Path To The Heart

Editorial Reviews
Josef Petrzelka - Czech Republic
Like music from Heaven.

Product Description
9 original solo compositions performed on various Native American flutes - music for stillness, meditation and healing.

This is Golana's (Scott Cunningham) first recording of Native American flute compositions. It features 9 solo tracks that lead the listener into reflection and inner stillness.

Path To The Heart

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Path To The Heart

Tracks:

Om Kar
Graceful
Hey Gopal
Amateyus
Jataka
Mantrika
Neytal
Ghandarva
Jai Ambe
Soma
Emperor
Om Kar (Meditation Mix)

Customer Reviews:

Comfort.......2005-06-08

I love this CD and it is one of my most played. It is a mood lightener, a soul soother and eases my heart. I very highly recommend it!

Sonic support for the beauty of asana.......2004-06-04

As their most recent product offering, Yoga Journal, in collaboration with M Path, have shared this exquisite CD of music. Designed for the Yoga Journal Step-by-Step series, this music has a life of its own, separate from the videos. It segues beautifully, one track to the next, creating an elegant sonic ambience for an asana practice.

The opening track, Om Kar, sets the tone. Atmospheric drones, sitar strums, and violin swirl together, just as an asana practice begins with the breath. The music becomes more textured, with a deep bass note added, and then it begins to slide forward, like the movements of the spine in Surya Namaskar, with caressing drum beats. The undulating pulse of the song opens up both the spine and the heart. Graceful, the next track, builds the energy, adding electric guitars and more active percussion that underlie the beginnings of strong poses (maybe the Standing Sequence from Ashtanga, maybe something else).

Standout vocal tracks include Hey Gopal, Mantrika, and Ghanadarva. Hey Gopal has a sensual vocal track above a woodwind, percussion, and synthesizer base. A langurous invocation to Krishna and Radhe - "Hey Govinda, Hey Gopala; Radhe Shyam Bolo" - slinks out of the space. Mantrika, featuring the incomparable Krishna Das, features his gravelly baritone over a sensual tabla rhythm. Chanting deep and low, the whole piece feels like a trance dance song. "Shri Ram, Jai Ram, Jai Jai Ram" runs the chorus, and then it goes back into the deep sonic realms. Ghanadarva just makes me smile: it has this frolicking rhythm which accentuates the rolling pulse of the chant: "Hare Shiva Shankara, Shambo Shankara, Hare Bom, Hare Bom, Bom Bom Bolo." It just sounds so happy. It's like an Anusara moment, and you just want to dance, or do a handstand, or chant along. It opens you up to the playful energy of the spirit.

Jai Ambe begins to wind down the practice, and in perfect fashion, the last song of the 60 odd minute recording brings you back to the opening song. What was once energizing is now relaxing -- Surya Namaskar to Savasana. This CD is a partner is the journey of an asana practice, and it will not disappoint!

Pleasant enough background music.......2004-05-14

This is the kind of CD that you pop into the deck for that after work wind down. It doesn't ask much of you - sorta yoga muzak/elevator music. It's okay, but if I had listened to the whole CD before I plunked down my money, I probably would have just checked it out from the library. Hey, I'll sell you my copy if you are still interested in purchasing - It's practically brand new.

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Path to the Heart
Golana
Manufacturer: Spring Hill
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Native American | North America | International | Styles | Music

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Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B00006LA5M
Release Date: 2002-08-27

Tracks:

Call To Prayer
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Album Description

9 original solo compositions performed on various Native American flutes - music for stillness, meditation and healing.

Tracks:

Tuzba (Desire)
Stst'/Steadiness
Lavecka (Bench)
Stesk (Woe) - Skampa Quartet
Obrk Mileho (Lover's Likeness)
Svatba Kom (Gnats Wedding)
Kouzlo (Charm)
Slib (Promise)
Orisek Lovy (Hazel Nut) - Skampa Quartet
La (Love)
Jablunka (Apple Tree)
Jabucko (Sweet Apple)
Co Je to Za Nebe (What Sky)
Safva C (Alderman's Daughter)
Cervenab(Little Red Apples)
Dobr(Good Hunt)
He Warden)
Kony Mil [My Lover's Horses]
Kv MilodejnLove Herbs)
Pcko (Posy)
LoucenMilou
Jindy a NynThen and Now)
T (Uneasy)
VzknMessage)
Belegrade (Belgrade) - Skampa Quartet
Milenec Vrah (Lover Killer)
Pomluva (Calumny)
LoucenParting)
Sirota (Lonely Soul)
Osamel Alone)
Komu Kytka (For Whom the Posy)
Z Od Mil (Love Shining)
Polajka (Thyme)
Kol(KolTown)
Psano (Love Letter)
Karafi(Carnation)
Rozmarsemary)
Pamy (Mementos)
Zpevulenka (Tender Little Tune)
Nejistota (Uncertainty)
Kukacka (Cuckoo)
Zahrcka (Fence)
Muzikanti (Musicians)
Vernost' (Faithfulness)
Bolavlava (Headache)
Osud (Fate)
Daleko ProvdanWedded Far Away)
Budk (Wakening)
Dobrada (Sound Advice)
Slzy echou (Tears of Comfort)
Koukol (Corncockle)
Kalina (Guelder Rose)
Pohreb Zbojnv

