''Ana'' is a

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by the American guitarist

Ralph Towner Ralph Towner (born March 1, 1940) is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger and bandleader. He plays the twelve-string guitar, classical guitar, piano, synthesizer, percussion, trumpet and French horn. Biography Towner was born i ...

, recorded in 1996 and released on the ECM label.ECM discography
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Reception

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review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine stated: "While Towner isn't entirely successful in melding classical, jazz and new age -- he frequently meanders -- several sections of Ana are as lovely and hypnotic as anything else in his catalog".Erlewine, S. T
AllMusic Review
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Track listing

:''All compositions by Ralph Towner'' # "The Reluctant Bride" - 4:28 # "Tale of Saverio" - 5:13 # "Joyful Departure" - 3:58 # "Green and Golden" - 5:06 # "I Knew It Was You" - 4:02 # "Les Douzilles" - 6:49 # "Veldt" - 2:21 # "Between the Clouds" - 1:07 # "Child on the Porch" - 1:35 # "Carib Crib (1)" - 1:55 # "Slavic Mood" - 1:43 # "Carib Crib (2)" - 1:53 # "Toru" - 3:24 # "Sage Brush Rider" - 4:04 **Recorded at Rainbow Studio in Oslo, Norway in March 1996.

Personnel

* Ralph Towner —

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12 string guitar A twelve-string guitar (or 12-string guitar) is a steel-string guitar with 12 strings in six courses, which produces a thicker, more ringing tone than a standard six-string guitar. Typically, the strings of the lower four courses are tuned in o ...

References

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