Obsidian Butterfly

Track Listings

1. Celestial Dancer

2. Pyramid Temples

3. Voices of the Wind

4. Ancient Ones

5. Ghost Dance

6. Passage to Mesoamerica

7. Sacred Landscapes

8. Path of Dreams

9. Eagle's Flight

10. Obsidian Butterfly

11. Spirits of the Earth

12. Soul Healer

13. Cloud Serpent

14. Searching for the Aztecs

15. Concheros [Hidden Track] [*]

Obsidian Butterfly,Alice Gomez,Madalyn Blanchett,Marilyn Rife,Silver Wave,Ethnic Fusion,Int'l & World Music,Native American,Pop,World Music

Obsidian Butterfly

Tracks:

Celestial Dancer
Pyramid Temples
Voices Of The Wind
The Ancient Ones
Ghost Dance
Passage To MesoAmerica
Sacred Landscapes
Path Of Dreams
Eagles Flight
Obsidian Butterfly
Spirits Of The Earth
Soul Healer
Cloud Serpent
Searching For The Aztecs
Bonus Track 1

Customer Reviews:

The best of 5 her CDs I own........2005-06-16

This CD is my favorite amongst Alice Gomez's recordings. Beautiful melodies, beautiful athmosphere, beautiful flute playing... very relaxing, very recommended... you cannot be disappointed with this one.. :-)

Comfortable listening.......2000-09-21

Its good, but not as good as "While the Eagle Sleeps" or "Flute Dreams". The rythm and tempo is more upbeat but not as spiritual or provoking as some of Alice Gomez' other works.

Obsidian Butterfly by Alice Gomez.......2000-07-18

Titled after an aztec female deity of earth and fertility this CD blends modern hispanic rythms and Native American folk tunes.

Alice Gomez and the other members of this trio have produced an album of beautiful instrumental music. Although the cover touts the celebration of ancient instruments, the combination of clay pipes and synthesizers is a bit odd--as if the past and present collided.

Overall, this CD is relaxing and enjoyable but certainly not traditional Native American music.

Rappaccini's Daughter / Obsidian Butterfly (Highlights)
Average customer rating:

A feast of sounds

Amazing

One of the most exciting and rewarding of modern composers.

Rappaccini's Daughter / Obsidian Butterfly (Highlights)
Catan , Vazquez , Mora , Suaste , and Diazmunoz
Manufacturer: Naxos
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00006RHPU
Release Date: 2002-11-19

Tracks:

Beatriz's Aria From Act I
Giovanni's Recitative And Aria
Interlude: Transition To The Garden
Rappaccini's Aria From Act I
Love Duet
Rappaccini's Aria From Act II
Interlude
Beatriz's Final Aria
Postlude
Obsidian Butterfly (1984) For Soprano, Chorus And Orchestra
Final Chorus

Customer Reviews:

A feast of sounds.......2007-05-16

This is wonderful music: Neo-impressionistic, lavishly scored, sumptuous harmonies, vivid orchestral effects, healthy doses of bells and other tinkling sounds, which makes this like a giant watercolour painting, with splashes of colour here and there. Most importantly, there are the beautiful arias. The melodies can really touch the heart. The plot is surreal, with a timeless quality about it, which totally matches with Catan's music. I condemn Naxos for not giving us the complete opera!

Amazing.......2005-10-14

Of all of the modern operas I've heard, this is by far
the lovliest. The music is rich, and the story magical.
Opera is alive and well.

One of the most exciting and rewarding of modern composers........2004-05-04

Daniel Catan (b. 1949) was born in Mexico, studied philosophy in England, and earned a Ph.D. in composition at Princeton. Despite his studies under serialists like Milton Babbitt, Catan has forged a reputation based on his unerring melodic instinct, his lush, highly chromatic harmonic style, and his rich scoring. His opera "Florencia en el Amazonas" is one of the sensations of the contemporary opera scene, thrilling audiences at major opera houses around the world with wave after wave of melody and passion. Indeed, "melody and passion" pretty much sum up the essence of Catan's music.

Those words are certainly applicable to "Rappaccini's Daughter," which was premiered in 1988. Like "Florencia," this earlier opera has a Spanish libretto, but while "Florencia" is based upon the works of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, "Rappaccini's Daughter" is based upon Octavio Paz, the Mexican poet who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1990.

The plot is a moving story of doomed love--the usual opera fare. But it is served well by an excellent libretto and, more importantly, Catan's extraordinary music. In his liner notes, the composer cites as influences everyone from Monteverdi to Berg, and the music here sometimes resembles a mixture of Debussy and Bellini, as Catan merges some neo-impressionist harmonies with the sort of long, arched melodies that make Bellini's music so moving. Catan is, however, wholly original in how he uses his influences, and "Rappaccini's Daughter" is a magnificent, entirely worthy addition to the international opera repertory.

Those who think contemporary classical music means dissonance and abstraction will find in this opera all the qualities that make the works of Puccini and Mozart beloved, but in a modern, non-derivative idiom. Any music this melodic deserves a listen.

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