Music Of The Spheres Music Cd

Mike Oldfield - Music Of The Spheres

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Music of the Spheres      Artist : Mike Oldfield      List Price : $16.98 USD        Your Price : $13.99 USD      ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 2008-03-25      Studio : Decca      Label : Decca      Avg. Customer Rating : (30 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for Music Of The Spheres      Forutnately I was wrong!      Rating:      Never really cared for Mike Oldfield's previous works, I enjoyed Tubular Bells the song but not the Tubular Bells album. I own "The Best of" album but wasn't really inspired enough by that to purchase any of his other albums. So when I purchased "Music of the Spheres" I felt I was taking a real chance and might not enjoy it - fortunately I was wrong. Strong melodies are supported by orchestra and choir. It's like a sound track to a movie where they used only the most beautiful and melodic pieces. This is not Tubular Bells and I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys beautiful orchestral music.     Customer Reviews for Music Of The Spheres Cd      Mike Oldfield - 'Spheres"      Rating:      Heard this CD while traveling on tour in the UK. I was very taken with it, and bought it when I got home. I can't believe how well it went with the English countryside as we traveled. Now it causes me to harken back to that trip! The music, in my opinion, is very beautiful with lots of different instrumentation and voices. There has to something everyone would love on the album. Editorial Reviews for Music Of The Spheres Audio Cd      Album Description      Mike Oldfield has always been famed for his unconventional approach to music. Throughout his career he has consistently broken musical boundaries, and with Music of the Spheres he continues to do so. Taking influences from Holst and Rachmaninov as much as Steve Reich or William Orbit, this piece is classical in nature, but yet is also immediately identifiable as classic Mike Oldfield. Using a full concert orchestra and choir, and with solo parts from Mike himself on guitar, legendary soprano Hayley Westenra and renowned pianist Lang Lang, this is a work with huge emotional and musical scope. The title of the piece is a reference to something that Mike feels strongly: that all music should aim to represent the spriritual, or otherworldly elements of life: something beyond the mundane and everyday. In this he has clearly succeeded. Music of the Spheres is by turns epic, tender, mournful and triumphant. It is the work of a composer who above all can make beautiful and substantial music, regardless of genre or instrumentation.