Loreena McKennitt - A Midwinter Night's Dream
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Free Music Review: A Midwinter Night's Dream
Hit: 5 Stars
I have Loreena McKennitts other CDs that i love, and even thou this is a "winter-Christmas" CD i have been listening to it every day since i received it in April. It blends many different kinds of music and the cover of the CD is beautiful !!! Loved it. Free Music Review: She's like sheer magic
Hit: 5 Stars
I am always figuratively entranced when I listen to a Loreena McKennitt song. The depth and the soul, and the artistry, found within them. With this cd, she completes one of her previous recordings, "A winter garden," creating a beautiful new Christmas album. One can almost feel an invocation of the winter spirits. As usual, her singing is grand and her music is better. This cd is quite worth it.Free Music Review: Celtic Music Fan
Hit: 4 Stars
I have been a fan of Loreena's music for many years. This album collection is representative of her prior work and there's a wide range of songs on this release.Free Music Review: The mystery of Christmas
Hit: 4 Stars
The Christmas season has always evoked a sense of wonder and mystery for me, and A MIDWINTER NIGHT'S DREAM perfectly captures those emotions. Each song conveys that same sense of anticipation mixed with mystery that I used to get when staying up late at night reading Christmas stories as a child. The songs are beautifully sung by Loreena, and each is given its proper attention so that this album (and it is an album, not a random assortment of Christmas boiler plate like most artists release) feels highly polished and cohesive.
The songs are not stereotypical Christmas fare, and include very few well known songs. Instead, Loreena has focused on older, rarer songs, each of which is compelling in it's own way. If you already know and love McKennitt, buying this collection is a must. If you're unfamiliar with her but are looking for an interesting, non-traditional Christmas album, again this is a must.
4/5 Stars. Another strong effort from one of my favorite female vocalists.
Free Music Review: disappointed
Hit: 2 Stars
I love Loreena McKennit but the majority of material on this CD was previously released by her on A Winter Garden: Five Songs for the Season. She did not even rerecord these songs they were identical. This was simply a repackaging and adding a few additional songs, which were not as good, to sell another album. Her rendition of In the Bleak Midwinter was disappointing. She did better work on her earlier albums. Quite frankly I expect more. If you never purchased the earlier CD or To Drive the Cold Winter Away then you probably will not be disappointed. But if you have I recommend you save your money for something else.