From the Dark Earth

From the Dark Earth

From the Dark Earth

ASIN: B00000J6T2

Editorial Reviews
The Binghamtom Press
Fluid, effortless playing and stunning control.

Product Description
From the Dark Earth features internationally known trumpet soloist David Bilger in a collection of richly atmospheric, mystical works for trumpet and synthesizer. Often dark and sensuous, the musical style combines space/ambient elements with a lyricism seldom heard in that genre.

From the Dark Earth

From the Dark Earth,Meg Bowles,Kumatone Records,Contemporary Instrumental,New Age / Meditation,Pop
Karita's Christmas
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Christmas sung with scandinavian charm AKA.KARITA
  • a wonderful voice
Karita's Christmas
Mattila , Pekkanen , and Turku Phil Orch
Manufacturer: Ondine
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

GeneralGeneral | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
General ChristmasGeneral Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
General ChristmasGeneral Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music
ASIN: B00006SM94
Release Date: 2002-11-26

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Christmas sung with scandinavian charm AKA.KARITA.......2003-08-18

This album is lovely.Karita's singing is beautiful.The only thing that kept this cd from being a 5 star classic is the weakness of many of the arrangements.If you love Karita i'm sure you will enjoy this album,but it's not a christmas classic.It could have been better produced.Yet,I will listen to it atleast once every christmas season.Karita is a gifted soprano with a golden tone.This album was certainly not bad just not a ageless classic that I wanted it to be.

5 out of 5 stars a wonderful voice.......2002-12-02

I buy this cd this week and i can't stop to listening it!!! Her voice is amazing. I recommend this cd to anyone who love Karita Mattila. She is at her best!!! Miss Mattila is one of the best soprano in the world!!!
From the Dark Earth
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • From the dark earth
  • Colorful and evocative
  • Styles don't mix
  • Superior Synthesizer/Instrumental Blend
  • Exciting and highly original space/ambient music.
From the Dark Earth
Meg Bowles
Manufacturer: Kumatone Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | New Age | Styles | Music
MeditationMeditation | New Age | Styles | Music
AmbientAmbient | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ElectronicaElectronica | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music
GeneralGeneral | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music
Similar Items:
  1. Blue Cosmos
  2. Space and Time: An Introduction to the Soundworlds
  3. Structures from Silence
  4. West of the Galaxy
  5. Stellar Collections

ASIN: B00000J6T2
Release Date: 1999-06-01

Tracks:

  1. Shapeshifter
  2. Night Sun Journey
  3. The Forgotten Valley
  4. Ancestral Ground
  5. Strange Rapids
  6. Between Shadows and Prayers
  7. Twilight Embrace
  8. Vigil
  9. Neptune's Slumber

Album Description

From the Dark Earth features internationally known trumpet soloist David Bilger in a collection of richly atmospheric, mystical works for trumpet and synthesizer. Often dark and sensuous, the musical style combines space/ambient elements with a lyricism seldom heard in that genre.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars From the dark earth.......2005-08-28

Good news and bad news. The good. This is the best space music that I have heard. The bad news, then the trumpet comes in. Every song is completely ruined by the trumpet. It is completely in a different mood from the space music. One second you traveling through the cosmos and the next second you are in a lounge act. Mrs. Bowles needs to loose Mr. Bilger. He is a great trumpet player but not for space music. I wish that it were possible to get this album without the trumpet. It would be superior.

Mark Younger

5 out of 5 stars Colorful and evocative.......2001-11-30

On "From The Dark Earth" Meg Bowles paints colorful and evocative ambient soundscapes which wonderfully compliment the beautiful and sensitively rendered trumpet playing of David Bilger. Bowles usually sets up each piece with a dark and brooding palette which sometimes moves effortlessly from sonic soup to austere beauty as in "The Forgotten Valley," with the addition of Cynthia Bilger on horn. These excursions into more melodic territory, with the trumpet leading the way, sometimes recall the melancholy mood set by oboe, cor anglais or cello in the neo-romantic ambient chamber music of Tim Story. Bowles music would certainly be in good company with the likes of recordings by Robert Rich, Steve Roach, Michael Stearns and Mychael Danna, amongst others. Fans of the ethno-ambient trumpet musings of Jon Hassell or Mark Isham's ambient trumpet recording "Tibet" may also want to give this recording a listen. Make no mistake though...this is a recording by a space music/ambient artist which features trumpet, not a trumpet recording attempting to explore that territory.

