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Release Date: 26-10-1998
Label: Celestial Harmonies
Catalog Number: 11082-2
Barcode: 13711108224
Musical Style: Celtic Folk
Track Listing:
| Disc 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chloe's Day [06:24] | 8 | Coming of the North Wind [04:00] |
| 2 | Blessed Land [05:05] | 9 | Autumn Leaves Fall One by One [03:30] |
| 3 | Eye of the Hawk [05:09] | 10 | Winter's Story by the Firelight [03:04] |
| 4 | Mist on the Morning Hills [03:53] | 11 | Leaving [03:49] |
| 5 | Standing Stones of Callanish [06:07] | 12 | Soft Light Still Water [02:55] |
| 6 | Raven in the Oak Tree [05:27] | 13 | Journey Across the Crystal Sea [05:27] |
| 7 | Stag Running Stream and the Greenwood [04:03] | 14 | Remembering [05:49] |
Description:
Off the northwest coast of Scotland on the Isle of Lewis, rise the Standing Stones of Callanish. The main ring of these stones is often called the Scottish Stonehenge. The importance and purpose of the stones is not known. Theories suggests possibilities such as a transducer for healing energy, an astronomical observatory, a place of sun-moon worship, or an entryway to places that exist in Celtic myth. Jon Mark's The Standing Stones of Callanish conveys the mystery and otherworldly quality of these stones. The melodies have a gentle Celtic quality and repeating themes drift dreamily through various harmonic backgrounds. The music is intelligently constructed and deeply inspired. Using synthesizers, Jon Mark creates a delicate and rich orchestral sound that seems to arise directly from the misty Isle of Lewis, the hallowed site of the Standing Stones of Callanish.
Biography:
A top English session musician in the 60s, Jon Mark played with everyone from The Rolling Stones and Marianne Faithfull, to blues sensation John Mayall. As the decade came to a close, the vocalist, composer and guitarist began exploring the potential of jazz rock fusion as co-leader of the highly influential Mark-Almond band. After the group dispersed in the late 70s, Mark moved to New Zealand.
Additional Attributes:
| Relaxing | Uplifting | Meditative | Exercise | Healing | Chant |
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