| Disc: 1 |
| 1. Kyorei (Empty Bell) |
| 2. Chôshi or Shirabe |
| 3. Kokû (Empty Sky) |
| 4. Murasaki Reibo |
| 5. Sashi (Buddha or Satsu) |
| 6. Yoshi Ya |
| 7. Sanya (Three Valleys) |
| Disc: 2 |
| 1. Akita Sugagaki (Reed Fence) |
| 2. Shin Kyorei |
| 3. Tsuru No Sugomori |
| 4. Shika No Tone |
| 5. Tamuke (Offerings) |
| 6. Matsukaze (Wind Through Pine Trees) |
Shakuhachi Meditation Music,Stan Richardson,Sounds True Direct,New Age / Meditation,Pop,World Music
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Shakuhachi Meditation Music
Stan Richardson Manufacturer: Gemini Sun Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000037AE Release Date: 1998-02-24 |
Tracks:
- Empty Bell
- Choshi Or Shirabe
- Empty Sky
- Murasaki Reibo
- Buddha Or Satsu
- Yoshi Ya
- Three Valleys
Tracks:
- Reed Fence
- Shin Kyorei
- Tsuru No Sugomori
- Shika No Tone
- Offering
- Wind In The Pines
Customer Reviews:
terrific Meditative music.......2007-03-17
Superb shakuhachi music.......2006-11-14
I have to say I really like this CD. I'm no expert in the genre, I just know what I like and I love the mellow sounds of the shakuhachi flute and have been on the lookout for good recordings over a long period of time. I'm a big Riley Lee fan and have many of his recordings and this is probably just as good as any of them and also the work of Kazu Matsui.
There's another flautist, Manose, who I heard live in concert recently. He's from South Africa and his live performance was stunning. In particular, he did a performance with Deva Premal and Miten that he made up as he was going along which was jawdropping beautiful and probably sold him dozens of CDs on that night. It's hard to find all of his CDs here on Amazon (and some are better than others, check out Suskera and Dhyana Aman) he's worth checking out. Also, if you havent got Riley Lee in your collection, you're in for a real treat.
This music is perfect for relaxing, I would imagine meditation also if you like background music for your meditation and for a massage therapist (or other worker in the healing or other fields that requires soothing background music).
As another reviewer said, you're getting 140 plus minutes of excellent music for $10. I'd say that's a great deal.
Highly recommended.
Perfect Tai Chi Music!.......2006-11-04
An Eckhart recommendation.......2006-09-03
This music is hauntingly beautiful , as another reviewer said, without alot of overlay to get caught up in.
Perfect for unwinding, playing in the background to make any activity a meditation.
Love it.
Excellent!.......2006-07-27
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Music for Zen Meditation
Riley Lee Manufacturer: Narada ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00008PX92 Release Date: 2003-04-08 |
Tracks:
- Sea Breeze
- Under The Stars
- Spiritus Lenis/Gentle Breath
- Divine Ecstasy
- Dulcet Rhythm
- Serenity Flows
- Tranquil Resonations
- Stillpoint
- Profound Elixir
- Elemental Contemplation
- Inner Quiet
Tracks:
- Whispers Of Eternity
- In Time Suspended
- Echo Of The Scared
- Dance-The Angels Of Light
- Between The Stillness
- Soaring With The Eagles
- Fragment Of Memory
- Journey Across The Night
- The Tree Of Sadness
- Cascade
- Breathe The Fragrance Of Forever
- Deep Night Blues
- Silk Thread To The Cosmos
- Divine Mystery
- Merging With The Infinite
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The next best thing to silence.......2007-07-26
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Eastwind: Japanese Shakuhachi Music
Masayuki Koga Manufacturer: Fortuna Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000007UO Release Date: 1992-01-23 |
Tracks:
- Gael's Song
- Distant Cry Of Deer
- Bass Improvisation
- Sashi No Kyoku
- Toguchi
- Beyond Time And Space
- Improvisation
- Noble
- Rokudan
- Zangetsu
- Bass Improvisation
- Fuki
Album Description
Shakuhachi master, Masayuki Koga, is a fascinating Renaissance man: a master musician, composer, producer and engineer, trained in law, with a penchant for philosophy. His music reflects those many aspects of his personality and his skills.Born in Japan at the height of World War II, Koga followed his father's footsteps in learning to play the shakuhachi, the Japanese bamboo flute that is associated with Zen Buddhism. Although secular music has been performed on the shakuhachi for a hundred years now, it still retains its distinctly Zen aesthetic. It is capable of very subtle tonal variations and expressive nuances, all of which Koga explores with his full spirit, emotion and intellect.
