Ghost of a Rose

Ghost of a Rose is the fourth studio album by the folk rock group Blackmore's Night, released June 30, 2003. It features covers of Joan Baez's "Diamonds and Rust", and Jethro Tull's "Rainbow Blues".

Background
Allusive to the alchemical feat of palingenesis by Paracelsus, the phrase "ghost of a rose" was first stated in the penultimate paragraph of the physician-philosopher Thomas Browne's 1658 discourse The Garden of Cyrus which concludes, "...and though in the Bed of Cleopatra, can hardly with any delight raise up the ghost of a Rose".

Personnel

 * Ritchie Blackmore – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, hurdy-gurdy, mandola, tambourine, Renaissance drum
 * Candice Night – chant, penny whistle, shawm, vocals, background vocals


 * Additional musicians
 * Madeline Posner (Lady Madeline) – harmony vocals ("Ghost of a Rose", "Way to Mandalay")
 * Nancy Posner (Lady Nancy) – harmony vocals ("Ghost of a Rose", "Way to Mandalay")
 * Marnen Laibow-Koser (Lord Marnen of Wolfhurst) – violin, viola
 * Robert Curiano (Sir Robert Of Normandie) – bass
 * David Baranowski (Bard David Of Larchmont) – background vocals ("All for One")
 * Mike Sorrentino – drums, percussion
 * Tim Cotov – background vocals ("All for One")

Production

 * Sascha Braun – photography
 * Michael Keel – photography
 * David Owen – photography
 * Johanna Pieterman – cover art
 * Pat Regan – mixing, producer
 * Takaomi Shibayama – design
 * Carole Stevens – photography

Covers

 * "Way to Mandalay" was recorded by Axel Rudi Pell on his 2014 album Into the Storm.