PGM 828 "DEEP WORLD"

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PGM 828 : "DEEP WORLD"
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PGM NOTE : a contemplative journey in the polycultural soundscape
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FEED DATE : 2-01-08
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INTRO: We live in a time of extreme contrasts: while one part
of the world enjoys unlimited material comfort, another suffers
strife, hunger and disease. High tech magic is just a border away
from descendents of stone-age tribes. Ancient conflicts divide
neighbors, while a global economy links nations half a world apart.

Propelled by these contrasts, today music floats freely around
the globe, cross-pollinating and gene-splicing the sounds of
cultures from primitive to sophisticated.

In the midst of this astonishing diversity sits a new breed of
composer: conscious of tradition but not limited by it,
transmitting the deep soul messages of their culture across
time and space with a new freedom of creative expression.

Classical cellist Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble, for example,
draws musicians from an array of Asian and Middle Eastern
cultures into fluid collaborations with the orchestra, while
solo artists from many countries invent new contexts for
the ancient instruments of their homelands.

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STEPHAN MICUS
The Bride <>5:51 >
Turquoise Fields <>12:52 >
: ON THE WING; ECM Records 1987 985 4516-2; 2006
: Info: www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1900/1987.php

DJIVAN GASPARYAN
Your Strong Mind <>19:32 >
: I WILL NOT BE SAD IN THIS WORLD; Opal 9 25885-2; 1989
reissued by All Saints/Hannibal (HNCD 1493) in 2006
: Info: www.allsaintsrecords.com/hncd_1493.htm;
www.gasparyanjivan.com

STEPHAN MICUS
Ancient Trees <>24:52 >
: ON THE WING; ECM Records 1987 985 4516-2; 2006
: Info: www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1900/1987.php

HANS CHRISTIAN
Golden Rainbow <>32:04 >
: CINEMA OF DREAMS; Allemande Music [no catalog #]; 2007
: Info: www.allemandemusic.com

STEPHAN MICUS
In the Dancing Snow <>37:10 >
Winterlight <>42:20 >
: ON THE WING; ECM Records 1987 985 4516-2; 2006
: Info: www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1900/1987.php

LUDOVICO EINAUDI
Yerevan <>44:42 >
Yerevan II <>46:30 >
[Both pieces featuring Djivan Gasparyan]
: EDEN ROC; Ponderosa Music & Art; Italy 1999/2007
previously released by Ricordi (70717) in Italy, 2004
: Info: www.ludovicoeinaudi.com

YO-YO MA and THE SILK ROAD ENSEMBLE
The Silent City (edited) <>58:59 >
Composed by and featuring Kayhan Kalhor,
with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Miguel Harth-Bedoya, cond.
: NEW IMPOSSIBILITIES; Sony Classical SK 710319; 2007
: Info: www.sonybmgmasterworks.com/artists/yoyoma;
www.yo-yoma.com; www.silkroadproject.org

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PRODUCED BY : STEVE DAVIS and STEPHEN HILL
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BAY AREA WEATHER : cloud forest
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(c) 2008 Hearts of Space
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