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The Mirror Pool is Lisa Gerrard's first solo album, released by 4AD in 1995 (one year before the release of Spiritchaser, the last work Dead Can Dance issued before disbanding in 1998).

Among this album's musicians was Pieter Bourke, who later co-wrote Gerrard's 1998 album Duality.

Gerrard explained the album title: "If you read about African music, they believe that during the process of making this music that you come into contact with spirits from another plane. They say that this place is like a mirror of the world we live in, [...] With the best music, you don't find the composer or the musicians within the work, you find yourself, your own feelings."



Tracklist:

1. "Violina (The Last Embrace)"  5:43
2. "La Bas (Song of the Drowned)"  7:41
3. "Persian Love Song (The Silver Gun)" 2:33
4. "Sanvean (I Am Your Shadow)"  3:48
5. "The Rite"    3:22
6. "Ajhon"     3:09
7. "Glorafin"    4:50
8. "Majhnavea's Music Box"   1:34
9. "Largo"     2:52
10. "Werd"     1:39
11. "Laurelei"    5:58
12. "Celon"     6:06
13. "Venteles"    2:37
14. "Swans"     5:47
15. "Nilleshna"    6:29
16. "Gloradin"    3:56

Music by Lisa Gerrard, except 3 (traditional, arranged by Gerrard), 4 (Gerrard, Andrew Claxton), 9 (Handel, public domain), and 11 (arranged by Gerrard, Bonnar, Kyryakou).



Personnel:

Lisa Gerrard – vocals, yang ch'in/yangqin (7, 11, 14), arranger (3, 11)
John Bonnar – orchestra conductor/arranger (1-4, 7, 10, 12-13), arranger (11), keyboards (9, 11), vocals (5, 12)
Pieter Bourke – vocals (5 intro), bass tabla (7), camel drum (7), large/small derabukka/darabukka/darabeka (14), handclapping (14)
Dimitry Kyryakou – bouzouki (7, 11, 14), vocals (5 intro), arranger (11)
Jacek Tuschewski – vocals (5, 12)
The Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra – full orchestra (1-4, 7), woodwind section (10, 12-13)





Zowel in FLAC als in MP3.