Gifts of the Angels

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Steven Halpern has more than 60 recordings in circulation, including audio projects ostensibly designed to enhance memory, wealth, and weight loss. He even has his own trademarked slogan--the Halpern Effect(tm)! (Take that, Mozart.) Thus, it's easy to view Halpern's high-volume output since 1975 less as art and more like a commodity. Gifts of the Angels, a 68-minute compilation (sampling eight albums and adding two original pieces), offers a few nuggets that suggest Halpern's music at times can stand on its own merits, detached from all of its deep-bliss, New Age pretensions. "Celestial Prophecy," is a nicely detailed (which is not to say complex) excursion on solo piano that briefly stirs the senses, and the title track from Higher Ground is a delicate space-music standout. Meanwhile, the 1970s-flashback tonality of Halpern's electric piano (one piece, "Earthrise," can be traced to Halpern's debut release, Spectrum Suite) dates several of the tracks included here. Nevertheless, the disc's pace, which drifts deeper into the ether on each of the last five tracks, is nicely constructed for those aiming to nod off into a state of contented nothingness. --Terry Wood

Gifts of the Angels,Steven Halpern,Inner Peace Music,Ambient,Contemporary Instrumental,Electro-Acoustic,Electronic,Healing,Leader,Meditation,New Age / Meditation,Pop,Progressive Electronic,Relaxation,Self-Help,Space,Spiritual

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Average customer rating: I have used this CD for TEN YEARS... Welcome to the warm embrace of angels! Gift of Angels This is truly music from the angels life saving music

Gifts of the Angels Steven Halpern Manufacturer: Inner Peace Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Self-Help | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music Healing | New Age | Styles | Music Relaxation | New Age | Styles | Music Space Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Electronic | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Self-Help | Miscellaneous | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Inner Peace Sound Medicine: Music for Healing Chakra Suite Music for Sound Healing Sleep Soundly ASIN: B000003IVB Release Date: 1994-10-18

Tracks:

1. Gifts Of The Angels
2. Radiance
3. Ode To Orpheus
4. Celestial Prophecy
5. Eternally
6. Awakening
7. Pachelbel's Canon
8. Sand Dance
9. Angels On High
10. Inner Peace
11. Earthrise
12. Higher Ground
13. Crystal Suite
14. The Light In Your Eyes
15. Starborn Suite

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Steven Halpern has more than 60 recordings in circulation, including audio projects ostensibly designed to enhance memory, wealth, and weight loss. He even has his own trademarked slogan--the Halpern Effect(tm)! (Take that, Mozart.) Thus, it's easy to view Halpern's high-volume output since 1975 less as art and more like a commodity. Gifts of the Angels, a 68-minute compilation (sampling eight albums and adding two original pieces), offers a few nuggets that suggest Halpern's music at times can stand on its own merits, detached from all of its deep-bliss, New Age pretensions. "Celestial Prophecy," is a nicely detailed (which is not to say complex) excursion on solo piano that briefly stirs the senses, and the title track from Higher Ground is a delicate space-music standout. Meanwhile, the 1970s-flashback tonality of Halpern's electric piano (one piece, "Earthrise," can be traced to Halpern's debut release, Spectrum Suite) dates several of the tracks included here. Nevertheless, the disc's pace, which drifts deeper into the ether on each of the last five tracks, is nicely constructed for those aiming to nod off into a state of contented nothingness. --Terry Wood

Customer Reviews:

I have used this CD for TEN YEARS..........2006-12-23

As a massage therapist, this is the ONLY CD I have used consistently in my practice over the past TEN years. There is something about this particular CD that I absolutely love and that has not been duplicated in other CDs I have used (literally hundreds!) Steven Halpern comes up with awesome music! I have many of his other CDs as well, but NOTHING comes close to "Gifts of the Angels". I am now using my 3rd copy and will buy another when this one is worn out. Many of my clients ASK me to use it in their massage sessions and ask me where to find Halpern's music. Superb.

Welcome to the warm embrace of angels!.......2006-08-31

When much of modern day's rock music and the civilization's pressure on people's lifestyle has a stressful and bad influence on the well being Steven Halpern's music is a blessing. The Godfather and inventor of the New Age music that has a healing and relaxing purpose makes music that puts the body in it's own rhythm and leads into a state of balance and inner peace. Gifts of Angels does all this, but adds an extra dimension with its beautiful angel song, making this an absolute world class New Age album. The music puts the brain waves in an alpha state and sometimes my heartbeat even gets down to 40 beats per minute, leading to a sense of peace and relaxation at the same time as its get me ready to meet my everyday life as a more balanced and happier human being. To have the opportunity to lie down and do nothing, just listen to this beautiful music, and let it fill your entire body with peace and comfort is a luxury that I think every human being should have the opportunity to do and that everybody needs to do once in a while. Unfortunately many people don't have the knowledge about New Age and the way it helps us to a better life. Bands like Rush, Journey and Def Leppard gives us the rush and entertainment that we need to be energetic while going to the gym or driving the car fast on a sunny summer day. Steven Halpern's music gets the body in a state of balance and peace and helps us to get more concentrated and focused. The price of this CD is not just the price of another CD, it's an investment in a better life, like buying a miracle pill that gets you healthier and helps you get away from illness and an unhealthy life, a pill that never will end.