1 out of 5 stars Styles don't mix.......2001-08-20

After reading a few reviews from other Amazon customers I ventured into buying this record. Let me first say that I love the sound of the trumpet and the synthesizer together. I am a big fan of Mark Isham, Chris Botti and Colin Chin. All these artists have successfully combined the sound of both instruments. Mainly because of their background (jazz) they have created beautiful melodies in the synthesizer which enable the trumpet solos to fit very well. Meg Bowles doesn't bring this to the mix. Space music, which is her forte, dosen't mix that well with the trumpet. Space music in itself lacks melodies. Usually is drones and washes of sounds. By the time the trumpet kicks in you are ready to press the forward button on your CD player. David Bilger is excellent on his solos, however Meg Bowles is not up to par. Skip this one and go directly to Chris Botti - Midnight Without You or Mark Isham - Film Music.

5 out of 5 stars Superior Synthesizer/Instrumental Blend.......1999-11-27

Another work of superior quality. Bowles should receive more recognition from the Space/Ambient world. In my opinion, this work is a shade under her earlier release "Blue Cosmos". Her dark synthesizer work is complemented very well by Bilger's solo "ethereal" trumpet. An excellent step for Bowles, as I look forward to her next release. It would be very interesting to have her generate a work with other classical instruments in a supporting role. Both "Dark Earth" and "Blue Cosmos" are space-essentials.

5 out of 5 stars Exciting and highly original space/ambient music........1999-06-25

Meg Bowles always offers her listeners delicious excursions into the imaginal realms but with this new CD she blazes new territory. Her always brilliant handling of syth has been combined with electrifying trumpet, provided by David Bilger. This superb union delivers a gorgeous, swilrling listen into a brave new world.
Finney: Chamber Music - Songs
Average customer rating: Not rated
    Finney: Chamber Music - Songs

    Manufacturer: Master Musicians Col
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
    ASIN: B000004AFX
    Release Date: 1995-12-13
    Russian Singing Voices of Earth and Heaven
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      Russian Singing Voices of Earth and Heaven

      Manufacturer: Russian Season
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      All Works by BorodinAll Works by Borodin | Borodin, Alexander | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
      Denisov, EdisonDenisov, Edison | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
      All Works by GlinkaAll Works by Glinka | Glinka, Mikhail | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
      All Works by MussorgskyAll Works by Mussorgsky | Mussorgsky, Modest | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
      All Works by RubinsteinAll Works by Rubinstein | Rubinstein, Anton | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
      All Works by RachmaninovAll Works by Rachmaninov | Rachmaninov, Sergei | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
      All Works by TchaikovskyAll Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
      All Works by ShostakovichAll Works by Shostakovich | Shostakovich, Dmitri | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
      All Works by ProkofievAll Works by Prokofiev | Prokofiev, Sergei | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
      Sacred & ReligiousSacred & Religious | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems
      Vocal & SongVocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems
      Chamber MusicChamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
      General ModernGeneral Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
      Vocal & SongVocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
      Chamber MusicChamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
      Vocal & SongVocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
      RomancesRomances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
      Modern & 20th CenturyModern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
      Romantic (c.1820-1910)Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
      RussianRussian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
      ChantsChants | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
      Folk SongsFolk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
      MassesMasses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Folk | Styles | Music
      ASIN: B000003HYM
      Release Date: 1997-01-10

      Tracks:

