HOS #15 'Cello Deeps'

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PGM 015 : "CELLO DEEPS"
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PGM NOTE : an autumn journey to the Cello Deeps
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FEED DATE : 4/06/1983
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INTRO: The complex tone colors of autumn call for the rich
sonorities of the cello from a classic program
that navigates into some of the deepest emotional spaces
in Western music.

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KLAUS SCHULZE
Amourage (edited) < 0:00->7:06 >
: AUDENTITY; Innovative Communication RR 9923; 1983
: Info: www.klaus-schulze.com

ROBERT SCHROEDER
Harmonic Ascendant (part) < 7:06->12:20 >
: HARMONIC ASCENDANT; Innovative Communication IC 58087U; 1979

DAVID DARLING
Clouds < 12:20->18:31 >
Minor Blue < 18:31->21:48 >
: JOURNAL OCTOBER; ECM Records 1161 422 827 410-2; 1980
: Info: www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1100/1161.php;
www.daviddarling.com

GABRIEL FAURE
Elegie for Cello and Orchestra < 21:48->29:00 >
Performed by Leonard Rose and the Philadelphia Orchestra;
Eugene Ormandy, cond.
: SAINT-SAENS: CELLO CONCERTO / FAURE: ELEGIE FOR CELLO;
CBS Masterworks M 30113; 1967

MAX BRUCH
Kol Nidrei, Op.47 < 29:00->39:16 >
Performed by Paul Tortelier, cello, and the Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra; Yan-Pascal Tortelier, cond.
: KOL NIDREI; Angel ASD 3728

FRANZ JOSEF HAYDN
'Adagio' from Concerto in C for Cello and Orchestra < 39:16->48:58 >
Performed by Mstislav Rostropovich and the English Chamber
Orchestra; Benjamin Britten, cond.
: BRITTEN: SYMPHONY FOR CELLO / HAYDN: CONCERTO IN C FOR CELLO;
London CS 6419

RAY LYNCH
Pavane < 48:58->54:40 >
: THE SKY OF MIND; Ray Lynch Productions; 1983
: Info: www.raylynch.com

PAT METHENY and LYLE MAYS
September 15th (Dedicated to Bill Evans) (edited) < 54:40->58:20 >
: AS FALLS WICHITA, SO FALLS WICHITA FALLS;
ECM Records 1190 422 821 416-2; 1981
: Info: www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1100/1190.php;
www.patmethenygroup.com

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PRODUCED BY : STEPHEN HILL and ANNA TURNER
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SAUSALITO WEATHER : smokey-dokey
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(c) 1983 Hearts of Space
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Like another favorite HoS - #3 Beyond Baroque - this one manages to mixes from synth (KLAUS SCHULZE) to classical (HAYDN). I have listened to this one so much that "AS FALLS WICHITA, SO FALLS WICHITA FALLS" is a HOS catchphrase to me.

I thought I knew most of Klaus Schulze's work so seeing the opening wash of music was from an unknown work by him (Audentity?) is something to explore. Schulze is a Germany artist who did some great 70s synth albums, by the early 2000s he was doing great mellow synth concerts sometimes with Lisa Gerrard (the vocalist from Dead Can Dance) and often featuring cellos .... including Schulze's opium-like 'The Cello' (2000) which I also but on repeat around Christmas but otherwise I keep off playlist because it is too mellowing. It not too slow (there is a drum-machine keeping the pace), and it's not too quiet or ambient (some fine cello work keeps you listening), but it is so seductively mellow that treat it with caution.

Outside of HOS this is probably one of my favorite pieces on meditative music...

I had never recalled Klaus Schulze's name or music coming up until seeing it in my new music folder...and oddly enough from that same folder an hour ago, I chose to put on his Cello while cooking and doing some laundry.  No need to click on the kind link!

When I first selected the two other Klaus Schulze music files yesterday, I assumed they were the same length as an average song.  Sweet surprises!

Cello Deeps and Beyond Baroque are beautiful.  They were each thoroughly enjoyed earlier this afternoon. I really appreciate the track listing for these HOS programs, as some particular pieces will end up getting used for particular moods or actions (especially yoga and meditation).