Customer Reviews:

Moravian songs, via Janacek, Godar, Bittova and Skampa.......2006-05-09

This is a unique recording of Janacek's transcriptions of Moravian folk songs. Originally for piano and voice, they have been transcribed by Slovak composer Vladimir Godar for string quartet and (occasionally) three-voice male chorus. Here they are performed by renowned Czech singer and violinist Iva Bittova, accompanied by the Skampa Quartet and chorus. The effect is not so much of classical liede, but of authentic eastern European "popular" songs - the sonority of the string quartet adds to this in no small part. Janacek would be proud.

Skampa Quartet is great - the singer... yikes.......2005-07-28

I honestly did not know what I was getting myself into when I bought this CD. I love Janacek, I love folk songs... how could I go wrong? Iva Bittova! I was concerned that she would have a 50yr old woobly voice, but instead what exists is a thin VERY nasal tone... perhaps she should be singing traditional Bulgarian music! The voice is expressive, just ugly.
The recording quality is not very good, either. On many of the tracks, Iva seems to be muffled and in the background of the recording.
Really - dont waste your time and money, unless you really would just like to have a recording of over 50 Janacek songs.

Peter Arnold Heise, Peter Erasmus Lange-Müller: Songs

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Peter Arnold Heise, Peter Erasmus Lange-Müller: Songs

Manufacturer: Da Capo [Naxos]
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Tracks:

Druben Geht Die Sonne Scheiden
Trube Wird's, Die Wolken Jagen
Auf Geheimem Waldespfade
Sonnenundergang
Auf Dem Teich, Dem Regungslosen
Til En Veninde
Ved Huset
Henrykkelse
Skovensomhed
Advarsel
Bergmanden
Dengang Jeg Var Ung Og Elskovsfuld
Min Skat
Arnes Sang
En Sommernat
Glenten
Ingeborg, Min Sjael, Mit Hjerte
Verzogen, Verflogen
Die Du Bist So Schon Und Rein
Nimm Mich Auf, Uralte Nacht
Der Zimmermann
Die Heil'gen Drei Konige
Kaempens Sang
Himlen Ulmer Svagt I Flammerodt
Se Blygra Sky'r Mod Blygra Sky'r Sig Vaelte
Ved Solnedgang
Bjornen
Der Sta To Roser
Alt Daekker Nattens Vide Slaengkappe Land Og Byer
I Braendingen Ligger En Klippeblok
En Rand Af Diset Hede
I Skoven II
Yderst I Slaeber, Det Lette

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Most certainly high up in the mountains, sitting on a porch or stomping your feet at a Saturday night get together in the barn

Backroads

Manufacturer: Kickin Grass
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Country | Styles | Music

General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music

General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000BARXT0
Release Date: 2004-01-20

Tracks:

Left This Town
Life Is Not a Guarantee
Backroads
Joker's Wild
Hello Trouble
Sparrow
Clinch Mountain Backstep
Little Piece of Cornbread
Fire On the Mountain
Morning Train
Troubled Life
Black Mountain Rag

Product Description

TRACKS - 1: Left This Town, 2: Life is Not a Guarantee, 3: Backroads, 4: Joker's Wild, 5: Hello Trouble, 6: Sparrow, 7: Clinch Mountain Backstep, 8: Little Piece of Cornbread, 9: Fire on the Mountain, 10: Morning Train, 11: Troubled Life, 12: Black Mountain Rag

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Most certainly high up in the mountains, sitting on a porch or stomping your feet at a Saturday night get together in the barn.......2005-11-25

A review from Mark Gensman (Ground Zero Sound) written for the 800+ member Nwbluegrass Yahoogroup:

I got this CD in today and rather than take my normal sweet time, I decided to spend some time with it this afternoon.

First off, for you old timey, traditional bluegrass lovers. This is your CD. Even though there are several original cuts on the disc, the flavor is most certainly high up in the mountains, sitting on a porch or stomping your feet at a Saturday night get together in the barn.

The band is:
Patrick Walsh on upright bass
Jamie Dawson on mandolin
Lynda Wittig on guitar
Kyra Moore on banjo
Matt Hooper on fiddle

Kickin Grass is a group that started out backing a cloggers group and has since taken off on their own to great acclaim. They are from North Carolina and from the liner notes are getting popular in the festival circuit. I can see why they would be a great live band.

