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Silver Solstice (2cd & Dvd Aud

Silver Solstice (2cd & Dvd Aud

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Since 1980, the Grammy (R) Award-winning Paul Winter Consort has celebrated the Winter Solstice, the seasonal rite of passage, with a musical feast from the cornucopia of cultures and creatures of the world, at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York. To commemorate their 25th Annual Winter Solstice Celebration, Living Music has released a new box-set entitled Silver Solstice, featuring the Consort and a host of special guests. Silver Solstice presents the entire performance of the 25th celebration, plus 10 tracks from previous years' solstice events totaling 142 minutes of music. The package includes 2 stereo CDs, and also a Surround Sound option on one bonus DVD-Audio disc - the first time Paul Winter's music has been recorded in 5.1 Surround Sound. The goal was to put the listener onstage in the middle of the musicians in the center of the world's largest Gothic cathedral. Winter says the audiophile recordings may be "the best presentation of our music ever." Silver Solstice embraces the musical traditions of many cultures, and includes voices from what Winter calls "the greater symphony of the Earth" - whale, wolf and uirapurú (the musical wren of the Amazon rainforest.) During four decades of travel in 48 countries of the world, Winter has evolved an extended community of kindred players, and the Solstice Celebration in New York has become their annual reunion. This embrace of diversity is, for Winter, the hallmark of the solstice tradition. Silver Solstice reflects this eclecticism, with special guests including gospel singer Theresa Thomason, Brazilian diva Luciana Souza, sean nos (old style) Celtic singer Noirin Ni Riain, Armenian singer and percussionist Arto Tuncboyaciyan, Brazilian guitarist Oscar Castro-Neves, Irish Uillean piper Davy Spillane, Grateful Dead percussionist Mickey Hart, mbira master Chris Berry, and the nine-voice Dmitri Pokrovsky Ensemble from Russia.
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Release Date:
2006-04-24
Publication Date:
2006-04-24
Publisher:
Valley Entertainment (Mp Media)
Weight:
204 g
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