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Release Date: 26-10-1998
Label: Celestial Harmonies
Catalog Number: 11062-2
Barcode: 13711106220
Musical Style: New Age
Track Listing:
| Disc 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prologue/Inside [03:56] | 9 | Shah Jahan [05:36] |
| 2 | Mantra I/Meditation [02:16] | 10 | Mantra II/Duality [02:22] |
| 3 | Mumtaz Mahal [03:21] | 11 | Ustad Isa/Mantra III [02:24] |
| 4 | Unity [04:30] | 12 | Mahabhutas (Elements) [19:51] |
| 5 | Agra [01:37] | 13 | Haida [05:36] |
| 6 | Vibrations [01:38] | 14 | Bach Chorales [04:15] |
| 7 | Akasha [02:50] | 15 | Centaur [06:19] |
| 8 | Jumna [02:44] | 16 | Mass- Kyrie [02:37] |
Description:
In 1968, Paul Horn slipped into the Taj Mahal with a flute and a tape recorder. As he improvised to the sound of his own echo, each tone hung suspended in space for twenty-eight seconds. The acoustics were so perfect that you could not tell when his instrument stopped and the reverberations started. No one had ever heard anything like it before and Horn's impromptu session went on to become one of the most influential albums in establishing the contemplative field of new age music. Time has not diminished the sheer beauty and expressiveness of Inside the Taj Mahal, still considered one of the cornerstones of the genre. Recently re-released on the Kuckuck label, this new presentation of an old favorite includes the original music and liner notes, as well as the addition of Horn's score to the 1972 album, Inside II. Originally released as a sequel to Inside the Taj Mahal, this critically acclaimed recording includes Horn's masterful multi-flute performances of four Bach chorales, Mass: Kyrie by fifteenth century composer Palestrina and his historical collaboration with the songs of killer whales. Horn's musical depiction of The Mahabhutas (Earth, Water, Air, Space, Fire), a twelve-track overdubbed symphony for flutes, is also included.
Biography:
A classically trained flautist, Paul Horn played jazz with Chico Hamilton, served as a top studio musician in Los Angeles and recorded with his own quintet in the early 1960s. During that time, he won two Grammy® Awards for his Jazz Suite On The Mass Texts. Increasing dissatisfaction with the Hollywood lifestyle led Horn to India on his search for alternatives, where he studied meditation and began to explore other ways of playing his instrument. The success of his intuitive and contemplative improvisations on Inside the Taj Mahal proved that audiences were ready for a new approach and opened the door to a series of recordings inside acoustic and architectural wonders around the world, including Inside the Great Pyramid and Inside the Cathedral. Both Horn's cross–cultural collaborations and his highly refined works for more conventional Western ensembles have garnered much critical acclaim.
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