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:''"A Midwinter Night's Dream" is also the name of episodes from [[The Golden Girls]], and [[Frasier]].''
{{Infobox album
| name       = A Midwinter Night's Dream
| type       = [[Album]]
| artist     = [[Loreena McKennitt]]
| cover      = Midwinternightsdream.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = October 28, 2008
| recorded   = 1995, June 15-25, 2008
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = 
* [[Christmas music|Christmas]]<ref name= "Allmusic Loreena">{{Citation |title=Loreena McKennitt - A Midwinter Night's Dream Album Reviews, Songs & More {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-midwinter-nights-dream-mw0000800350|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Celtic music|Celtic]]<ref name= "Allmusic Loreena">{{Citation |title=Loreena McKennitt - A Midwinter Night's Dream Album Reviews, Songs & More {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-midwinter-nights-dream-mw0000800350|language=en}}</ref>
* [[worldbeat]]<ref name= "Allmusic Loreena">{{Citation |title=Loreena McKennitt - A Midwinter Night's Dream Album Reviews, Songs & More {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-midwinter-nights-dream-mw0000800350|language=en}}</ref>
| length     = 54:29
| label      = Quinlan Road, [[Universal Records|Universal]]
| producer   = [[Loreena McKennitt]]
| prev_title = [[Nights from the Alhambra]]
| prev_year  = 2007
| next_title = [[A Mediterranean Odyssey]]
| next_year  = 2009
}} {{Album ratings
| rev1      = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1439959|pure_url=yes}} link] 
|rev2= [[About.com]]|rev2Score= {{Rating|4.5|5}} [http://worldmusic.about.com/od/reviews/fr/AMidwinterNight.htm link]}}
'''''A Midwinter Night's Dream''''' is the eighth studio album by the [[Canada|Canadian]] singer, songwriter, accordionist, harpist, and pianist [[Loreena McKennitt]], released on October 28, 2008.<ref>[http://www.quinlanroad.com/temp/AMWND-Release-Dates-Table.html Release date by territory (Quinlanroad.com)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011033706/http://www.quinlanroad.com/temp/AMWND-Release-Dates-Table.html |date=October 11, 2008 }}</ref>

==Origins==
The album is an extended version of ''[[A Winter Garden: Five Songs for the Season]]'' (1995). 8 new tracks (recorded at [[Peter Gabriel]]'s [[Real World Studios]] during spring 2008) were added to the original 5 songs of the 1995 EP.

