White Stones

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox album | name = White Stones | type = Studio | artist = Secret Garden | cover = White Stones cover.jpg | alt = | released = {{start date|1997|4|15|df=y}} | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = New-age | length = {{duration|m=56|s=17}} | label = Mercury Records <br />Philips <br />Polygram | producer = Rolf Lovland | prev_title = Songs from a Secret Garden | prev_year = 1996 | next_title = Dawn of a New Century | next_year = 1999 }}

'''''White Stones''''' (released in the U.S. 15 April 1997 by Mercury Records – 534 605-2 (PolyGram / Philips Records) is the second album by Secret Garden.<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/white-stones-mw0000019574 |title=Secret Garden - White Stones Review |author=Rovi |accessdate=2012-12-12 |publisher=Allmusic.com}}</ref>

{{Music ratings | rev1 = ''Allmusic'' | rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name=allmusic/> }}

==Track listing==

{{Track listing

| title1 = Steps | length1 = 4:03

| title2 = Poéme | length2 = 5:00

| title3 = Hymn to Hope | length3 = 4:20

| title4 = Moving | length4 = 3:23

| title5 = First Day of Spring | length5 = 4:46

| title6 = Passacaglia | length6 = 3:47

| title7 = Reflection | length7 = 3:02

| title8 = Windancer | length8 = 3:43

| title9 = Appassionata | length9 = 4:27

| title10 = Escape | length10 = 3:36

| title11 = Sanctuary | length11 = 4:21

| title12 = Celebration | length12 = 3:58

| title13 = Home | length13 = 3:25

| title14 = Illumination | length14 = 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<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Secret-Garden-Songs-From-A-Secret-Garden/release/645829 |title=Secret Garden – Songs From A Secret Garden |publisher=Discogs.com |accessdate=2012-12-12}}</ref>

==References== {{portal|Ireland|Norway|Music}} {{Reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:White Stones}} Category:1997 albums Category:Secret Garden (duo) albums