Gift of Angels.......2006-08-21

The music is just that! It sounds like you're in Heaven. Halpern scores again!

This is truly music from the angels.......2006-03-24

I listen to this CD when I am meditating and while I am taking a bath. It allows me to relax and truly be in a state of heaven. I love it.

life saving music.......2006-03-07

I did not expect this but I was really buying this for myself, turns out my daughter likes this at night so she can fall asleep. My daughter is 4 and very active, she never seems to know when to rest and relax.
I decided to play this one night just to ease the mood of the night and she was asleep by the 4th song. We play this cd every night. thank!, you thank!, you thank you!

I love this cd because now I can have her go to sleep at a time that is normal for her age instead of an adult time.

Thanks, I recommend this cd for every one that is tense and needs a good easy winding down. I love it

Average customer rating: beauty, simplicity, and utility Words and Music Marry in Siegfried's Arrangements

Gentle Words: Shaker Songs Polly M. Rupe , John Whitbey , Issachar Bates , David Stutz , Ann Glusker , Lisa Cardwell Ponten , The Tudor Choir , and Doug Fullington Manufacturer: Loft Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Simple Gifts: Shaker Chants and Spirituals Simple Gifts Early Shaker Spirituals Tree of Life Shaker Songs: A Musical Celebration of Peace, Harmony and Simplicity ASIN: B00005JIZK Release Date: 2001-06-05

Tracks:

1. I Will Bow And Be Simple
2. In Yonder Valley
3. All Is Summer
4. O Lord Make Me Pure
5. Love Is Little
6. The Burning Day
7. Circular March
8. Help Me, O Lord
9. Heavenly Display
10. Followers Of The Lamb
11. Come To Zion
12. We Must Be Meek
13. Lay Me Low
14. Solemn Song
15. Beautiful Treasure
16. Peace
17. Angels Of Heaven
18. Hunger And Thirst
19. Dismission Of Great I
20. Revelation
21. Prayer For The Captive
22. Gentle Words
23. Beautiful Valley
24. Jubilee
25. Ezekiel's Vision
26. Almighty Savior
27. Cords Of Love
28. I Will Go On My Way

Customer Reviews:

beauty, simplicity, and utility.......2001-09-12

Of this CD's twenty-eight tracks, eighteen are arrangements by Kevin Siegfried; the remaining ten are straightforward, unadorned performances of Shaker hymns, sung either by the choir in unison, or by a solo voice, as they would have been sung in Shaker services. Occasionally the choir stomps and claps, also as the Shakers would have done. The unison songs and Kevin's settings blend seamlessly together, since Kevin's music is very sensitive to the spirit of the original tunes. His harmonies have an open, rough-hewn quality to them, like early American furniture, sturdy and useful. The music carefully mirrors and supports the text, occasionally employing mixed meter to follow the natural cadences of speech. The settings are largely homophonic, like Lutheran chorales, rendering the text easily comprehensible. Kevin avoids unnecessary embellishments and repetitions, and each piece is a small, well-proportioned gem, averaging about two minutes in length. In the liner notes, Kevin writes of his desire to preserve the Shaker ideals of "beauty, simplicity, and utility" in his settings, and he has succeeded brilliantly; the music is unassuming, serene, and peaceful.

Words and Music Marry in Siegfried's Arrangements.......2001-06-27

This recording of Shaker Hymns arranged by composer Kevin Siegfried and sung by the very fine Tudor Choir of Seattle is magnificent for several reasons chief of which is the careful blending of text and music in the arrangements. The "gentle words" of these hymns come alive through Siegfried's thoughtful soundscapes, providing the right context for the message of these poignant and life affirming hymns. This is no small task and although the Tudor Choir sings beautifully throughout, it is the arranging that has really caught my ear on this cd; you'd be hard pressed to find a recording of choral works with a better marriage of text and music. Well worth your money, time, and ears.

Average customer rating: This SACD is very good Interesting and good music

Celtic Spectacular Erich Kunzel , and Cincinnati Pops Manufacturer: Telarc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Epics [Hybrid SACD] The Overlook (Harry Bosch) ASIN: B00006771B Release Date: 2002-04-30

Customer Reviews:

This SACD is very good.......2007-07-20

All of the music this SACD is very good. I like very much of the celtic music.