      1. Work-Song 'O, Let Me Sing' - Chor Of The Village Of Suzemka
      2. Play-Song 'My Husband Has Gone A- Tilling' - Chor Of The Village Of Kevrola
      3. Mordvine 'Takmak' Song - Mordvine-Karatai Chor
      4. Song Of The Kuban Cossacks 'Our Caucasian General' - Cossack Folk Music Ens From The Stanitsa Kubanskaya
      5. 'The Brooms' - Sveshnikov Russian Academic Chor/Evgeny Tytianko
      6. I Have A Goldfish - Sveshnikov Russian Academic Chor/Evgeny Tytianko
      7. Kant Of The 18th Century 'Why, Dark Nights?' - Moscow Chm Choral Theatre/Boris Pevzner
      8. The Scarlet Sarafan - Sveshnikov Russian Academic Chor/Evgeny Tytianko
      9. Vast Steppe - Sveshnikov Russian Academic Chor/Evgeny Tytianko
      10. Venice By Night - Rybin Chor/Valery Rybine
      11. 'Le Prince Igor': The Villagers' Chor - Chor Of The Moscow Bolshoi Theatre/Stanislav Lykov
      12. 'Eugene Oneguine': Chor Of The Young Girls - Chor Of The Moscow Bolshoi Theatre/Stanislav Lykov
      13. 'May Night': The Round Of The Millet - Sveshnikov Russian Academic Chor/Evgeny Tytianko
      14. 'May Night': Song About The Mayor - Sveshnikov Russian Academic Chor/Evgeny Tytianko
      15. 'Christmas Eve': Koliada And Christmas Chor - Yurlov Academic Chor/Stanislav Goussev
      16. 'A Life For The Tsar': Final Chor - Chor Of The Moscow Bolshoi Theatre/Stanislav Lykov
      17. 'La Khovantchina': Scene Of The Streltsy From The 3rd Act - Chor Of The Moscow Bolshoi Theatre/Stanislav Lykov
      18. 'La Khovantchina': Scene With Ivan Khovanski - Chor Of The Moscow Bolshoi Theatre/Stanislav Lykov
      19. 'In The Sanctuary Of A Golden Dream': A Life That Is Spent In The Chor - Natalia Guerassimova
      20. 'Medee': Final Chor - The New Moscow Chor/Elena Rastvorova
      21. 'Legendes Des Eux Souterraines': Final Chor - The New Moscow Chor/Elena Rastvorova

      Tracks:

      1. Ave Maria (Chant Znamenny) - Vladimir Miller
      2. Prophecy Of Ezekiel - Pere Mikhail Fortunato
      3. Lesson From The Gospel According To Saint John - Pere Andrei Papkov
      4. Since My Youth - Men's Chor/Valery Rybine
      5. Song To The Holy Virgin - Men's Chor/Valery Rybine
      6. Trisagion - Sirin Chor/Andrei Kotov
      7. Magnificat - Sirin Chor/Andrei Kotov
      8. To The Mother Of God - Sirin Chor/Andrei Kotov
      9. It Is Worthy In Truth - Men's Chor 'Drevnerousski Rospev'/Anatoly Grindenko
      10. In Thee All Creatures Rejoice - Men's Chor 'Drevnerousski Rospev'/Anatoly Grindenko
      11. I Was The Youngest - Moscow Chm Choral Theatre/Boris Pevzner
      12. Glorious Miracle - Men's Chor 'Drevnerousski Rospev'/Anatoly Grindenko
      13. At Thy Mystic Supper - The Ural Chor/Vladislav Novik
      14. The Resurrection - The Ural Chor/Vladislav Novik
      15. It Is Worthy Praise Thee - Children's Chor Of The Bolshoi Theatre/Andrei Zaboronok
      16. The Angel Claimed - Boys And Men's Chor Of The Moscow Choral Academy/Viktor Popov
      17. Augmented Litany From The Orthodox Requiem - The Ural Chor/Vladislav Novik/Dimitri Chardakov
      18. God, Save Thy People - Men's Chor/Valery Rybine/Vladimir Matorine
      19. Appeal Of The Patriarch Hermogenes To The Insurgents In 1609 - Men's Chor/Valery Rybine/Vladimir Sourjenko
      20. Bless The Lord, My Soul - The Saint Petersburg Cappella/Vladislav Tchernouchenko
      21. Since My Youth - Men's Chor/Valery Rybine/Vladimir Silaiev
      22. Hexapsaume - The Ural Chor/Vladislav Novik/Ludmila Nepritvornaia/Tatiana Chalimova/Alexandre Khoroujev
      23. Communion Chant - The Ural Chor/Vladislav Novik
      24. For The Taking Of The Veil - Men's Chor/Valery Rybine
      25. Excerpt From Saint Matthews - Men's Chor/Valery Rybine

