Wondrous Love - Song List


1. Oxford 2:50

  • Martin Simpson - guitar
  • Lars Johannesson - silver flute
  • Barry Phillips - octave mandolin
  • Shelley Phillips - harp

2. Saints Delight 1:33

  • Laurie Hart - fiddle
  • Neal Hellman - mountain dulcimer
  • Robin Petrie - hammered dulcimer
  • Lars Johannesson - wood flute
  • Todd Phillips - bass
  • Paul Hostetter - banjo

3. Kedron 2:21

  • Shelley Phillips - harp & recorder
  • Barry Phillips - cellos

4. Cowper/Northfield 2:20

  • Barry Phillips - octave mandolins & mandocello
  • Shelley Phillips - soprano & tenor recorders

5. Eternal Day/Hebrew Children 2:40

  • Laurie Hart - fiddle
  • Lars Johannesson - silver flute
  • Shelley Phillips - oboe & harp
  • Barry Phillips - cello
  • Neal Hellman - mountain dulcimer

6. White 2:45

  • Lars Johannesson - silver flute
  • Esther Landau - silver flute
  • Bruce Abrams - guitar
  • Barry Phillips - cello

7. Parting Friends 3:33

  • Laurie Hart - fiddle
  • Barry Phillips - cellos

8. Dying Californian/Hallelujah 3:16

  • Lars Johannesson - wood flute & wood whistle
  • Danny Carnahan - octave mandolin
  • Robin Petrie - hammered dulcimer
  • Shelley Phillips - harp & tenor recorder
  • Barry Phillips - cello

9. Wondrous Love 3:10

  • Lars Johannesson - silver flute
  • Shelley Phillips - harp
  • Barry Phillips - octave mandolins & cello

10. North Port 2:30

  • Shelley Phillips - oboe, English horn & tenor recorder
  • Laurie Hart - fiddle
  • Barry Phillips - octave mandolins & cello

11. Melody 2:40

  • Bruce Abrams - guitar
  • Barry Phillips - mandolas & cello

12. Sweet Prospect 1:55

  • Laurie Hart - fiddle
  • Lars Johannesson - silver flute
  • Esther Landau - silver flute
  • Barry Phillips - cello
  • Todd Phillips - bass

My Home 2:50

  • Shelley Phillips - recorders
  • Neal Hellman - mountain dulcimer
  • Lars Johannesson - wood flute
  • Paul Hostetter - banjo
  • Todd Phillips - bass
  • Laurie Hart - fiddle

13. David's Lamentation 3:10

  • Barry Phillips - cello, harpsichord & bowed psaltries
  • Laurie Hart - fiddles

Rose Of Sharon 3:00

  • Lars Johannesson - silver flute
  • Shelley Phillips - oboe & English horn
  • Barry Phillips - mandolas, cello & harpsichord

14. Evening Shade 1:35

  • Shelley Phillips - harps & English horns

Ecstasy 1:47

  • Shelley Phillips - oboe
  • Laurie Hart - fiddles
  • Bill Coulter - guitar
  • Todd Phillips - bass
  • Lars Johannesson - silver flute

15. New Britain (Amazing Grace) 3:42

  • Laurie Hart - fiddle
  • Bill Coulter - guitar
  • Barry Phillips - harmonium & cello

All arrangements by Barry and Shelley Phillips. Published by Koustic Music (BMI).
(Guitar arrangements are by the individual guitarists - and we thank them!)

Recorded and mixed by Barry Phillips and Justin Mayer at Bear Creek Studio, Santa Cruz, California, November 1993 - March 1994.

Mastered by Rainer Gembalczyk on the Dyaxis System at the Digital Playground, San Mateo, California.

Executive Producer: Neal Hellman
Design: Lynn Piquett
Photography: Paul Schraub
Liner Notes by Barry & Shelley Phillips & Gail Rich

Cover: Sita and Her Instruments by Alison Rich.

Many thanks to Neal Hellman and Gail Rich of Gourd Music; our wonderful friends who worked and played on the album; everybody in the Santa Cruz Shape Note Choir; Karuna Ault for the loan of the harmonium; and Ron Haas for the loan of the harpsichord.

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