Interesting and good music.......2007-01-26

A good music ,good sonics.
I particularly enjoyed some traks such as No. 4 in which James Galway plays but also no. 6 and 9 and the others.

Average customer rating: Uneven, yet daring and beautiful performances American Record Guide review simly gifts, Gwozdz simly gifts, Gwozdz

Simply Gifts Manufacturer: Albany Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B00004RJ2L Release Date: 2000-03-28

Customer Reviews:

Uneven, yet daring and beautiful performances.......2000-10-26

The performances by Gwozdz, Leventhal, and Redfield are wonderful. The Dankner sonata and the Lukas "Lento drammatico" are the highlights of the disc, while the remaining three pieces do not equal the musical caliber of their predecessors. Overall, it remains a bold list of some fine works by little-heard composers. (Point: The Dankner, although tonal, is by no means "very, very conservative". The finale in particular reminds me of Bartok, not Mozart.)

American Record Guide review.......2000-08-30

Review appearing in The American Record Guide, September/October issue, p. 289:

SIMPLY GIFTS DANKNER: Sonata; LUKAS: Lento Drammatico; SUBER: Angels; STARER: Preludes; HARTLEY: Dance Suite Lawrence Gwozdz, sax; Lois Leventhal, piano; Stephen Redfield, violin -- Albany 378 -- 59 minutes.

"Stephen Dankner's music is very, very traditional. Most of it is in an uninflected tonal idiom and uses tonal forms. His Sonata for sax and piano is no different. He has command of his idiom... and knows the instruments well.... Zdednek Lukas's Lento Drammatico lives up to its name -- it is slow and dramatic. The basic texture and style of the piece is recitative, giving both instruments opportunities for expressive statements. This work would make a valuable addition to the recital repertoire. The high point of the program is Stephen Suber's two-movement Angels, an introspective, brooding, and sometimes lyrical meditation. Its melodic and harmonic turns constantly surprise the listener in subtle ways, making for a rewarding musical experience; even a gratuitous fast section at the end does not break the spell. Veteran composers Robert Starer and Walter Hartley turn in solid pieces with the Five Preludes and the Dance Suite. Saxophonist Lawrence Gwozdz is a strong and sensitive performer. He is ably accompanied by pianist Lois Leventhal. Violinist Stephen Redfield joins them in a lively performance of the Hartley. Albany's sound is very good."

Stephen Hickman

simly gifts, Gwozdz.......2000-06-13

gwozdz, is a fantastic musician! one of the best recording saxophonists i the field! he knows what the saxophone should be!

simly gifts, Gwozdz.......2000-06-13

gwozdz, is a fantastic musician! one of the best recording saxophonists i the field! he knows what the saxophone should be!

Average customer rating: Religious music from the 19th century A wonderful listening treat

I Am Filled With Heavenly Treasures Manufacturer: New World Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0002NY90W Release Date: 2004-08-31

Tracks:

1. Today, today is my own time
2. The Coming Day
3. Rose of Sharon
4. In this pleasant place I will go
5. The Earth Is Renewed
6. I've a spiritual garden to weed
7. Lord give me of Thy living bread
8. Redeeming Love
9. Good Brethren will you receive my love
10. Round Dance
11. Compassion
12. Toil On, Pray On
13. As Stars and Diamonds
14. Receive a Father's love
15. Pearl of Great Price
16. In love and peace we will increase
17. Simple Gift
18. With the lamb on Mt. Zion
19. The Charms of My Mother
20. "Great I" Medley: Dismission of Great I
21. Love Is Little
22. Harmony of Angels
23. I Am Filled With Heavenly Treasures
24. Mother's Chair
25. Let us grow up strength in Zion
26. My Mother's way's the way for me
27. Let us sow to the spirit of love
28. May I see as I am seen
29. Wake Up
30. I love to sing and worship God
31. Move on with the gift
32. How pretty 'tis to see
33. Good Elder, dear Brethren and Sisters, I love you
34. Grateful Remembrance
35. Learned of Angel
36. God Is Infinitely Able
37. God's Blessing
38. Farewell, farewell our dear gospel friends
39. Prayer for the Nations

Album Description

Shaker music is a unique body of American sacred folk music, created by eighteen American Shaker communities over a period of one hundred and forty years (1780-1920). This rich tradition of song continues to serve the Shaker community in the twenty-first century because it embodies their history, records the testimony of Shakers "who have gone before," articulates the religious principles on which Shakerism is founded, and reflects the faith of the contemporary community. Shaker music was created and nurtured in communities that prized isolation from worldly ways. Shaker melodies, although related to the larger tradition of Anglo-American folk songs, are not bound by their form, tonality, melodic or rhythmic structure.

