Under a Violet Moon
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Under a Violet Moon is a Blackmore's Night
Blackmore's Night
Blackmore's Night is an English-American traditional folk rock duo led by Ritchie Blackmore and Candice Night .-Early:...

's second album released in May 25, 1999 through Edel Music
Edel Music
-History:Edel Music was founded in 1986 by Michael Haentjes in Germany as a mail order record company selling mostly soundtracks. With artists such as Scooter, SASH!, Holly Johnson and many others, it became a very successful pop music label...

. Under a Violet Moon won the New Age Voice award for the best vocal album of the year.

Track listing

  1. Under a Violet Moon (4:23) - Ritchie Blackmore
    Ritchie Blackmore
    Richard Hugh "Ritchie" Blackmore is an English guitarist and songwriter, who was known as one of the first guitarists to fuse Classical music elements with rock. He fronted his own band Rainbow after leaving Deep Purple where he was unhappy because his favourite musical style wasn't adequately...

    /Candice Night
    Candice Night
    Candice Night is an American vocalist/songwriter and the musical partner of guitarist Ritchie Blackmore. She is the lead singer, multi-instrumentalist, and lyricist for the traditional folk rock project, Blackmore's Night since its origins in 1997.-Biography:Born in Hauppauge, Long Island, New...

  2. Castles and Dreams (3:33) - Blackmore/Night
  3. Past Time With Good Company
    Pastime with Good Company
    "Pastime with Good Company", also known as "The King's Ballad" , is an English folk song written by King Henry VIII in the first years of the 16th century, shortly after being crowned. It is regarded as the most famous of his compositions, and it became a popular song in England and other European...

     (3:24) - Traditional by King Henry VIII
    Henry VIII of England
    Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was Lord, and later King, of Ireland, as well as continuing the nominal claim by the English monarchs to the Kingdom of France...

  4. Morning Star (4:41) - Blackmore/Night
  5. Avalon (3:03) - Traditional
  6. Possum Goes to Prague (1:13) - Blackmore (Instrumental)
  7. Wind in the Willows (4:12) - written by Andy Bell/Piell (featuring Jon Ford as lead vocalist)
  8. Gone with the Wind (5:24) - Blackmore/Night (Polyushko Pole
    Polyushko Pole
    Polyushka Polye is a Soviet Russian-language song.Polye means "field" in Russian, "polyushko" is a diminutive/hypocoristic form for "polye".- Soviet arrangements :...

     by Lev Knipper
    Lev Knipper
    Lev Konstantinovich Knipper , a Russian composer of partially German descent and an active OGPU - NKVD agent.Lev Knipper was the nephew of the actress Olga Knipper...

    , a popular Russian song
    Ethnic Russian music
    Ethnic Russian music specifically deals with the folk music traditions of the ethnic Russian people. It does not include the various forms of art music, which in Russia often contains folk melodies and folk elements or music of aother ethnic groups living in Russia.-History:The roots of Russian...

     of mid-30's.)
  9. Beyond the Sunset (3:45) - Blackmore (Instrumental)
  10. March the Heroes Home (4:39) - Blackmore/Night
  11. Spanish Nights (I Remember It Well) (5:23) - Traditional
  12. Catherine Howard
    Catherine Howard
    Catherine Howard , also spelled Katherine, Katheryn or Kathryn, was the fifth wife of Henry VIII of England, and sometimes known by his reference to her as his "rose without a thorn"....

    's Fate (2:34) - Blackmore/Night
  13. Fool's Gold (3:32) - Blackmore/Night
  14. Durch den Wald zum Bach Haus (2:31) - Blackmore (Instrumental)
  15. Now and Then (3:11) - Night (including the Prelude in C by J.S. Bach
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity...

    )
  16. Self Portrait (3:19) - Blackmore/Dio (Rainbow
    Rainbow (band)
    Rainbow were an English rock band, controlled by guitarist Ritchie Blackmore from 1975 to 1984 and 1994 to 1997. It was originally established with American rock band Elf's members, though over the years Rainbow went through many line-up changes with no two studio albums featuring the same line-up...

     cover)

Personnel

  • Ritchie Blackmore – guitars, mandolin, bass, renaissance drums, tambourine
  • Candice Night – vocals, pennywhistle
  • John Ford - vocals, bass
  • Miri Ben-Ari
    Miri Ben-Ari
    Miri Ben-Ari is an Israeli violinist, who currently resides in the United States.Ben-Ari grew up playing classical music; she started training at age 5 and at age 12, she was presented with a violin by Isaac Stern. During her mandatory Israeli military service, she was chosen to play for the...

     – violin
  • Kevin Dunne – drums
  • Peter Rooth – bass, drum programming
  • Jens Johansson
    Jens Johansson
    Jens Ola Johansson is a Swedish power metal keyboardist and pianist. He is notable for his high-speed neoclassical and fusion style.-Biography:...

     – keyboards
  • Mark Pender
    Mark Pender
    Mark "The Loveman" Pender is a trumpet player and vocalist who has played with Southside Johnny, Little Steven and Bruce Springsteen. Since 1993 he has performed on Late Night With Conan O'Brien and The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien as a member of The Max Weinberg 7 and The Tonight Show Band...

    - trumpet
  • Jason Chapman - trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Mr. & Mrs. Heller - hurdy gurdy
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