The CD appears to be a representation of how the band really sounds. But that brings up my only complaint and it really has nothing to do with the band. The overall tone and volume of the vocals was at times shrill and frequently distorted. If it was a case where the instruments were also distorted, I would think I got a bad CD, but the instruments were warm and present, while the vocals were not mixed or mastered properly at all and the volume of the vocals was uneven throughout the CD.

That said, as long as you play this CD at fairly low volume, the sonic problems may not be noticable..but about the band..

Really nice arrangements, good pickers and lots of energy which is hard to do in a studio. Here is the breakdown:

1. Left This Town - A nicely done original with a lot of traditional flavor. I really like the songs this band writes and they play with that barn dance energy that works well here.

2. Life Is Not A Guarantee - A very well done original ballad with strong old timey flavor.

3. Backroads - Another original. A great fiddle break and another up tempo bluegrass style romp.

4. Jokers Wild - Nice instrumental. This tune gives me an idea of how good they must be live, since it sounds like they are playing the song like they always do it.

5. Hello Trouble - Good bluegrass music with this uptempo spirited tune. Good fiddle break and nice tone on the instruments.

6. Sparrow - Another original with good lead vocal part. The Banjo is very nicely recorded and is actually "warm" if that isn't an oxymoron. The harmony vocals get quite shrill and a little distorted in spots. Great
arrangement.

7. Clinch Mountain Backstep - A well done traditional bluegrass tune. Very interesting doubled mandolin break that stands out from the other instrument breaks.

8. Little Piece Of Cornbread - Another excellent original written by Lynda Wittig. Very interesting mix with the vocals way behind the instruments and the words hard to discern at times. The instrument breaks are quite a bit louder than the lead vocal which is interesting at best.

9. Fire On The Mountain - This reminds me of a Neil Young ballad. Very tasty instrument backing and the breaks are really well done. The lead vocal is slightly distorted but I could see Neil Young doing this song.

10. Morning Train - Yet another original from Lynda Wittig. I must admit I am very impressed with the way this lady writes songs. They are very well crafted. This song sounds like a traditional Appalachian Mountain porch ballad with great harmony. The vocals are really, really loud and slightly
distorted (again) and uneven, but that does not mean the band didn't sing a great song.

11. Troubled Life - An original bluegrass style gospel song. Good harmonies but that dreaded distortion shows up again on certain parts of the lead vocal.

12. Black Mountain Flag - Traditional tune done well. The instrumental songs are well mixed, with good balance and nice tone for all the instruments.

All in all, a good band for those who prefer traditional bluegrass with old timey flavor and high lonesome vocals.

I would enjoy this band live, and I only wish more attention would have been given to the production.

The CD was produced by Steve Dilling of IIIrd Tyme Out and recorded at West Station Records. (Mark Gensman, Ground Zero Sound)

Peeter Vähi: The Path To The Heart Of Asia

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Peeter Vähi: The Path To The Heart Of Asia
Peeter Vahi
Manufacturer: Erdenklang (Germany)
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | New Age | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000ORDVEQ

Product Description

Peeter Vähi: The Path To The Heart Of Asia! 1992 German Import Release! TRACKS: 1. Legend One; 2. Legend Two; 3. Legend Three; 4. Legend Four; 5. Legend Five; 6. Legend Six; 7. Legend Seven; 8. Legend Eight; 9. Legend Nine; 10. Legend Ten; & 11. Legend Zero.

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Path to the Heart of Asia
Peeter Vahi
Manufacturer: Erdenklang
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004TWHX
Release Date: 2000-05-15

Tracks:

Legend One
Legend Two
Legend Three
Legend Four
Legend Five
Legend Six
Legend Seven
Legend Eight
Legend Nine
Legend Ten
Legend Zero

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Path To The Heart
Golaná
Manufacturer: Oginali Productions
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Native American | North America | International | Styles | Music

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Native American | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music

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ASIN: B00000J9QO
Release Date: 1999-09-01

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Call To Prayer
Sacred Silence
Shaman's Lullaby
Tracking The Moon
In Your Light
Magic Canyons
Tears From Joy
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Rain Shadow

Album Description

9 original solo compositions performed on various Native American flutes - music for stillness, meditation and healing.

This is Golana's (Scott Cunningham) first recording of Native American flute compositions. It features 9 solo tracks that lead the listener into reflection and inner stillness.

Nurturing: Piano Improvisations to Soothe the Soul
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Nurturing: Piano Improvisations to Soothe the Soul

Manufacturer: Empower Innovations
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | New Age | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CAA5AI
Release Date: 2003-06-24