Sounds Positive/Davis Sutton-Anderson conductor: Meditations (7mins 02secs) Album title: The Music of John Lambert 1926-1995 Solos and Ensembles NMC NMC D026
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1 Giant Leap with Asha Bhosle & Michael Stipe: The Way You Dream (8mins 20secs) Album: 1 Giant Leap Palm PALMCD-2077-2
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David Sylvian: Brilliant Trees (8mins 39secs) Album: Brilliant Trees Virgin CDVX2290
BACKGROUND
This is a sort of "West meets East" selection. John Lambert's seldom-heard "Meditations" was written to convey the stillness of a Korean Zen monastery using beautiful, spaced piano chords and a bass flute; a seldom-heard miniature masterpiece. I chose 1 Giant Leap's "The Way You Dream" for the beauty of Asha Bhosle's singing and I thought this linked well through to Jon Hassell's idiomatic, eastern sounding treated-trumpet playing in David Sylvian's title track from Brilliant Trees. I hope you enjoy it.