Mystic Winds

Track Listings

1. Eastern Winds

2. Summer Beezes

3. Mystic Wind

4. Playful Breezes

5. West Wind

6. Artic Winds

7. Windmills

8. Winds of Change

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Strings, harp, piano and voice paint a picture with flowing melodies and unusual sonic textures. Light percussion and synthesizer orchestrations - Relaxing.

Mystic Winds,John St.John,Suite 102,Strings, harp, piano and voice paint a picture with flowing melodies and unusual sonic textures with light percussion and synthesizer orchestrations.

Mystic Winds

Tracks:

Raga Behag: Alap & Jor
Raga Behag: Gat in vilambit Jhaptaal (10 beats)
Raga Behag: Drut gat in Teentaal (16 beats)
Heer-Punjabi Folk / Taal: Keharwa (8 beats)

Customer Reviews:

Stellar performance - must in collection.......2005-06-04

I happen to get a copy of this CD in local store here. It is something not to be missed in the collection. A live recording and a good system will make you feel as if you are listening it live. CD starts with raag Bihag in slow alaap style and then joined in by pakhawaj and tabla. The last track has a folk music. Exellent work of recording and performance.

Impetuosities: Music of Joshua Rosenblum

Average customer rating:

Delightful, Mostly Light-Hearted, Occasionally Wacky, Music

Impetuosities: Music of Joshua Rosenblum

Manufacturer: Albany Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

Marches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00008YJED
Release Date: 2003-04-29

Customer Reviews:

Delightful, Mostly Light-Hearted, Occasionally Wacky, Music.......2003-06-23

Joshua Rosenblum is a young composer-conductor-pianist who has worked mostly on- and off-Broadway, conducting shows like 'Miss Saigon,' 'The Music Man,' and 'Falsettos.' This CD, which must have been a joy to put together - there is a palpable feeling of 'hey-kids-let's-put-on-a-show' collegiality amongst the numerous musicians involved - contains a variety of chamber music. Rosenblum probably sets a record for using the youngest librettist for his song-cycle, 'A Whole Family Sitting in a Tree.' He followed his then-three-year-old son, Julian, around with paper and pencil and copied down his sayings, setting his words as five songs. The only other art-songs that even come close, in my experience, are the delightful 'Deux lettres d'enfants' by Jacques de Menasce, who set a couple of charming thank-you notes sent him by the children of fellow composer, Daniel Lesur. Rosenblum's are worthy of such company. The song-cycle is winningly sung by young Julian's mama and Joshua's wife, Joanne Lessner. Music, words and performance are utterly charming.

The album is titled 'Impetuosities,' after the first piece recorded here, a jeu d'esprit written on commission for Philip Smith, the fabled principal trumpet of the New York Philharmonic and played by him and pianist Joseph Turrin. 'Impetuosities' is an immediately attractive 7-minute romp that must be fun to play; it certainly is fun to listen to. Smith is quoted as saying, when he commissioned the piece, that he 'wasn't really an avant-garde guy,' to which Rosenblum replied, 'That's okay - neither am I.' Indeed, all the music here is resolutely tonal, immediately 'gettable.'

'Variations' for piano trio, here played by The Herrick Trio, consists of a flowing theme and seven variations that include a jig, a 'calypso-rag,' a waltz, and an 'Orientale,' among others. The Trio's violinist, Marilyn Gibson, also plays 'Marilyn's Solo', a brief unaccompanied bijou written for her. 'Four Songs of Thomas Hardy,' the most consciously 'arty' music here nonetheless contains a hilarious setting of 'In the Room of the Bride-Elect' that ends with the cry, 'Good God - I must marry him I suppose!' The four are sung by baritone Chris Thompson with impeccable diction and suave musicality.

'Flash Variations' for flute and piano flutters past in roulades and runs played with gusto and skill by Kathleen Nester, flute, with the composer at the piano.

'Tall Tales' for horn quartet is played by some Broadway pit-band buddies of the composer. They call themselves The Shubert Alley Horns and, if the booklet can be trusted, they sight-read the light-hearted pieces for this recording. One of the Horns, Dan Culpepper, also plays 'Three Episodes' for horn and piano, again with the composer at the piano.

Finally, a couple of wind-band pieces, a march (coyly called 'Forward March') and a sort-of-tarantella called 'The King's Pyjamas,' are played by a group of other Broadway musicians calling themselves - in homage to John Philip Sousa, after one of his marches - Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. A good time is had by all, including this reviewer.