The Enfield Shaker singers are a vocal ensemble of adults and children devoted to the study and performance of Shaker music. The group is open to all without audition, and is made up of both trained musicians and amateur singers. We draw heavily on the repertoire received or composed in the two societies that were the New Hampshire Bishopric—Canterbury and Enfield. Since the New Hampshire societies enriched their repertoire with songs from all the other Shaker communities, they also sing songs of the New York, Maine, Massachusetts, Ohio and Kentucky Shakers.

The Enfield Shaker Singers are drawn to Shaker spirituals that illuminate Shaker communal values and broaden our definitions of the sacred. The songs included on this recording illustrate some of the many ways music served Shaker communities. Most Shaker song texts are theologically direct, emotionally honest, and expressive of our shared humanity.

On this recording we offer thirty-nine songs we have come to love. Some have special meaning for individuals. We associate others with a particular singer in the group, or an occasion when it was sung. Each song offers us slightly different insights into Shaker aspiration, and Shaker faith. We hope that, through this recording, others will also come to love and sing them too. —Mary Ann Haagen, from the liner notes

Customer Reviews:

Religious music from the 19th century.......2007-07-07

If one likes the songs of the Shakers written in the late 18th and early 19 century that were without musical instruments, then you may like this CD. I found 8 songs out of the 30 or more on the CD that I liked, the others I did not care for much. This is no fault of the creators of the Cd, it is simply the style of the Shakers of the past.

A wonderful listening treat.......2005-01-11

This CD is a delight! The simple melodies, surprising harmonies, and clarity of the voices makes you want to sing along. Listening makes one smile, regardless of one's religious persuasion. Thank you for giving us these songs and preserving the tradition of this music.

Average customer rating:

Angels are Everywhere! Manufacturer: Afka ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Brahms | Brahms, Johannes | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Britten | Britten, Sir Benjamin | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Fauré, Gabriel | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mendelssohn | Mendelssohn, Felix | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Requiems | Forms & Genres | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Requiems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000003XVD Release Date: 1996-10-15

Tracks:

1. Friday Afternoons: Begone, Dull Care! - The Treble Chor Of New England At Merrimack College
2. Friday Afternoons: A Tragic Story - The Treble Chor Of New England At Merrimack College
3. Friday Afternoons: Cuckoo! - Frank Mundo
4. Friday Afternoons: 'Ee-Oh!' - The Treble Chor Of New England At Merrimack College
5. Friday Afternoons: A New Year Carol - Erika Hutchinson/Jeffrey King
6. Friday Afternoons: I Mun Be Married On Sunday - The Treble Chor Of New England At Merrimack College
7. Friday Afternoons: There Was A Man Of Newington - The Treble Chor Of New England At Merrimack College
8. Friday Afternoons: Lone Dog (Premiere Recording) - The Treble Chor Of New England At Merrimack College
9. Friday Afternoons: Fishing Song - Katharine Hazzard
10. Friday Afternoons: The Useful Plough - The Treble Chor Of New England At Merrimack College
11. Friday Afternoons: Jazz-Man - The Treble Chor Of New England At Merrimack College
12. Friday Afternoons: There Was A Monkey - Kylie Syllivan/Jeffrey King/Erika Hutchinson/stephanie Kacoyanis/Meredith Lamb/Briana Rossi
13. Friday Afternoons: Old Abram Brown - Tanya Kodinsky
14. Gruss (Greeting) - The Treble Chor Of New England At Merrimack College
15. The Maybells And The Flowers - Tanya Kodinsky
16. Three Liebeslieder Waltzes: Wie Des Abends Schone Rote/Vogelein Durch-Raucht Die Luft/Nein... - Tanya Kodinsky/Richard Stultz
17. Angels Are Everywhere: Angels Are Everywhere - Richard Stultz
18. Angels Are Everywhere: The Angel At Eden's Gate - Richard Stultz
19. Angels Are Everywhere: The Angel In The Fiery Furnace - Richard Stultz
20. Angels Are Everywhere: The Angel At The Manger - Richard Stultz
21. Angels Are Everywhere: The Angel On The Cloud - Richard Stultz
22. Angels Are Everywhere: The Angels On The Head Of A Pin - Richard Stultz R
23. Simple Gifts - Ray Ayers/Richard Stultz
24. Pie Jesu From Requiem - Richard Stultz
25. The Lass From The Low Countree - Richard Stultz
26. Water Of Tyne - Tanya Kodinsky
27. Ode To Shelley: The Invitation - The Treble Chor Of New England At Merrimack College
28. Ode To Shelley: Hymn To Pan - The Treble Chor Of New England At Merrimack College
29. Ode To Shelley: With Music Sweet As Love - The Treble Chor Of New England At Merrimack College
30. Ode To Shelley: Music, When Soft Voices Die - The Treble Chor Of New England At Merrimack College

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