''Dreamcatcher'' is a greatest hits package released in the

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in 2000 by Secret Garden, an Irish-Norwegian duo consisting of Irish violinist

Fionnuala Sherry Fionnuala Sherry (born 20 September 1962) is an Irish violinist and vocalist. Together with Norwegian musician Rolf Løvland, she makes up the Celtic-Nordic group Secret Garden, which won the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 with the predominantly ...

and Norwegian composer/pianist

Rolf Løvland Rolf Undsæt Løvland (born 19 April 1955) is a Norwegian composer, lyricist, arranger, and pianist. Together with Fionnuala Sherry, he formed the Celtic-Nordic group Secret Garden, in which he was the composer, producer, and keyboardist. He beg ...

. A version with an alternative track listing was released on 22 May 2001 in the

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, and a special Australian tour edition in 2004. The opening track ''

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'' is a mostly instrumental song that won the

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in 1995. The album cover features a recoloured

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of the

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castle.

Reception

In 2001, the album reached number 4 on the Billboard

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chart. The Australian tour edition released in 2004 topped the classical music chart in that country and made the top 50 of the album charts in March 2004.

Track listing

Releases in different countries differed slightly in the included tracks.

UK version (2000)

The 2000 United Kingdom version included: #"Nocturne" (3:11) #"Prayer" (4:30) #"Moving" (3:22) #"Dreamcatcher" (4:35) #"Sigma" (3:05) #"Song from a Secret Garden" (3:32) #"Sona" (4:16) #"Passacaglia" (3:47) #"Elan" (3:08) #"In Our Tears" (4:36) #"Celebration" (3:57) #"Heartstrings" (3:22) #"Steps" (4:01) #"Adagio" (2:51) #"The Rap" (2:31) #"Hymn to Hope" (4:18) #"Lore of the Loom" (3:17) #"Dawn of a New Century" (6:08)

US version (2001)

The track listing on the version released in the US 2001 is: #"Nocturne" (3:14) #"Prayer" (4:36) #"Moving" (3:22) #"Dreamcatcher" (4:41) #"Sigma" (3:07) #"Song from a Secret Garden" (3:33) #"Sona" (4:21) #"Passacaglia" (3:46) #"Elan" (3:12) #"In Our Tears" (4:39) #"Celebration" (3:56)) #"Heartstrings" (3:23) #"Steps" (4:02) #"Adagio" (2:53) #"The Rap" (2:34) #"Hymn to Hope" (4:20) #"Lore of the Loom" (3:21) #"Dawn of a New Century" (6:12) #"Last Present" (3:24)

Australian version (2004)

The track listing on the 2004 Australian version is: #"Nocturne" #"Prayer" #"Moving" #"Dreamcatcher" #"Sigma" #"Song from a Secret Garden" #"Sona" #"Passacaglia" #"Elan" #"In Our Tears" #"Windancer" #"The Rap" #"You Raise Me Up" #"Heartstrings" #"Greenwaves" #"Papillon" #"Escape" #"Divertimento" #"Illumination" #"I Know a Rose Tree"

Charts

References

External links

Dreamcatcher Allmusic page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dreamcatcher (Secret Garden album) Secret Garden (duo) albums 2000 compilation albums