A Winter's Solstice II

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:49:09
Personnel: Barbara Higbie (vocals, piano); Will Ackerman, Micheal O Domhnaill (guitar); Paul Binkley (mandola); John Imholz, Mike Marshall , Dana Rath (mandolin); Irene Sazer (viol); Darol Anger, David Dalakrishnan, Billy Oskay (violin); Emily Kliom, Brian Dunning (flute); Russel Walder (oboe); Fred Simon (piano, synthesizer); William Allaudin Mathieu, Ira Stein, Michael Manring (piano); Triona Ni Dhomhnaill (keyboards). Audio Mixer: Stephen Hart . Liner Note Author: Sam Sutherland. Recording information: Different Fur Recording Studios, San Francisco, CA; Spectrum Sound, Portland, OR; Speech and Hearing Clinic, Mendocino, CA; Studiomedia, Chicago, IL; The Speech and Hearing Clinic, Mendocino, CA; TRC Studios, Indianapolis, IN. Photographer: Hans Wendler. Arrangers: William Allaudin Mathieu; Malcolm Dalglish; Michael Hedges; The Modern Mandolin Quartet; Paul McCandless; Pete Sutherland; Turtle Island String Quartet; Barbara Higbie. Depending on the mood you're in, this compilation album will make you dream, smile, or cry a nostalgic tear. It is a typical Windham Hill sampler: wistful, joyful, lush, and lovely. Most songs stick with piano or string instrumentation, and none of them could ever be classified as up-tempo. A few of the tracks, including "The Gift" and "Sung to Sleep," sound like Windham Hill's famous pianist George Winston, but they are actually performed by lesser-known artists. The selections are an interesting combination of classical pieces ("Chorale #220," J.S. Bach), traditional melodies ("Come Life Shaker Life"), and original compositions ("By the Fireside," written and performed by William Allaudin Mathieu). There are almost no vocals in the compilation, although a boy's choir adds an ethereal quality to the end of "Salve Regina." Windham Hill co-founder William Ackerman proves that he's an artist as well as a label exec with his moving, poignant performance of the original composition "Abide the Winter." All in all, this is another success for the label and its talented bunch of artists. It isn't edgy or dramatic or hooky, but it's not intended to be. However, each song in the collection is beautiful, atmospheric, and timeless. ~ L. Katz
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)