Indeed, for a light-hearted 72 minutes this CD would more than adequately fill the bill. We're told Mr Rosenblum is preparing a Broadway musical based on, of all things, physicist/novelist Alan Lightman's fictional 'Einstein's Dreams.' Hoo boy!

Tracks:

What's Inside
Passing of our Worlds
The Sky Is Blushing
Angels Alone

Album Description

This is a four song EP. The music is Ethereal/Gothic mixed with New Age. I am getting radio show air play and one of the songs is on a Cleopatra Records compilation, "The Unquiet Grave". I am also going to be on CBS News/48 Hours performing "Passing of our Worlds" in January and would like to have the CD more readily available to coincide with the tv airing of my song.

Customer Reviews:

Finally Originality.......2000-03-16

Finally an artist rather than just a singer. Jennifer writes her own music and it doesn't sound like everything else that's been done a million times over. She is very interesting, expressive and unique. Her voice completly matches the music, and both her voice and the music are very pleasing to the ear. This is the kind of music you can listen to actively and while doing other things. Her music allows one to wander in fantasy and relax. It's very soothing but yet not elevatorish. Everyone who enjoys great original Etehreal/New Age music should definitly check out this CD! Even those who have never ventured into Alternative music and are curious and/or just plain tired of listening to all the same music should listen to Jennifer Hope.

Average customer rating:

Mystic Flutes
Nice Mix....
This music carries me away
It is a connection .

Mystic Flutes
Ancient Winds
Manufacturer: The Orchard
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | International | Styles | Music

General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00001ZWGT
Release Date: 2000-03-31

Tracks:

Planet Folk
Mystic Flutes
Zorrito
Andean Ascension
Heights Of MacChu Picchu
Illumination
Mountain Voices
Ancient Winds
Flight Of The Condor
Festival Of The Moon
Pajaro Campana
Carnavalito Humanhuaqueno
Bonus Track - Ancient Winds
Bonus Track - Ancient Winds

Customer Reviews:

Mystic Flutes.......2004-11-29

I absolutely love the music of Ancient Winds. I have their CD entitled Spiritual Feeling which I bought at the California State Fair where they had a booth and were performing live several years ago. However, while listening to the tracks on Amazon of Mystic Flutes, since I intended to buy this newer CD of Ancient Winds, it seems all the tracks are the same as on Spiritual Feeling, but with different names. I have listened to Spiritual Feeling so many times, and love it, that I recognize each song. So, I guess I won't be buying Mystic Flutes if all the songs are the same. What a shame. Someone correct me if I am wrong.

Nice Mix...........2001-05-26

of ancient sounding flute and a little guitar thrown in. I think the first half dozen tracks are great, and then they kind of slow down. There is one odd rendition of "greensleeves" which turns more Inca-like toward its finish. I bought this one directly from the band at a street fair in Tucson. Maybe writing to the address on the new CD would be fruitful.

This music carries me away.......2000-12-27

Makes you want to soar over the Andes with the Eagles. I bought my CD at an art festival in the Park. Ancient Winds had a booth there and were performing live. I could have stayed there all day listening and watching, but there were other things to see and do. I particularly like the sound of the big deep throated flutes. There aren't any synthesized sounds here. It's all flute, guitar, and voice straight from S. America. I don't think you could dance to it, but it is surely great music to go to sleep with.

It is a connection ........2000-07-28

These song express my inner feelings. All the defferent mudes that I go thrue my mind. It does make me feel lighted, and some times a little confused.

Average customer rating:

Mystic Winds
John St. John
Manufacturer: Suite 102
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | International | Styles | Music

General | New Age | Styles | Music

General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B000053IEY
Release Date: 2000-10-01

Tracks:

Eastern Winds
Summer Beezes
Mystic Wind
Playful Breezes
West Wind
Artic Winds
Windmills
Winds of Change

Album Description

Strings, harp, piano and voice paint a picture with flowing melodies and unusual sonic textures. Light percussion and synthesizer orchestrations - Relaxing.

Pop Music:

Pop Music

pop music

Recommended Music:

Sirena [Enhanced]

Carl Maria von Weber: Clarinet Quintet/Grand Duo/7 Variations

Boogie Bistro

Music: Negropolitaines, Vol. 1

Seventeen Days [Import]

Bring the Noise, Vol. 7

Bye Bye Blackbird

D'Helfer: Oraison Funebre de Charles III de Lorraine; Procession de Sortie

At the Hop [CD-single] [Import]

Big Band Swing

Blue Note Years, Vol. 10 [Import]

But We Have the Music [Import]

20 Toneladas de Exitos

My Utmost for His Highest - A Worship Musical

Thunderbolt