Winter's Eve Explained

Winter's Eve
Type:	Studio album
Artist:	Nox Arcana
Cover:	Winters_Eve.jpg
Released:	November 27, 2009
Genre:	Christmas music, Celtic new-age, Gothic, New Age, Neoclassical
Label:	Monolith Graphics
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Winter's Eve is the thirteenth studio album and second Christmas-themed album by Nox Arcana. It was released in 2009 on Monolith Graphics. Apart from traditional music for the Christmas season, the theme of this album evokes a medieval or pagan Yuletide celebration typical of the winter solstice.

With William Piotrowski leaving in 2008 to focus on film scoring, this is the first Nox Arcana album released as a solo project under Joseph Vargo; Piotrowski remains credited as an additional instrumentalist and studio engineer on all of the project's future releases.

Track listing

All music composed and performed by Joseph Vargo. "Greensleeves" (traditional) arranged by Joseph Vargo.

1. "The Messenger" — 1:18
2. "Frozen Memories" — 2:45
3. "Magic and Moonlight" — 3:25
4. "The Rose of Winter" — 2:24
5. "Enchanted Realm" — 2:35
6. "The Ides of December" — 4:21
7. "Gifts of the Magi" — 3:01
8. "Season of Wonder" — 2:44
9. "Solstice Dance" — 2:30
10. "The White Queen" — 2:53
11. "Winter's Eve" — 4:19
12. "Starlight Serenade" — 3:31
13. "Greensleeves" — 4:09
14. "The Longest Night" — 4:02
15. "Pax Terra" — 3:01
16. "Winds of Change" — 3:39
17. "Fading Embers" — 2:07
18. "Crystal Chimes" — 2:08
19. "Serenity" — 2:41
20. "Winter Rhapsody" — 3:28
21. "Time Slips Away" — 5:35

• The song "Time Slips Away ends at 4:00. An untitled hidden track starts at 4:25.

External links

• • [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0001961992|pure_url=yes}} ''Winter's Eve''] at Allmusic