      Tracks:

      1. Antonida's Romance: Act Three: 'A Life For the Tsar' - Viktoria Loukianets
      2. Snegurotchka's Arietta: Prologue: 'The Snow Maiden' - Viktoria Loukianets
      3. The Cycle 'Five Songs On Poems' By Anna Akhmatova: 'True Tenderness' - Natalia Guerassimova/Vladimir Skanavi
      4. The Cycle 'Five Songs On Poems' By Anna Akhmatova: 'Good Morning' - Natalia Guerassimova/Vladimir Skanavi
      5. The Cycle 'Seven Songs On Poems' By A. Blok: 'The Storm' - Natalia Guerassimova
      6. 'Judith', Act 2: Aria - Irina Oudalova
      7. 'The Maid Of Orleans', Act 1: Aria - Nina Terentieva
      8. 'The Snow Maiden', Act 3: Third Song - Nina Terentieva
      9. 'Christmas Eve', Tableau Three: Vakoula's Song - Vladimir Bogatchev
      10. The Distiller's Tale: 'May Night' - Alexandre Arkhipov
      11. Darling Savichna - Serguei Yakovenko/Ilya Scheps
      12. The Orphan - Serguei Yakovenko/Ilya Scheps
      13. The He-Goat - Serguei Yakovenko/Ilya Scheps
      14. Mephisto's Song ('The Flea') - Serguei Yakovenko/Ilya Scheps
      15. 'The Tsar's Bride', Act 1: Monologue - Vladislav Verestnikov
      16. 'The Demon', Tableau Four: Aria - Anatoly Safiouline
      17. 'The Khovanshchina', Act Three: Aria - Anatoly Safiouline
      18. 'Boris Godounov': Monologue - Piotr Glouboky
      19. Travelling Song - Piotr Glouboky/Ilya Scheps
      20. Song Of The Dark Forest - Piotr Glouboky/Ilya Scheps
      21. 'The Canterville Ghost': The Ghost's First Monologue - Stanislav Souleimanov
      Chamber Music, Vol. 1
      Average customer rating: Not rated
        Chamber Music, Vol. 1

        Manufacturer: Sub Rosa
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        AmbientAmbient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | New Age | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music
        PoetryPoetry | Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music
        ASIN: B000003HHL
        Release Date: 1994-10-10

        Tracks:

