State of Grace

Artist: Various Artists
Label: Windham Hill Records
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 019341156529
EAN: 0019341156529
ASIN: B00004YBZS

Release Date: 2000-10-10

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Tracks:

Vent Redemptor Gentium - Lisbeth Scott
Amazing Grace - Lisbeth Scott
Miserere - The Joyful Company Of Singers
Veni Creator Spiritus - Lisbeth Scott/Gavyn Wright
Auguries Of Innocence: Part 1 - Gavyn Wright/David Theodore
Auguries Of Innocence: Part 2 - Gavyn Wright/David Theodore
Be Still My Soul - Lisbeth Scott/Paul Schwartz
Angelica - Lisbeth Scott/Gavyn Wright/Jonathan Williams
Simple Gifts - Lisbeth Scott/Andrew Findon/Dirk Campbell
State Of Grace/Miserere (Remix) - Gavyn Wright/Paul Schwartz

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Customer Reviews:

To be treasured.......2007-01-29

I Treasure this cd, Always. Every listening moment from beginning to end is a joyful journey. With each passing year, State of Grace grows more precious and meaningful to me. I always know where this cd is and turn to it whenever I anxious or afraid and it's peaceful, lovely grace never fails to flood through me, revitalizing my soul. State of Grace puts me into a state of pure peace and assuring grace. I hope you purchase and enjoy this cd as much as I do, it's just beautiful.

My favorite song on the cd is "Be Still My Soul."
Be still my soul, the Lord is on thy side/ Stand calm within, the storm of grief and pain/ Trust in thy God to order and provide/ Through every change, His faithful light remains/ Be still my soul, the restful peace within/ Through trying times leads to a joyful end
Be still my soul, the wind and waves sure know/ The voice who ruled them when He dwelt below/ Torment and doubt have slipped into the past/ All darkened mysteries shall shine at last/ His burning sun shall melt the ice of fear/ Lift up your heart, His soothing voice to hear
Be still my soul, when light you cannot see/ And trembling skies speak to the fear in thee/ The face of God illuminates the light/ Amending peace and trust in perfect light/ Be still my soul, when tears fall from above/ You are divine, eternally in love.

Soar!
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Enhanting and Soul-Calming.......2006-02-01

I stumbled upon this CD at my library and was enchanted by the angel on the cover so I checked it out last week. It is an amazing, soothing, calming, meditative, soul-stirring rendition of music. The voices on the songs are lyrical, haunting and mesmerizing.

"Be Still My Soul" is like a musical tranquilizer, a heartfelt, beautiful melody that brings tears to my eyes every time I listen to it. It makes me feel as if I'm safely enfolded in God's wings and listening to His heart beating just for me.

I'm eager to find more music like this. I highly recommend this if you love soothing, uplifting music.

Thank You For Introducing Mehdi !.......2005-08-04

I've always enjoyed the Paul Schwartz and this album is no exception, but while reading some of the customer recommendations posted on this site I discovered an artist by the name of Mehdi (pronounced meddie). After an online search I found Their site (SoothingMusic,Com) and listened to the samples...
I was instantly blown away by the quality of these instrumentals and so I gave it a try and now that I have listened to these CDs several times I really must say that although I'm still a Paul Schwartz fan, I find Mehdi to be a nice addition to this CD. Instrumental Heaven by Mehdi is just awesome. I have them both in my multi-disc CD player and love the way they compliment each other. I highly recommend that you give this artist a try or atleast just go listen to the samples, I have a feeling you'll be glad you did.

Has become my favorite CD.......2004-11-19

I really love Paul's music. So what I have to say is somewhat prejudiced by that.

Lisbeth Scott's voice is odd to describe; each of her renditions sounds different, so she doesn't have only one way of singing. As Paul says on the cover, she sings with her heart. Especially on track seven, "Be Still My Soul", she tugs at my heart strings. The first time I heard it, I thought "That girl is singing with her heart and soul"; then I noticed how imperfect her voice is; but by the time it was done, I was back to noticing only the heartfelt quality of the whole song. Paul accompanies on the piano, and you can tell the two of them are in spiritual/emotional synch. Repeated listenings only further endeared "Be Still My Soul": it forms the centerpiece of State of Grace: by not being perfect, Lisbeth's voice (close to tears) links me with another person who is feeling (and expressing) her spiritual longings. Instead of a polished-perfect voice, hers is imaginable as that of anyone you could already know or meet anywhere; but the passionate quality is remarkable, as though this is the only time this ordinary person could really pull off such a song. (Of course, that is the magic of Lisbeth's voice, to me: she obviously sings very well anytime she chooses to, but her voice is extremely natural, sounding unrehearsed; and that is a special sort of magic in itself.)

The other tracks are all good. Especially five and six, instrumentals on the same theme, which are so enveloping emotionally to me, that they would be my choice of my personal theme music, if my life were ever put to film :)

What was I thinking?!.......2004-01-31

I already wrote a review for this back in 2001. I just wish I would have given it 5 instead of 4 stars. Listening to State Of Grace is a beautiful, uplifting experience that exults the spirit into higher places, and the multi-talented Paul Schwartz has quickly become one of my all-time favorite musicians. He composes and orchestrates all the music while Lisbeth Scott's angelic voice glides like softly felt wings that radiates a deep sense of majesty over the ambient beats and the glorious strings and church choirs that sing their heavenly praises to the mighty forces that we must first believe in order to perceive. But fear not. You don't have to be religious to enjoy this. Just open your mind and, most importantly, your heart and let it wash over you... That's all I ask.

This is now one of my top 20 most cherished albums and that's saying a lot since I currently own over 500 cds!

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