Dreamcatcher (W/1 Bonus Track)

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Artist: Secret Garden
Label: Philips
Category: Music

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Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

35 reviews
Sales Rank: 10568

Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5

MPN: 546869
UPC: 731454686921
EAN: 0731454686921
ASIN: B00005J9UN

Release Date: June 26, 2001
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Tracks:

•	Nocturne - Secret Garden, John Tate, Gunnhild Tvinnereim
•	Prayer - Alf Emil Eik, Rolf Lovland, , Karen Matheson, Nikki Matheson, Secret Garden
•	Moving - Secret Garden
•	Dreamchatcher - Aisling Drury-Byrne, Secret Garden, Fionnula Sherry, John Tate
•	Sigma - Secret Garden, Rhonan Sugrue, John Tate
•	Song From a Secret Garden - David Agnew, Secret Garden, John Tate
•	Sona - Alf Emil Eik, Rolf Lovland, , Secret Garden, Fionnula Sherry, Nikki Matheson
•	Passacaglia - Simon Elmes, Secret Garden, John Tate
•	Elan - Secret Garden, John Tate
•	In Our Tears - Anuna, , Secret Garden, John Tate
•	Celebration - Simon Elmes, , Secret Garden, John Tate
•	Heartstrings - Secret Garden
•	Steps - Des Moore, Secret Garden, John Tate
•	Adagio - David Agnew, Secret Garden, John Tate
•	Rap - Secret Garden, Davy Spillane, John Tate
•	Hymn to Hope - Rolf Lovland, , Secret Garden, , Davy Spillane
•	Lore of the Loom - Secret Garden, John Tate
•	Dawn of a New Century - Anuna, , John Kavanagh, Secret Garden, John Tate
•	Last Present [*] - Secret Garden

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Editorial Reviews:

From Amazon.com
Dreamcatcher, not listed as a greatest-hits collection, is made up of previously recorded works. Secret Garden, Irish violinist Fionnuala (fi-NOO-la) Sherry, and Norwegian pianist/keyboardist Rolf Lovland, along with various guest musicians, always manage to surprise and execute their craft with a remarkable gracefulness of sound. Lush, rich, full-bodied, and passionate, Secret Garden stands eye-to-eye with other successful Celtic/world-music hybrids such as Loreena McKennitt and Clannad. Highlighted by the ethereal vocal styling of Gunnhild Tvinnereim ("Nocturne") and the tender laments of Karen Matheson ("Prayer"), Secret Garden weaves a mystical tapestry of classic Oriental notes, Irish flutes, deep bodhran, and bold violins. With the crystalline quality of pure water, Secret Garden descends over one's spirit in a tranquil waterfall of renewal, as demonstrated in "Sigma" and "Songs from a Secret Garden." "Elan," which originally appeared on the album Dawn of a New Century, reflects the fire that burns at the heart of Secret Garden. The song soars with a wild, sea-swept energy, a true soundscape of white-sand beach and blue sky. A bonus cut, "Last Present," closes out Dreamcatcher with a simple, balanced melody--poised and inspiring. Dreamcatcher, a collection of some of the best musical moments of Secret Garden, is a fine acknowledgement of an inventive group of musicians who are consistently setting a high and impressive standard in modern Celtic/New Age music. --Leslie R. Marini

Customer Reviews: Read 30 more reviews...

4 out of 5 stars

Nice ! February 12, 2007
cluricaune (Co. Armagh, N. Ireland)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Secret Garden are living proof that - contrary to what certain people would have you believe - something good can come out of the Eurovision Song Contest. The duo - Fionnuala Sherry, a violinist, and Rolf Lovland, a pianist - won the competition for Norway in 1995. Rolf was one of Norway's most successful songwriters before forming the band. Fionnuala is actually Irish and had played with the RTE Philharmonic Orchestra for ten years before joining the band.

"Dreamcatcher" is a compilation album, covering the band's first three albums. It was released in 2000 and contains 18 tracks, the majority of which are instrumental. The overall style is like a mixture if Celtic and classical - in some parts it reminds me of some of Enya's songs, in others it sounds closer to "Riverdance". The album opens with the band's Eurovision winning entry, "Nocturne". Gentle and relaxing, it's an absolutely beautiful track. By and large, though, I tend to prefer the livelier tracks. "Elan" are "Moving" are among the tracks that remind me of "Riverdance". Another favourite is "Dawn of a New Century". It includes a 'narration', that reminded me a little of Jeff Wayne's "War of the Worlds" and is also one of two tracks to feature Anuna. (Anuna also provided some tracks to the "Riverdance" show). Their other performance is on "In Our Tears", which is sung in Latin and feels a more formal , choral style track. For me, "Sona" is a better track that this one - sung in Irish by Fionnuala, it also features some nearly Gregorian-style backing vocals. Anuna are not the only guest performers - another is Davy Spillane, one of Ireland's best known uilleann pipers. He features on two tracks - "The Rap" ( a lively, though short, number) and "Hymn to Hope".

As a largely instrumental 'new age' act, this probably won't be to everyone's taste. However, if that is your sort of thing, this compilation is a very good place to start with the band. My recommendation ? Go on - buy it !

5 out of 5 stars

Exquisite! June 22, 2004
M. Halasovski (Whitehall, PA United States)
The haunting music in this album excites and delights, soothes and restores a peaceful feeling after a long, hard day.

I only purchase extraordinary music. I am well satisfied with the music in this album, particulary "Dreamcatcher", a very beautiful song.

5 out of 5 stars Should be entitled "The Best of Secret Garden"   June 13, 2004
Donald J. Mclaughlin (Upland, CA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I have three of their albums now, and of the three I would rate "Dreamcatcher" number one. It has compilations using different artists, but it all fits together very nicely.

4 out of 5 stars Dreamcatcher   May 31, 2004
Myra Schjelderup (Salt Lake City, Utah, USA)
Dreamcatcher can be classified as New Age, World, or Classical.
This CD consists of 19 songs, none of which, that I've noticed, have words. Except for Dreamcatcher (Track 4), which has some words at the beginning and end of the song. This song is the most beautiful on the whole CD, and the only reason I gave the CD 4 stars. The rest of the songs are pretty, but nothing really great. Dreamcatcher has a haunting, beautiful, melody, that is also very soothing. Get this CD and enjoy it, or don't get it and know that you are passing by a great song.

5 out of 5 stars Extraordinario!   April 16, 2004
Mauricio Aguilar (Santiago, Chile)
No quedaras indiferente ante las suaves y conmovedoras melodias ni las energicas y ritmicas melodias registradas en este disco. Estoy sorprendido de haber encontrado un disco con 19!! temas extraordinarios!! usualmente los CD incluyen algunos temas buenos y varios de "relleno", en este registro TODAS las melodias son una exquisites inspiradoras. Tienes que comprarlo, no te vas a arrepentir. Lamentablemente solo se puede calificar este disco de Secret Garden con un maximo de 5 estrellas... y digo que es lamentable, pues al menos se merece una mas.