| | Winter's Solstice: Silver Anniversary Edition CD
This is part of Windham Hill Records "A Winter Solstice" series.
One of the most well known productions of the Windham Hill label, which basically invented new age music but prefers the term "contemporary instrumental," has been the WINTER'S SOLSTICE series. Perhaps inspired by the season-based recordings of George Winston, the SOLSTICE albums (which feature tunes from a variety of the label's artists) have always been not Christmas albums per se, but winter albums. Of course, a few Yuletide-oriented tunes do find their way onto this, the anniversary edition of the first volume in the series, but for the most part these are agreeable sonic meditations on a wintry state of mind by the likes of Barbara Higbie, Liz Story, and label honcho Will Ackerman himself. If you listen close enough, you can almost hear the snow falling.
Includes liner notes by Dawn Atkinson.
Personnel: Will Ackerman, Steve Erquiaga, Tim Ellis (guitar); W.G. Snuffy Walden (acoustic guitar, programming); George Doering (electric guitar); Barbara Higbie (bouzouki, hammer dulcimer, celtic harp, violin, piano, synthesizer); Michelle Sell (harp); Tracy Silverman (violin, electric violin, keyboards); John Fitzpatrick, Charlie Bisharat (violin); Martha Reikow, Joan Jeanrenaud (cello); Brian Dunning (flute, accordion); Thea Suits-Silverman (flute); Paul McCandless (oboe, English horn, keyboards); Kimberly Bryden (oboe d'amore); Philip Aaberg (piano, keyboards); Tim Story (piano, synthesizer); Jim Brickman, Liz Story (piano); Jeff Johnson (keyboards); Michael Manring (fretless bass); Caito Marcondes (pandeiro, caxixi); Gregg Williams (percussion).
Audio Mixers: Howard Johnston; Richard Schönerz; Jeff Johnson; Steven Miller ; Avi Kipper; Tracy Silverman; Tim Story.
Liner Note Author: Dawn Atkinson.
Recording information: Big Kitty Studios, Alameda, CA; Brick House Studio, Studio City, CA; Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA; Coupe Studio, Boulder, CO; Different Fur Recording, San Francisco, CA; Farsight Strudio, Frankfurt, Germany; Gutlab South, Nashville, TN; Hooiserland Studio, Indianapolis, IN; Imaginary Road Studio, Windham County, VT; Jacordi Studio, Clane, County Kildare, Ireland; Main, Germany; Seventh Chance Studio, Maumee, OH; Taylor made Studios, Woodland Hills, CA; The Ark, Camano Island, WA; Zeta Recording, Toledo, OH.
Editor: Tracy Silverman.
Arrangers: Jeff Johnson; Ozzie Kotani; Paul McCandless; Steve Erquiaga; Barbara Higbie. Winter's Solstice: Silver Anniversary Edition Music | List Price | $7.99 (You save $1.84) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Electronica CDs, New Age, Christmas, Holidays, Ambient, Christmas/ Chanukkah | | Label | Windham Hill | | Orig Year | 2001 | | All Time Sales Rank | 50725  | | CD Universe Part number | 2033184 | | Catalog number | 11604 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Oct 09, 2001 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Dawn Atkinson; George Winston; Jeff Johnson; Steve Perry; W.G."Snuffy" Walden; Tracy Silverman; Tim Story; Dawn Atkinson (Compilation) | | Engineer | Corin Nelsen; Gary Henry; Howard Johnston; Richard Schönerz; Jeff Johnson; Jim Brickman; Justin Lieberman; Porter Miller; Rik Pekkonen; Steve Erquiaga; Avi Kipper; Barbara Higbie; Tracy Silverman; Tim Story; Brian Dunning | | Additional Info | Silver Anniversary Edt |
Winter's Solstice: Silver Anniversary Edition Songs | 1. | Greensleeves - Steve Erquiaga |
| 2. | When Earth's Last Picture Is Painted - Richard Schonerz |
| 3. | Gathering, The - Thea Suits-Silverman/Tracy Silverman |
| 4. | Silver Swans, The - Paul McCandless |
| 5. | Shades of White - Jim Brickman |
| 6. | Col Partir la Bella Clori - Steve Erquiaga/Joan Jeanrenaud |
| 7. | Moon Lake - W.G. Snuffy Walden |
| 8. | Come, All Ye Shepherds - Barbara Higbie |
| 9. | Beneath the Trees - Will Ackerman/Philip Aaberg/William Ackerman |
| 10. | Down in Yon Forest - Jeff Johnson & Brian Dunning/Brian Dunning/Jeff Johson |
| 11. | Maiden Chant - Liz Story |
| 12. | When Comes December - Tim Story |
| 13. | Queen's Prayer - Ozzie Kotani |
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