Songs From Albion 2

Billboard Magazine
This is New Age instrumental music with power and vision, spiced with haunting solos and the unmistakable sound of uilleann pipes.

Product Description
Songs From Albion 2 is the second recording in a three CD series from the successful collaboration of duo Jeff Johnson and Brian Dunning. The music was inspired by the trilogy by best selling author, Stephen Lawhead. This second recording, released in 1994, has been the most popular of the three - several of the songs from the CD have been featured on Contemporary Celtic music samplers released by Windham Hill and Hearts of Space. Johnson and Dunnings Song of Albion series was also the catalyst for their Windham Hill debut, Music of Celtic Legends - The Bard & The Warrior.

Songs From Albion 2

Songs From Albion 2,Brian Dunning,Ark,Adult Alternative,Contemporary Instrumental

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Early and as Remembered Manufacturer: New Albion Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Thomson | Thomson, Virgil | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Brass | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000000R2U Release Date: 1994-04-05

Tracks:

1. In Paris: Prelude
2. In Paris: Valse Gregoienne
3. In Paris: Preciosillo
4. In Paris: Three Portaits: Madame Dubost chez elle
5. In Paris: Three Portraits: Clair Leonard's Profile
6. In Paris: Three Portraits: Russell Hitchcock, Reading
7. In Paris: Three Portraits: Five Phrases From The Sing Of Solomon
8. At Home And Abroad: Four New England Portraits: A Day-Dream: A Portrait Of Herbert Whiting
9. At Home And Abroad: Four New England Portraits: Meditation: A Portait Of Jere Abbott
10. At Home And Abroad: Four New England Portraits: Hymn: A Portrait Of Josiah Marvel
11. At Home And Abroad: Four New England Portraits: The Hunt Hymn: A Portrait Of A.E. Austin
12. At Home And Abroad: Three French Boys: Portrait Of Claude Biais
13. At Home And Abroad: Three French Boys: A French Boy Of Ten: Louis Lange
14. At Home And Abroad: Three French Boys: Maurice Bavoux: Young And Alone
15. At Home And Abroad: Three Parisian Portraits: Poltergeist: A Portrait Of Hans Arp
16. At Home And Abroad: Three Parisian Portraits: Aria: A Portrait Of Germaine Hugnet
17. At Home And Abroad: Three Parisian Portraits: Swiss Waltz: A Portrait Of Sophie Tauber-Arp
18. At The Chelsea Hotel: At The Beach
19. At The Chelsea Hotel: Peter Monro Jack: Scottish Memories
20. At The Chelsea Hotel: Homage To Marya Freund And To The Harp
21. At The Chelsea Hotel: Five Shakespeare Songs: 1. 'Was This Fair Fave The Casue?'; 2. 'Take, O, Take THose Lips Away'; 3. 'Tell Me Where Is Fancy Bred'; 4. 'Paradon, Goddess Of The Night'; 5. 'Sigh No More, Ladies'
22. At The Chelsea Hotel: Man Of Iron: A Portrait Of Will Eisenhart
23. At The Chelsea Hotel: The Courtship Of The Yongly Bongly Bo
24. At The Chelsea Hotel: Dr. Marvel Rock: Making A Decision
25. At The Chelsea Hotel: Mally Davies: Terminations
26. At The Chelsea Hotel: Jone Bowles: Early And As Remebered

Average customer rating: Best of the trilogy DO NOT RECOMMEND Johnson at his BEST.

Songs From Albion 2 Jeff Johnson & Brain Dunning Manufacturer: Ark ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Patrick Byzantium-The Book of Kells & St. Aidan's Journey Celtic Legends: Bard & Warrior King Raven - Vol. 1 ASIN: B0000288SC Release Date: 1994-07-15

Tracks:

1. Silver Hand
2. Nemeton
3. The Enduring Story (Reprise)
4. Flight Of Ravens
5. Dinas Dwr (Water City)
6. Inner Sight
7. Sea Caves
8. Lament
9. Time Between Times
10. Swift Sure Hand
11. Spirit Evermore

Album Description

Songs From Albion 2 is the second recording in a three CD series from the successful collaboration of duo Jeff Johnson and Brian Dunning. The music was inspired by the trilogy by best selling author, Stephen Lawhead. This second recording, released in 1994, has been the most popular of the three - several of the songs from the CD have been featured on Contemporary Celtic music samplers released by Windham Hill and Hearts of Space. Johnson and Dunnings Song of Albion series was also the catalyst for their Windham Hill debut, Music of Celtic Legends - The Bard & The Warrior.

Customer Reviews:

Best of the trilogy.......2002-11-20

I thought "Songs from Albion" really enhanced my reading experience... In fact, I performed a reading for some of my friends and played the CD's during the reading. They loved it so much they bought the CD's and the books! Vol 2 is my favorite, but all three are great! If you like good Keltic music these are for you; whether or not you read Stephen Lawhead's books.

DO NOT RECOMMEND.......2001-10-11

I do not recommend these CD's at all, at all! They are all well good for those of you out there who like the sappy Celtic modern music, but for you who like the traditional Celtic, this CD is NOT for you. I have read the books by Steven Lawhead (that these CD's are supposed to be based on) The Song Of Albion, three times though and I did not get the idea of music like this. The Song Of Albion invokes in the reader a feel for true Celticness and mysticism and with these Cd's you find yourself flung not into the Steven Lawhead Otherworld, but more into that of Xena, Warrior Princess. Not good. If you love Llew and Teged and Cynan and Bran and all of them, and love the world they are in, it will not help you to see the vision more clearly by setting it to music of our own age.

Johnson at his BEST........2000-11-14

I had heard some wonderful cuts by Jeff Johnson on "Echoes" & "Thistle and Shamrock", but was disappointed by his "St. Brendan" production. Then I heard this CD. These ARE the rich textural keyboards that produce the "haunting" effect mentioned in published reviews. Put this wonderful effort together with Brian Dunning's ethereal flute plus the occasional pipes and this is Celtic/New Age-ish music that floats gently in the clouds. Johnson and Dunning seem to know exactly "how much is enough", especially on the first three cuts of the album, which are wonderful to listen to on a long drive. Two thumbs up!!

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Whelden: Like a Passing River, music to and text from Rudy Rucker Carl Friedrich Abel , Roy Whelden , and American Baroque Ensemble Manufacturer: New Albion Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B000000R3W Release Date: 1995-03-21

Tracks:

1. Like A Passing River: I Was Sixteen
2. Like A Passing River: Fugue-state #1
3. Like A Passing River: I Was At The New Year's Eve Dance
4. Like A Passing River
5. Like A Passing River: The Graffiti On The Subway Cars
6. Like A Passing River: Sinfonia
7. Like A Passing River: Right On 42nd Street
8. Like A Passing River: A Sudden Pang Seizes My Heart
9. Like A Passing River: On The Street It's Still Light
10. Like A Passing River: We're Out In The Boat
11. Like A Passing River: Fugue-state #2
12. Like A Passing River: Don Juan, Carlos Castaneda's Man
13. Like A Passing River: Rucker Songs
14. Like A Passing River: So What's The Point?
15. Knape 209: Adagio
16. Like A Passing River: What's The Point?
17. Like A Passing River: Into The Light

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