from
Solstice Live!,
released January 1, 1993
A village song from West Africa, Minuit has been the traditional finale for the Consort’s Solstice Celebrations since the first in 1980.
Traditional Guinean; words by Keita Fodeba; English words by Susan Osborn and John Guth (Umpawaug Music, ASCAP)
Paul Winter | soprano sax
Paul Halley | piano, pipe organ
Eugene Friesen | cello
Rhonda Larson | flute
Glen Velez | frame drums, percussion
Jamey Haddad | drums, percussion
Gordon Gottlieb | timpani, Brazilian surdos, percussion
Mark Perchanok | heckelphone
Dorothy Papadakos | organ
Russ Landau | bass
Eliot Wadopian | acoustic bass
Nóirín Ní Riain | voice
Nando Casals | gaeta
Kecia Lewis-Evans | voice
Dimitry Donders | French hunting horn
Andes Manta:
Wilson Lopez | panpipes drums, strings
Luis Lopez | panpipes drums, strings
Bolivar Lopez | panpipes drums, strings
Carlos Amaz | panpipes drums, strings
Dmitri Pokrovsky Singers:
Dmitri Pokrovsky | Maria Nefedova | Alexander Danilov | Elena Sidorenko | Sergei Zhirkov | Tamara Smyslova | Arthur Partosh | Anna Konukhova | Andrei Kotov | Nini Savistkaya | Dmitri Fokin | Vladimir Teplov | Irina Ponomaryova | Sergei Grigoriev