Prayer for the Wild Things

Prayer for the Wild Things Artist: Paul Winter
Label: Living Music
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 010488002823
EAN: 0010488002823
ASIN: B0000000UW


Release Date: 1994-06-21

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Listmania:

  1. "Canonical Winter": Paul Winter's timeless classics
  2. Instrumental arcana
  3. Sleepers and teasers: Albums that made me want more.

Tracks:

  1. Eagle Mountain
  2. Round Dance
  3. On the River
  4. Buffalo Prairie
  5. Osprey
  6. Grizzly Bear Cubs with Their Mom After Breakfast
  7. Tritones in the Canyon
  8. Moose Walk
  9. Gates of the Mountains
  10. Cougar Bassoon
  11. Antelope Dreams of Her African Cousins
  12. Afternoon's End
  13. Sunset on Eagle Mountain
  14. White Goat of the Rockies
  15. Loon on Mud Pond
  16. Night Voices
  17. Elk Horns
  18. North Fork Wolves in the Midnight Rain
  19. Night into Dawn
  20. Dance of All Beings
  21. Eagle Mountain

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Relaxing with the sounds of nature.......2006-05-08

I'm very surprised this cd does not have more reviews, and it is too bad that there are no samples to listen to. My husband and I love this cd, we've owned it for 7+ years. It is truly relaxing and beautifully integrates the sounds of nature with musical instruments. Its perfect for listening to out in nature, or going to sleep to. If you like this cd I would also recommend Canyon Lullaby and by Carlos Nakai, Inner Voices.

5 out of 5 stars Paul Winter's Crowning Achievement........2001-11-08

Before early 1995 - shortly after this album had been released - I had never listened to any of Paul Winter's music, believing that most critics and music reviewers were correct in categorizing his output under the New Age rubric. New Age music held no interest for me; by the mid 80's, a full decade before discovering this album, I had by then my fill of "feel-good noodlings." How wrong one can be in taking these critics and reviewers at their word regarding such classification!

"Prayer for the Wild Things" is serious music with a purpose, something very different from one's notion of New Age music. Coming from the classical side of music, I was immediately struck by how sections of "Prayer" brought to mind some of the best of mystical minimalism, and, as well, Paul Winter's skill in setting out an extended suite that thoroughly, and captivatingly, integrates his own musical ideas with native American music and the musics of various fauna found in the Northern Rockies.

This is a spell-weaving album, using an instrumental palette not likely found anywhere else, performed by prodigiously talented musicians. (For just one idea of the talent in this group, I recommend that you listen to John Clark's staggering French horn work in "Elk Horns.")

The final section ("Overture to a New Day") of three tracks reprises the themes set out earlier. While the album as a whole represents virtuosic musicianship of the highest order, this reprise is clearly the high point. "Night Into Dawn" collects the various earlier themes in what could be described as a highly improvisational way. It can be listened to repeatedly, with fresh discoveries at each hearing. (With the remarkable clarity of the recording, each instrumental line in this reprise can be followed with ease.) "Dance of All Beings" is a reprise of "Round Dance," a Native American chant. When this theme returns in "Dance of All Beings," Paul Winter finds a way, as he does so often, to weave in his unique touch with it in a way that can only be described as remarkable.

This may well be the best introduction to Paul Winter's work for classical music lovers. If you react to it as I did, you will quickly rush to obtain more of his work, and be continually amazed at his range, his musical skill, and his total commitment to the integration of his personal style with the musics of nature and wildlife. After nearly seven years with this constant friend of mine, I still find myself muttering to myself, "Mr. Winter, I don't know how you manage to weave this spell!"

Enthusiastically recommended without reservation!

Bob Zeidler

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