        1. Strings In The Earth And Air l
        2. Dark Leaves
        3. Twilight Turns From Amethyst ll
        4. Yellow Keys
        5. At That Hour When All Things Have Repose
        6. When The Sky Star Goes Forth In Heaven lV
        7. Lean Out Of The Window, Goldenhair V
        8. I Would In That Sweet Bosom Be Vl
        9. Sad Austerities
        10. My Love Is In A Light Attire Vll
        11. Who Goes Amid The Green Wood Vlll
        12. Rich Apparel
        13. Winds Of May, That Dance On The Sea lX
        14. Silvery Arches
        15. Bright Cap And Streamers X
        16. Bid Adieu Xl
        17. What Counsel Has The Hooded Moon Xll
        18. Go Seek Her Out Courteouly Xlll
        19. Nightdew
        20. My Dove, My Beautiful One XlV
        21. From Dewey Dreams, My Soul, Arise XV
        22. The Flowery Bells Of Morn
        23. O Cool Is The Valley Now XVl
        24. Thrushes Calling
        25. Because Your Voice Was At My Side XVll
        26. Stranger
        27. O Sweetheart, Hear You XVlll
        Hot Productions Presents : Detroit Soul Vol. 18 FEATURING: Kim Weston, Louvain Demps, Jean / Scherrie & Lynda of the Supremes, Barbara Randolph, The Valadiers, Lynda Laurence, Billy Griffin, Sisters Love, The Elgins, Sandra Edwards, Rare Earth, Susaye Greene, Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers, Freddie Gorman, Betty Kelly, Choker Campbell
        Average customer rating: Not rated
          Hot Productions Presents : Detroit Soul Vol. 18 FEATURING: Kim Weston, Louvain Demps, Jean / Scherrie & Lynda of the Supremes, Barbara Randolph, The Valadiers, Lynda Laurence, Billy Griffin, Sisters Love, The Elgins, Sandra Edwards, Rare Earth, Susaye Greene, Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers, Freddie Gorman, Betty Kelly, Choker Campbell
          *********TRACK LISTINGS********* , Scherrie & Lynda of the Supremes / I Got a Feeling - Barbara Randolph My Heart's Not Made of Stone - Kim Weston / On the Beach - Louvain Demps / Crazy 'Bout the Guy - Jean , What's Wrong With Me Baby - The Valadiers / Right Around Midnight - Lynda Laurence / So Hung up on You - Billy Griffin / Tonight - Sisters Love , I Need You Now - Susaye Greene Heading Away from Heartaches - The Elgins / Sunshine Love - Sandra Edwards / Love Is Here and Now You're Gone - Rare Earth / Stop , and Finders Keepers - Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers / Don't Make the Same Mistake Twice - Fred Gorman / I Need to Be Independent - Betty Kelly / After Dark - Choker Campbell
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD
          ASIN: B000RCIQC0
          [Limited Edition CD & DVD] Ascendancy {DVD includes videos: Like Light to the Flies, Pull Harder on the Strings of the Martyr, Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation, Rain, Dying in Your Arms, LIVE AT THE LONDON ASTORIA 9/18/05 - Rain, Dying in Your Arms, Like Light to the Flies, Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation, Pull Harder on the Strings of the Martyr
          Average customer rating: Not rated
            [Limited Edition CD & DVD] Ascendancy {DVD includes videos: Like Light to the Flies, Pull Harder on the Strings of the Martyr, Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation, Rain, Dying in Your Arms, LIVE AT THE LONDON ASTORIA 9/18/05 - Rain, Dying in Your Arms, Like Light to the Flies, Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation, Pull Harder on the Strings of the Martyr
            Trivium
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD
            ASIN: B000JNS6W2

            Product Description

            Disc: 1 1. End of Everything 2. Rain 3. Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr 4. Drowned and Torn Asunder 5. Ascendancy 6. Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation 7. Like Light to the Flies 8. Dying in Your Arms 9. Deceived 10. Suffocating Sight 11. Departure 12. Declaration 13. Blinding Tears Will Break the Skies [*] 14. Washing Away Me in the Tides [*] 15. Master of Puppets [*] 16. Dying in Your Arms [Video Mix][*] Disc: 2 1. Like Light to the Flies [DVD] [Multimedia Track] 2. Pull Harder on the Strings of the Martyr [DVD] [Multimedia Track] 3. Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation [DVD] [Multimedia Track] 4. Rain [DVD] [Multimedia Track] 5. Dying in Your Arms [DVD] [Multimedia Track] 6. Rain [DVD] [Live] 7. Dying in Your Arms [DVD] [Live] 8. Like Light to the Flies [DVD] [Live] 9. Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation [DVD] [Live] 10. Pull Harder on the Strings of the Martyr [DVD] [Live]

            Jazz Music:

            1. Full Force
            2. Fun With the Ol' Professer '44-'47
            3. George Olsen & His Music, Vol. 1: 1924-25
            4. Great Night in Harlem
            5. High Voltage, Vol. 1
            6. Ice Scape
            7. Is What It Is
            8. Jazz for a Literary Mind
            9. Jazz in Britain: 1919-1950 [Box set]
            10. Jazz Moods: An Intimate Evening [Box set]

            Jazz Music

            Jazz Music