''Once in a Red Moon'' (released 2001 by

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– 548 678-2) is the fourth studio album by Secret Garden, excluding the compilation album ''Dreamcatcher'', a Best Of. The second track, "

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", has since been recorded by more than 100 other artists. The first track, "Awakening", was inspired by the 1899 novel of the same name by

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Track listing

Reception

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reviewer Jonathan Widran awarded the album 4.5 stars.

Guest Performers

* Guest performers on the second track, "

", include Brian Kennedy (vocal),

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(

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and

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), the

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, and Irish choral group

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. * The vocalist on track 4, "Greenwaves", is

Karen Matheson Karen Matheson OBE (born 11 February 1963) is a Scottish folk singer who frequently sings in Gaelic. She is the lead singer of the group Capercaillie and was a member of Dan Ar Braz's group L'Héritage des Celtes, with whom she often sang lea ...

, lead singer of Scottish band

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. *

Julian Lloyd Webber Julian Lloyd Webber (born 14 April 1951) is a British solo cellist, conductor and broadcaster, a former principal of Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and the founder of the In Harmony music education programme. Early years and education Julian ...

plays cello on track 6, "Duo". * Track 8, "Gates of Dawn", features vocals by Karen Matheson and choral backing by Anúna, who also perform on track 12 "Elegie".

Personnel

*Violin – Fionnuala Sherry *Keyboards, harmonium & piano –

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 ...

(tracks: 1-3, 9 & 11) *Piano, harmonium, keyboards & organ –

Bjørn Ole Rasch Bjørn Ole Rasch (born 28 July 1959) is a Norwegian artist (keyboards performer), composer, arranger and producer. He is a professor of popular music at the Agder University College. With his wife, Annbjørg Lien, he runs the Kongshavn Studios in ...

(tracks: 2, 5, 8, 10) *Piano (global C) – Bjørn Ole Rasch, Einar Sogstad & Trond Tellefsen (track: 12) *Bass – Per Elias Drabløs (tracks: 3-5, 7, 8, 10 & 12) *Percussion – Noel Eccles (tracks: 3-5, 7, 8, 10 & 12) *Bagpipes (Uilleann pipes) – Mick O'Brien (tracks: 4 & 5) *Bagpipes (Uilleann pipes) & tin whistle –

(track: 2) *Cello –

(track: 6) *Choir –

(tracks: 2, 8, 12) &

(track: 2) *Clarinet – John Finucane (track: 11) *Oboe – Simon Emes (tracks: 4-5, 7, 8, 10 & 12) *Oboe, Cor Anglais – Simon Emes (track: 3) *Guitar – Des Moore (tracks: 4, 7, 11 & 12) *Guitar – Steve Cooney (tracks: 5, 8 & 10) *Harmonium & keyboards –

Kjetil Bjerkestrand Kjetil Bjerkestrand (born 18 May 1955 in Kristiansund, Norway) is a Norwegian musician (keyboards), composer, arranger and record producer, known as music arranger for artists like Ray Charles, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Keith Emerson, Ian Hunter, ...

(tracks: 4, 7 & 12) *Harp – Andrea Marlish (track: 3) *Concert harp – Andrea Marlish (track: 4) *Irish harp –

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(tracks: 7, 10, 12) *Nyckelharpa (Keyharp) –

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(tracks: 1, 5, 7-8, 10 & 12) *Keyboards – Kjetil Bjerkestrand (tracks: 3 & 11) *Mandolin & guitar – Des Moore (track: 3) *Whistle – Hans Fredrik Jacobsen (tracks: 3-5, 7-8, 10 & 12), Mick O'Brien (track: 5) *Willow flute – Hans Fredrik Jacobsen (tracks: 1) *Zither – Rolf Kristensen (tracks: 4 & 7) *Backing Vocals – Marian Lisland, Per Øystein Sørensen & Rolf Løvland (tracks: 4 & 8) *Leader ospel Choir Principal– Bazil Meade (track: 2) *Leader rchestra– Elaine Clark (tracks: 1-2, 6, 9, 11) & Threse Timoney (tracks: 3-5, 7-8, 10 & 12) *Members of Orchestra – Irish National Symphony Orchestra,

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*Anúna direction – Michael McGlynn (tracks: 2, 8 & 12)

Credits

*Choir organised coordinator by Yvonne White *Orchestra organised coordinator by Tommy Kane *Cover design & booklet – Anne-C. Holm, Sigrid Therese Pfanzelter *Assistant engineer (Dublin) – Quentin Guiné *Assistant engineer (London) – Jake Jackson, Ricky Graham (2) *Mastering – Bjørn Engelmann *Other (hair) – Benedikte Hansen *Other (stylist / costumes) – Hilde Ottem Berntsen *Photographer – Nancy Bundt *Assistant photographer – Nina Reistad *Studio snapshots – Secret Garden *Producer – Fionnuala Sherry *Producer, composer & arranger – Rolf Lovland *Recording (Glasgow) – Kim Plannert *Recording (Kristiansand) – Alf Emil Eik *Recording (Oslo) – Trond Engebretsen *Recording, mixing & Co-producer – Andrew Boland

Notes

*Recorded, mixed an co-produced at Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin, Ireland. *Additional recording: :Cross studio, Kristiansand, Norway :Ambience studios, Oslo, Norway :Secret Studio, Glasgow, Scotland :Air Studio / Lindhurst Hall, London, UK. *Mastering at Cutting Room, Stockholm, Sweden *Cover design and booklet at Virtual Garden *Julian Lloyd Webber (Track 6) appears courtesy of Decca Music Group. *Karen Matheson (Tracks 4 & 8) appears courtesy of Capercaillie and Vertical Records. *'Global C' (Track 12) is a contribution of 66 piano players recorded and mixed together into the final chord. ℗ & © 2002 Universal Music AS, Norway

Charts

References

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