''A Midwinter Night's Dream'' takes the place of ''A Winter Garden'', which has been deleted from the [[Quinlan Road]] catalogue.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.quinlanroad.com/newsandviews/currentupdates.asp?id=784 |title=Quinlanroad.com - July 1, 2008 |access-date=July 19, 2008 |archive-date=February 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214055900/http://www.quinlanroad.com/newsandviews/currentupdates.asp?id=784 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Track listing==
#"[[The Holly and the Ivy|The Holly & the Ivy]]" <small>(traditional, music by McKennitt)</small> &nbsp;– 4:49
#"[[Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella|Un flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle]]" <small>(traditional)</small> &nbsp;– 3:06
#"[[The Seven Joys of Mary (carol)|The Seven Rejoices of Mary]]" <small>(traditional)</small> &nbsp;– 4:34
#"Noël Nouvelet!" <small>(traditional)</small> &nbsp;– 5:11
#"[[Good King Wenceslas]]" <small>(John Mason Neale)</small> &nbsp;– 3:16
#"[[The Coventry Carol|Coventry Carol]]" <small>(traditional, music arranged & adapted by McKennitt)</small> &nbsp;– 2:18
#"[[God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen|God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen]]" ([[Abderrahmane Abdelli|Abdelli]] version) <small>(traditional, music arranged and adapted by McKennitt)</small>&nbsp;– 7:19
#"Snow" <small>(lyrics by Archibald Lampman, music by McKennitt)</small> &nbsp;– 5:05
#"Breton Carol" <small>(traditional)</small> &nbsp;– 3:30
#"Seeds of Love" <small>(traditional, music by McKennitt)</small> &nbsp;– 4:54
#"[[Gloucestershire Wassail]]" <small>(traditional)</small> &nbsp;– 2:39
#"[[O Come, O Come, Emmanuel|Emmanuel]]" <small>(traditional)</small> &nbsp;– 4:55
#"[[In the Bleak Midwinter]]" <small>([[Gustav Holst]])</small> &nbsp;– 2:43 <ref name= same >{{Cite web |url=http://quinlanroad.com/explorethemusic/mid-winter-nights-dream.asp |title=A Midwinter's Night Dream on Quinlanroad.com |access-date=2008-09-20 |archive-date=2014-03-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311165617/http://www.quinlanroad.com/explorethemusic/mid-winter-nights-dream.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Charts==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
! Chart (2008)
! Peak<br/>position
|-
| Austria Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Loreena+McKennitt&titel=A+Midwinter+Night%27s+Dream&cat=a |title=Loreena McKennitt&nbsp;– A Midwinter Night's Dream&nbsp;– austriancharts.at |publisher=www.austriancharts.at |accessdate=2010-05-15 }}</ref>
|align="center"|75
|-
| Belgium Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ultratop.be/en/showitem.asp?interpret=Loreena+McKennitt&titel=A+Midwinter+Night%27s+Dream&cat=a |title=ultratop.be&nbsp;– Loreena McKennitt&nbsp;– A Midwinter Night's Dream |publisher=www.ultratop.be |accessdate=2010-05-15 }}</ref>
|align="center"|42
|-
| Canadian Albums Chart<ref name="billboard">{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=loreena mckennitt|chart=all}} |title=A Midwinter Night's Dream&nbsp;– Loreena McKennitt |publisher=Billboard |accessdate=2010-05-15 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100514212413/http://www.billboard.com/ |archivedate=14 May 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|align="center"|12
|-
| Dutch Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Loreena+McKennitt&titel=A+Midwinter+Night%27s+Dream&cat=a |title=dutchcharts.nl&nbsp;– Loreena McKennitt&nbsp;– A Midwinter Night's Dream |publisher=dutchcharts.nl |accessdate=2010-05-15 }}</ref>
|align="center"|77
|-
| France Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Loreena+McKennitt&titel=A+Midwinter+Night%27s+Dream&cat=a |title=lescharts.com&nbsp;– Loreena McKennitt&nbsp;– A Midwinter Night's Dream |publisher=lescharts.com |accessdate=2010-05-15 }}</ref>
|align="center"|57
|-
| Germany Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/title/McKennitt%2CLoreena/A+Midwinter+Night%2527s+Dream/longplay |title=Musicline.de&nbsp;– Chartverfolgung&nbsp;– McKennitt,Loreena&nbsp;– A Midwinter Night's Dream |publisher=www.musicline.de |accessdate=2010-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002173535/http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/title/McKennitt,Loreena/A+Midwinter+Night%27s+Dream/longplay |archive-date=2012-10-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|align="center"|27
|-
| Italian Albums Chart
|align="center"|46
|-
| Spain Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web |url=http://spanishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Loreena+McKennitt&titel=A+Midwinter+Night%27s+Dream&cat=a |title=spanishcharts.com&nbsp;– Loreena McKennitt&nbsp;– A Midwinter Night's Dream |publisher=spanishcharts.com |accessdate=2010-05-15 }}</ref>
|align="center"|38
|-
| Swiss Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Loreena+McKennitt&titel=A+Midwinter+Night%27s+Dream&cat=a |title=Loreena McKennitt&nbsp;– A Midwinter Night's Dream&nbsp;– hitparade.ch |publisher=hitparade.ch |accessdate=2010-05-15 }}</ref>
|align="center"|63
|-
| US Billboard 200<ref name="billboard" />
|align="center"|140
|-
| US World Albums<ref name="ReferenceA">[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=loreena mckennitt|chart=all}} Billboard.com]</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
| US Holiday Albums<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
|align="center"|16
|}

==Personnel==
*[[Loreena McKennitt]]&nbsp;– [[singing|vocals]], [[piano]], [[accordion]] and [[harp]]
*[[Brian Hughes (musician)|Brian Hughes]]&nbsp;– [[oud]] and [[guitar]]
*[[Hugh Marsh]]&nbsp;– [[violin]]
*[[Caroline Lavelle]]&nbsp;– [[cello]]
*[[Donald Quan]]&nbsp;– [[viola]] and [[Percussion instrument|percussion]]
*[[Ben Grossman]]&nbsp;– [[hurdy-gurdy]] and [[Percussion instrument|percussion]]
*[[Simon Edwards (musician)|Simon Edwards]]&nbsp;– [[Double bass|bass]]
*[[Rick Lazar]]&nbsp;– [[Percussion instrument|percussion]]
*[[Stratis Psaradellis]]&nbsp;– [[Lyre|Greek lyra]] and [[Lute|Greek lute]]<ref name= same />

==References==
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