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Loreena first enjoyed their work via the CD A Russian Easter (Philips), and their performance on “Dante’s Prayer” is an exerpt from “Alleluia, Behold The Bridegroom”, which you can also find on A Russian Easter.Loreena says: “There is something about the simplicity of voices singing in unison in a choir that has always had a special magic for me, whether it is at Christmastime in church or other gatherings, or throughout a variety of cultural and religious traditions around the world.



























But where did this issue come from?


Von Dante Aligheri.









16,10) kommt der Begriff Scheol vor.

McKennitt is known for her refined and clear dramatic soprano vocals.











The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel by French author Alexandre Dumas (père) completed in 1844.It is one of the author's more popular works, along with The Three Musketeers.Like many of his novels, it was expanded from plot outlines suggested by his collaborating ghostwriter Auguste Maquet.









Die Göttliche Komödie (Ausgabe von Artemis und Winkler) Divina commedia, 1312-1321.











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The last song of the first disc was “Dante’s prayer ”, that had appeared for the first time in its album “The Book of Secrets”, published in 1997.





«Es war in unseres Lebensweges Mitte / Als ich mich fand in einem dunklen Walde; / Denn abgeirrt war ich vom rechten Wege, / Wohl fällt mir schwer, zu schildern diesen Wald, / Der wildverwachsen war und voller Grauen / Und in Erinnrung schon die Furcht erneut: / So schwer, dass … This song is by Loreena McKennitt and appears on the album The Book of Secrets (1997).















Dante's Prayer.



Singing in a group is one of my earliest memories of making music, and it reminds me that in many places around the world, music is still something to participate in, rather than merely a fashion commodity to be purchased.“The special sound of choral voices is something I hope to explore once again in the studio.
Loreena Isabel Irene McKennitt, CM OM (born February 17, 1957) is a Canadian musician, composer, harpist, accordionist, and pianist who writes, records and performs world music with Celtic and Middle Eastern themes. This is one of them.

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Dante's Prayer This song is by Méav and appears on the album A Celtic Journey (2006).



I have been fond of Celtic music for many years, and within it one of my favorite artists is by far the Canadian singer, pianist and harpist Loreena McKennitt.There are very few songs that I can remember perfectly the day and the place where I heard them for the first time. 3



The Magi had brought me a magnificent gift: The famous work of Dante Alighieri, to which Loreena refers, is not a “comedy” in the sense that today we give to that word.