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Release Date: 26-10-1998
Label: Celestial Harmonies
Catalog Number: 13126-2
Barcode: 13711312621
Musical Style: Classical
Track Listing:
| Disc 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adagio from Sonata No 1 in G Minor for violin solo BWV 1001; Johann Sebastian Bach [05:31] | 12 | Seekers of The Truth Part 18; George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff & Thomas de Hartmann [03:35] |
| 2 | Nihavend Fantazi (Modal Fantasy); Dincer Dalkilic [01:31] | 13 | Fantasy; Michael Atherton [02:30] |
| 3 | Initiation- Psalm VII; Paul Horn [04:05] | 14 | Sounds And Sweet Airs; Ian Carr [01:31] |
| 4 | Parting At Yangguan [05:00] | 15 | Voices; R Carlos Nakai [04:33] |
| 5 | Book of Sounds Part 9; Hans Otte [03:43] | 16 | Sail ain ijaner ... [03:19] |
| 6 | Aries; Perry [03:13] | 17 | Al Ya Zane (Oh Thou Zane); Arranged by Thompson [05:02] |
| 7 | Bass Improvisation; Masayuki Koga [04:01] | 18 | Ancient Voice; David Hudson [03:06] |
| 8 | Kyrie Opening; David Hykes [05:27] | 19 | Vase Initiation of Yamantaka [01:20] |
| 9 | Marimba Dance; Michael Askill [02:37] | 20 | Punleu Prey Viel [02:33] |
| 10 | Shinsencho Bukyoku (Shinsencho Dance); Yuize [02:48] | 21 | Land of Enchantment; James Newton [05:34] |
| 11 | Tokat [04:01] | 22 | Sarabande Suite Nr 4; Johann Sebastian Bach [03:00] |
Description:
Music was originally a communal act. It was utilitarian and, in a way, magic - it made work easy. Music was also a reflection of the nascent social order, with one lead voice and the rest responding. The first solo music was therefore a powerful act of liberation, of spirit. This recording contains a great diversity of solos; more than a millennium separates the oldest from the most recent; there are solos for flutes, reeds, brass, lutes, zithers, fiddles, piano, percussion and voice; the music comes from the Near East, the Far East, Australia, Europe and the Americas. But despite the contrast of instruments and styles, what gradually becomes apparent is the similarity beneath the surface of these works. Soul Alone: The Art of the Solo suggests that there is some fundamental distinction about the way musicians express themselves in a solo setting - something that defines the Art of the Solo. This is some of the most personally felt music the world's greatist traditions have to offer. If the act of making music is a personal one, so too is listening. Music was always meant to be listened to - by other people, or by something else, whether you call it God or nature or by another name. And that is the reason for Soul Alone: The Art of the Solo. Because after all, music can be performed alone and heard alone, but it is still a communal art, meant to be shared. Perhaps it only truly becomes music when it is shared.
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