Koga's unique contribution has been to expand shakuhachi music, playing not only the traditional music of Japan, but blending it with Western influences. His musical training was traditional, receiving his master-teacher degree from the Tozan school. Subsequently, Koga became the youngest member of the award-winning Ensemble Nipponia.
In his mid-twenties, Koga withdrew from the orchestra to broaden his musical horizons, experimenting with jazz and free form styles. Koga moved to the United States in 1972, continuing to perform widely. To further spread the understanding of his tradition in the West, Koga founded the Japanese Music Institute of America.
Eastwind: Japanese Shakuhachi Music is undoubtedly an impressive production. The packaging includes a stunning rice paper booklet. The selections are carefully chosen titles from three of Koga's previous releases, Beyond Time and Space, The Distant Cry of Deer and Moon at Dawn, a perfect compilation for the audiophile interested in shakuhachi music.
Masayuki Koga is a profoundly talented artist, devoted to his instrument. "The quality of your life is reflected in the quality of your sound. I can sometimes fool myself, but I can never fool the sound. I am the shakuhachi and the shakuhachi is me."
Customer Reviews:
Like no other Shakuhachi.......2000-12-11
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Zen Shakuhachi (Hollow Bell)
Ray Brooks Manufacturer: New Albion Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000040JD7 Release Date: 2000-02-08 |
Tracks:
- Original Song
- Empty Sky
- Falling Leaves
- Offering
- Three Valleys
- One, Two, Three. Returning The Bowl
- Heart Moon
- Emptiness
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Ray Brooks came to wide prominence as a musical thinker with his book, Blowing Zen: Finding an Authentic Life, which autobiographically chronicled the physical and spiritual journey of a young British engineer meeting up with Zen and the Japanese shakuhachi flute. Hollow Bell is Blowing Zen's sequel in a way, Brooks's attempt to make the book more palpable for readers who wondered what the blowing sounded like. As shakuhachi recordings go, this one's a delight, a series of musical explorations that take advantage of the end-blown flute's tonal ranges--which all stay in the midregister and never proceed faster than a glacier. Between pacing and the airy overtones that Brooks manages, he makes Hollow Bell an instantly purposeful recording, a set of historically important tunes and improvisations that center the ear and lay down a calm that's not so much quiet as it is a quickly enveloping sound environment. --Andrew BartlettCustomer Reviews:
Deep and soulful music.......2007-07-18
Enlightenment in one tone.......2001-04-13
best choice.......2000-05-23
Hollow Bell.......2000-05-23
Hollow Bell.......2000-05-23
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Garden of Serenity
David and Steve Gordon Manufacturer: Sequoia Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000008QVS Release Date: 1998-08-25 |
Tracks:
- 1st Movement: Secret Foundation
- 2nd Movement: Nature Spirits
Album Description
Visualize the most tranquil garden there has ever been... completely secluded and calm. It's filled with exotic flowers, plants, birds, and a small brook. Sounds of bubbling water and birdsong intertwine with the quiet tinkling of wind chimes, harp, temple bells and gentle Shakuhachi flute melodies. The natural sounds and gentle music creates a healing, stress-free environment perfect for yoga, massage and relaxation. A bestselling classic!Customer Reviews:
Very Dull.......2007-02-21
David and Steve excel in some genres but should stay away from pure environmental efforts. The waterfall/stream sounds on this CD are loud, harsh, and overdone. The sounds are monotonous and just go on and on and on until you just can't stand it anymore. I have a fair number of music/nature compilations so I know what I'm talking about...this one becomes just plain annoying after a while. There is nothing soothing or serene about it at all.
If you are looking for the absolute best quality nature recordings blended with music, seek out any of Dan Gibson's work and go no further.
Best CD I've found for getting to sleep.......2006-06-16
Very soothing and relaxing the whole way through.......2003-06-25
Garden of Serenity.......2002-07-12
Love it, Love it, Love it!.......2000-05-05
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Shakuhachi
Manufacturer: M&G ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00006F2OP Release Date: 1994-05-02 |
Tracks:
- Lullaby of Itsuki and Kojo no Tsuki
- Tamuke
- Sanya
- Yamagoe
- Lullaby from Shimabara
- Sanan
- Esashi oiwake
- Sokkan
- Amazing Grace
Album Description
Meditation music performed on the Japanese bamboo flute, the shakuhachi. Marco Lienhard is the grand master of the shakuhachi. Zen music and folk songs performed by one of the best interpreter of Zen meditation music. Marco Linehard is an internationally known artist who performs regularly in Europe, Japan and North America. This is Cd has been a best seller in Japan and the USA. Critically acclaimed recording which might become your favorite album very soon.Customer Reviews:
A Classic.......2003-01-15
A Must for shakuhachi lovers and also for people new to the instrument, this should be your intro to the world of Shakuhachi
Shakuhachi.......2002-10-04
I find it great to do Yoga to or meditate.
