White Stones

White Stones
Studio album by Secret Garden
Released	15 April 1997 (1997-04-15)
Genre	New-age
Length	56:17
Label	Mercury Records Philips Polygram
Producer	Rolf Lovland
Secret Garden chronology
Songs from a Secret Garden (1996) White Stones (1997) Dawn of a New Century (1999)

White Stones (released 15 April 1997 by Mercury Records – 534 605-2 (PolyGram / Philips Records) is the second album by Secret Garden.^[1]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Steps"	4:03
2.	"Poème"	5:00
3.	"Hymn to Hope"	4:20
4.	"Moving"	3:23
5.	"First Day of Spring"	4:46
6.	"Passacaglia"	3:47
7.	"Reflection"	3:02
8.	"Windancer"	3:43
9.	"Appassionata"	4:27
10.	"Escape"	3:36
11.	"Sanctuary"	4:21
12.	"Celebration"	3:58
13.	"Home"	3:25
14.	"Illumination"	4:16

Personnel

• Violin – Fionnuala Sherry
• Keyboards, Piano & Conductor of the Irish National Chamber Choir – Rolf Løvland
• Guitar – Des Moore
• Keyboards – Bjørn Ole Rasch
• Bass – Eoghan O'Neill
• Drums – Robbie Casserly
• Orchestral percussion – Joakim Nordin
• Choir – Irish National Chamber Choir
• Orchestra – RTÉ Concert Orchestra
• Conductor (RTÉ Concert Orchestra) – Fiachra Trench
• Orchestra Leader – Michael D'Arcy

Credits

• Additional assistant recording engineers – Alessandro Benedetti, Jan Erik Kongshaug, Nick Friend & Ronny Talsaete
• Assistant recording engineers & mixing – Conan Doyle & Jonathan Ford
• Pre-production Co-engineer & sound samples – Alf Emil Eik
• Mastering – Greg Calbi
• Composer, arranger & producer – Rolf Løvland
• Photography – Dorothy Low
• Recorded By, Mixed By, Co-producer – Andrew Boland
• Orchestral score – Fiachra Trench (tracks: 4-5 & 10), John Tate (tracks: 1-2, 6, 8-9, 11-12 & 14), Rolf Løvland (tracks: 3 & 7)

Notes

• Recorded and mixed in Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin Ireland.
• Additional recording made in Capri Digital Studio, Italy and Rainbow Studio, Oslo Norway.
• Pre-production and additional recording made in Cross Studio, Kristiansand Norway.
• Masterted at Masterdisk, New York City, U.S.A.
• White Stones is dedicated to the memory of our fathers Ben Sherry and Sigurd Lovland.
• Mercury Records is a PolyGram company

℗ & © 1995 PolyGram A/S Norway^[2]

References

1. Rovi. "Secret Garden - White Stones Review". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
2. "Secret Garden – Songs From A Secret Garden". Discogs.com. Retrieved 12 December 2012.