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Release Date: 26-10-98
Label: Celestial Harmonies
Catalog Number: 11087-2
Barcode: 13711108729
Musical Style: New Age
Paul Horn has spent his life roaming vast musical landscapes, gleaning a highly personal style from such seemingly disparate musical forms as jazz, classical, pop and countless ethnic traditions. His artistic search has taken him to the farthest reaches of the planet to record in architectural wonders like Egypt's Great Pyramid and the majestic cathedrals of Russia. As a voyager of inner space, he has also had the courage to leave the intellectual tenets of Western music behind to trace musical pathways through the heart and soul. A retrospective of some of his most significant musical discoveries is tastefully presented on Nomad/Selected Pieces 1976-1988. Compiled by Stephen Hill, host of a popular radio program, Music from the Hearts of Space, this collection features eighteen selections from eight previous releases, sensitively programmed to flow as if no time has elapsed between earlier recordings like Inside the Cathedral and the more recent expressions of Traveler and The Peace Album. What you hear is the inimitable sound of Paul Horn, whether he's playing insightful solo flute versions of classics by Bach, Debussy and Palestrina, improvising in resonant halls, collaborating with the delicate Chinese instrumentals of David Mingyue Liang, or performing with the thick, synthesized textures of Christopher Hedge and the bell-like voices of the San Francisco Boys' Chorus.
| 1 | Soul Travel | 07:56 |
| 2 | Earth Song | 04:00 |
| 3 | Transitions | 06:36 |
| 4 | Voyager III | 03:02 |
| 5 | Song for Trane | 03:31 |
| 6 | Syrinx | 02:50 |
| 7 | Air | 03:27 |
| 8 | Magnificat (For Four Voices) | 03:17 |
| 9 | Jesu Dulcis Memoria | 04:55 |
| 10 | Rain Forest | 05:14 |
| 11 | Angel of Sound | 06:46 |
| 12 | Reflected Moon | 03:53 |
| 13 | Moon Dance | 02:42 |
| 14 | Under the Pines | 07:59 |
| 15 | Initiation- Psalm II | 03:49 |
| 16 | Initation- Psalm IV | 02:54 |
| 17 | Fulfillment- Psalm VII | 01:27 |
| 18 | Initiation- Psalm VII | 00:57 |
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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