Also noticed my kids get quiter when I play this on the stereo! it has gotten a power to relax
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The Garden of Mirrors
Stephan Micus Manufacturer: Ecm Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000024T7R Release Date: 2000-07-18 |
Tracks:
- Earth
- Passing Cloud
- Violeta
- Flowers In Chaos
- In The High Valleys
- Gates Of Fire
- Mad Bird
- Night Circles
- Words Of Truth
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Multi-instrumentalist and composer Stephan Micus is a unique explorer of sonorities, wandering the world to study instruments from a host of heritages. His work is marked by a simultaneous interest in the instruments' distinctive properties and original uses and his own vision. For the nine-part Garden of Mirrors, Micus has added to his instrumental palette with bolombatto and sinding, two lower-register West African harps with attached tin rattles. These are used here to accompany vocals or are joined in various configurations with a complement of ethnic flutes--including Japanese shakuhachi, Balinese suling, Egyptian nay, and an Irish tin whistle--as well as steel drums, and Micus's voice is overdubbed to a 20-member chorale on three tracks. The results are often hypnotic, combining hyper-resonant instruments with static five-tone scales and chanted micro-melodies.On "Passing Cloud," the shakuhachi wafts over a slowly pulsing field of four steel drums and two sinding, while "Gates of Fire" uses bowed sinding to add introductory menace to a stately processional orchestra of percussion, steel drums, and a dozen overdubs of the various flutes. On "Flowers in Chaos," a single high-pitched suling expands to 22, arriving like a flock of exotic birds. It's not just the cross-cultural content of these instruments that makes the music distinctive. Their sounds are close to nature, whether evoking birds or rivers, wind or rain. Micus's wordless singing never mimics a single culture; the pieces are as apt to suggest Native American music as the South African townships or India. In Micus's meditations, technology can turn the one voice into many, or merge diverse elements into a united dreamscape. --Stuart Broomer
Customer Reviews:
African Hypnosis.......2003-01-31
leaving space.......2001-08-30
Wonderful Micus...But Typical.......2000-09-29
his best so far.......2000-09-24
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Floating World
Riley Lee , and Marshall Mcguire Manufacturer: New World Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0002IQBLW Release Date: 2004-07-06 |
Tracks:
- Pavane
- Pavane De La Belle Au Bois Dormant
- Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte
- Pour Invoquer Pan, Dieu Du Vent D'Ete
- Berceuse Du Vent Dans Les Cerisiers
- Le Koto Chante Pour L'absent
- 1ere Gymnopedie
- 2eme Gymnopedie
- 3eme Gymnopedie
- 4eme Gnossienne
- Requiem: Pie Jesu
- Sacremental Lullaby
- Dream Of The Moon Flower
- Deep Night Cicada
- A Feather On The Breath Of God
Album Description
This collection of exquisite French, Japanese and Australian compositions played on shakuhachi and harp takes us into the realm of a mystical imagination. Works featured are by Faure, Satie, Ravel, Debussy, Tournier, Fukuda, Kozu and Australian composer Anny Boyd. This is a very special album ideal for relaxation, meditation or simply for pure enjoyment.Customer Reviews:
Divine!.......2004-11-28
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Trance 3: Zen Shakuhachi, Mbira Spirit Ceremony & Sacred Tembang Sunda
Various Artists Manufacturer: Ellipsis Arts ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00002Z7AV Release Date: 1999-11-09 |
Tracks:
- Choshi & Shoganken Reibo - Ronnie Nyogetsu Seldin
- Tadzungaira & Gonamombe Rerume - Forward Kwenda
- Jemplang Leumpang Muara Beres/Lokatmala
- Tahajud/Lumengis
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Space Streakings Sighted Over Mount Shasta
Shakuhachi Surprise Manufacturer: Skin Graft Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0000019FO Release Date: 1996-10-01 |
Tracks:
- Swavay
- Harduro-Deso Deso (?)
- Shacho
- Yadoroku Diamondo
- Tora! Tora! Tora! Senzuri
- Jushoku
- Oresama 'Big J'
- Nande
- Kick On Cigarette (Kekkon Shitekure)
Meditation Music:
- Shamanic Ecstasy
- Sol Y Luna
- Solitudes
- Spleen and Ideal
- Storm Coming
- Strangeworld
- Stress Break
- Strings of Desire
- Tapestires - Relaxing Pachelbel
- Tenchi Muyo Music Edition, Vol. 2 [Soundtrack]
Meditation Music
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