CD1 - The Olive And The Cedar:

01. The Mystic's Dream 07:44
02. Tango To Evora 04:10              play
03. The Gates Of Istanbul 04:03
04. Penelope's Song 03:55             play
05. Marco Polo 03:59
06. Marrakesh Night Market 04:09
07. Santiago 04:19
08. Caravanserai 03:53
09. The Dark Night Of The Soul 04:02
10. Sacred Shabbat 04:01
11. The Mummers' Dance 03:31

CD2 - From Istanbul To Athens:

01. The Gates Of Istanbul (Live) 08:31
02. The Dark Night Of The Soul (Live) 06:49     play
03. Marco Polo (Live) 04:36
04. Penelope's Song (Live) 03:31
05. Sacred Shabbat (Live) 03:13                 play
06. Caravanserai (Live) 05:53
07. Santiago (Live) 06:08
08. Beneath A Phrygian Sky (Live) 07:06
09. Tango To Evora (Live) 05:01
10. Full Circle (Live) 05:26

Loreena McKennitt's A Mediterranean Odyssey collection includes an 11-track anthology of her more Mediterranean-influenced works entitled Olive and the Cedar, as well as a ten-track live performance recorded in 2009 called From Istanbul to Athens. McKennitt's transition from Celtic balladeer to worldbeat superstar began in the early '90s with the genre-hopping Visit. Her penchant for Mediterranean/Far East/Middle Eastern instrumentation came to fruition on 1994's Mask and Mirror and 1997's Book of Secrets, the latter of which spawned her biggest commercial hit with "The Mummer's Dance." The bulk of Olive and the Cedar is made up of material from those three albums. From Istanbul to Athens mines much of the same material, but draws more heavily from 2006's Ancient Muse. ---James Christopher Monger, AllMusic Review

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Disc 1

01 - The Mystic's Dream
02 - She Moved Through The Fair
03 - Stolen Child
04 - The Mummer's Dance
05 - Penelope's Song
06 - Marco Polo
07 - The Bonny Swans
08 - Dante's Prayer
09 - Caravanserai

Disc 2

01 Bonny Portmore
02 Santiago
03 Ranglan Road
04 All Souls Night
05 The Lady Of Shalott
06 The Old Ways
07 Neverending Road (Amhrán Duit)
08 Huron 'beltane' Fire Dance
09 Cymbaline
10 Beneath A Phrygian Sky (Gordian Version)(Audio Extra)

Personnel:
Loreena McKennitt – accordion, harp, piano, vocals
Donald Quan – keyboards, table, viola
Haig Yazdjian – oud
Hugh Marsh – violin
Caroline LaVelle – cello
Tim Landers – bass
Brian Hughes – bouzouki, guitars, oud
Steafan Hannigan – bodhran, percussion, uillean pipes
Nigel Eaton – hurdy-gurdy
Panos Dimitrakopoulos – kanun
Rick Lazar – percussion
Tal Bergman – drums, percussion

Nights from the Alhambra chronicles ethereal Canadian Celtic/folk/worldbeat artist Loreena McKennitt's 2006 tour in support of her Ancient Muse album. Recorded in September in the Palace of Charles V at the Alhambra, a southern Spanish fortress on the eastern border of the city of Granada built by the Moors, McKennitt employed a 12-piece band that included hurdy-gurdy, oud, uilleann pipes, kanoun, strings, and multiple percussion players. Though there is an emphasis on works from her most recent release, the singer/composer/harpist covers a wide breadth of material from 1985's Elemental ("She Moved Through the Fair") to 1991's acclaimed Visit ("All Souls Night," "Lady of Shalott") and beyond. As with all of her studio recordings, the sound quality is exquisite, making this -- her third live collection -- the best yet. [Nights from the Alhambra is also available with an accompanying DVD, which was filmed in HDTV and captures the night's performance in its entirety.] ---James Christopher Monger, Rovi

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