to complement the project's Mediterranean theme.[1]
Disc 1: From Istanbul to Athens
(All tracks composed by Loreena McKennitt, except where noted)
- "The Gates of Istanbul" (An Ancient Muse)
- "The Dark Night of the Soul" (music by Loreena McKennitt, lyrics by St John of the Cross) (The Mask and Mirror)
- "Marco Polo" (The Book of Secrets)
- "Penelope's Song" (An Ancient Muse)
- "Sacred Shabbat" (traditional) (An Ancient Muse)
- "Caravanserai" (An Ancient Muse)
- "Santiago" (traditional) (The Mask and Mirror)
- "Beneath a Phrygian Sky" (An Ancient Muse)
- "Tango to Evora" (The Visit)
- "Full Circle" (The Mask and Mirror)
Disc 2: The Olive and the Cedar
- "The Mystic's Dream"
- "Tango to Evora"
- "The Gates of Istanbul [edit]"
- "Penelope's Song [edit]"
- "Marco Polo [edit]"
- "Marrakesh Night Market [edit]"
- "Santiago [edit]" (traditional)
- "Caravanserai [edit]"
- "The Dark Night of the Soul [edit]" (music by Loreena McKennitt, lyrics by St John of the Cross)
- "Sacred Shabbat" (traditional)
- "The Mummers' Dance [edit]"