Sunday, January 18, 2009

Hearts of Space Favorites

And while I am on Hearts of Space, here is the list of favorites I accumulated at that time:

718 NORDIC CIRCLE wintry orchestral spaces from the far north 2005
717 HARMONIC VOICES 2 the subtle world of harmonic overtone singing 2005
713 INVOKING THE MUSE the timeless, heartfelt sound of the female voice 2004
698 DESERT VISION 3 more romantic transcultural exile music of the Middle East 2004
694 THE SILK ROAD a Central Asian journey to the past and the future 2004
693 BAROQUE VOICES 17th & 18th century sacred classics for Easter 2004
692 FINGERSTYLE a laid-back acoustic guitar excursion 2004
676 WHALE RIDER an immersive journey on waves of change 2003
654 ETHEREAL CHAOS a journey in the neo-Tibetan soundscape 2003
652 ICELANDIA tundra music from Scandanavia, Iceland and Alaska 2003
651 KLAUS SCHULZE: CONTEMPORARY WORKS new work by the dean of German electronic spacemusic 2003
650 SPIRIT VOICES radiant sacred vocal music for the holiday season 2002
648 MEDIEVAL WAVES a Celtic/Scandinavian/Middle Eastern winter's journey 2002
637 THE WOOD the Arabic oud and its progeny, ancient and modern 2002
626 ARCHETRIBE another report from the ethno-ambient frontier 2002
624 GUITAR MEDITATIONS another journey into contemplative acoustic guitar music 2002
622 A TRAGIC BEAUTY another journey into the expanded world of Celtic music 2002
583 SACRED TREASURES 3 the floating sacred chorales of the Russian church 2000
583 SACRED TREASURES 3 the floating sacred chorales of the Russian church 2000
569 AFRICA WEST the music of Western Africa, and African music in the West 2000
546 NORTHERN NIGHTS a Scandinavian winter's journey 1999
537 WEIGHTLESS an anti-gravity journey on floating electronic waves 1999
536 THE PRAYER CYCLE The Prayer Cycle: a eulogy for the 20th century...and a prayer for the 21st
531 AFRICA NORTH an Arabic desert-rim journey to Africa North 1999
501 ALTIPLANO a journey to the high Andes plateau 1998
497 OVERTONES a vocal odyssey from Bulgaria, Tuva, Mongolia and beyond 1998
496 SLIM WESTERNS an Ambient Rodeo from the Mythic West 1998
485 SACRED TREASURES choral masterworks from Russia 1998
472 TWILIGHT EARTH 2 a dark ambient journey for late Scorpio; tribal electronic music 1997
467 CANTATA MUNDI a journey on the edge of world vocal music 1997
463 AFRICAN TRANQUILITY the contemplative side of African music 1997
456 BARBER'S ADAGIO 8 versions of Samuel Barber's profound 'Adagio for Strings' 1997
419 RESURRECTION Russian sacred choral music for Easter 1996
408 ANCIENT AND MODERN choral spacemusic--ancient and modern 1995
386 TERRA AUSTRALIA tracking the didgeridoo from Terra Australia to the ambient frontier 1995
380 THE SOUND OF MA spotlight on the audiophile label MA Recordings 1995
355 ON WINGS OF STEEL a languid, bent, bluesy, cruisey steel guitar journey 1994
347 ELECTRONIC DREAMS electronic spacemusic in the grand tradition 1994
340 SPIRITS OF EUROPA accordion-friendly expressions of the European spirit 1993
328 TRANCE MISSION trance-dance rhythms echoing in cyberspace 1993
325 FLOATING WHISPERS 2 star-cruising electronics and floating spaces 1993
296 AMAZON PASSAGE ambient impressions from the South American subcontinent 1992
291 DISTANT DRUMS an ambient/tribal/electro-rhythmic journey 1992
290 THE MAN WHO PLANTED TREES an inspiring true story of persistence and hope 1992
272 DARKTIME LULLABIES darktime lullabies from the Australian subcontinent 1991
254 SPIRIT CATCHERS music inspired by the aboriginal landscapes of Australia 1991
225 FAR OUT WEST a journey to the Far Out West 1990
204 RAINFOREST the lush ambience of the tropical rainforest 1989
194 FIELD OF DREAMS a space to dream 1989
180 SACRED TREASURES OF THE RENAISSANCE A cappella choral spacemusic of the Renaissance 1988
173 FROM DUSK TIL DAWN a Classical spacemusic night journey 1988
172 NUEVO TANGO (TANGO: ZERO HOUR) Astor Piazzolla's bittersweet spacemusic from Argentina 1988
171 DREAMTIME RETURN Steve Roach's spacemusic classic for the 80's 1988
168 KINGDOM OF THE SUN a journey to the Andean high plateaus and Chilean jungles 1988
158 TOUCH new piano music and the sensitivity of touch 1988
153 PROMISED LAND we journey deep into the American soundscape 1988
142 WHALES ALIVE music and literature inspired by whales and the ocean, featuring Paul Winter's WHALES ALIVE 1987
141 DISTANT VILLAGE African-influenced spacemusic with an electronic edge 1987
134 DESCENDING PHASES the lovely feeling of falling gently in electronic space 1987
124 MUSIC TO DISAPPEAR IN... dangerously subtle music to disappear in... 1987
105 NOVUS MAGNIFICAT a classic of symphonic/choral spacemusic for the holiday season by Constance Demby 1986
103 AIRS AND GRACES an early Celtic program 1986
100 A PACHELBEL CONVOCATION eight versions of the Classical classic 1986
078 EARTH, MOON AND STARS from the glory days of Windham Hill, the real stuff 1985
077 THE PULSE early world fusion and terrestrial spacemusic 1985
072 A JOURNEY HOME warm, spacious mostly keyboard program 1985
032 JAPAN/CALIFORNIA HEARTMUSIC East or West, the heart knows best 1983
018 A JOURNEY THROUGH THE BILLOWS rich mix of contemplative, Celtic revival, and classic Ambient sounds 1983

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