Solace (Bonus Tracks) (2003)

Product Summary Label: Higher Octave UPC: 00718795604227 Release Date: 4/8/2003 Buy.com Sku: 60596179 Item#: MCG5QN Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. This Majestic Land - (with The Prague Symphony) ~ Michael Hoppe 2. So You - (with Martin Tillman) ~ Michael Hoppe 3. Romance For Violin And Orchestra - (with The Prague Symphony) ~ Michael Hoppe 4. Lachrymosa - (with Heidi Fielding) ~ Michael Hoppe 5. Beloved - (with Kenton Youngstrom) ~ Michael Hoppe 6. Renouncement - (with The Prague Symphony) ~ Michael Hoppe 7. Jude's Theme - (with Eugene Fodor) ~ Michael Hoppe 8. Nimbus - (with The Prague Symphony) ~ Michael Hoppe 9. Elegy - (For Joan, with Andrea Bauer) ~ Michael Hoppe 10. Pie Jesu - (with Heidi Fielding/Dwain Briggs) ~ Michael Hoppe 11. Farewell - (with Harold Moses/Heidi Fielding) ~ Michael Hoppe 12. Parting, The - (with Vangelis) ~ Michael Hoppe   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Personnel: Michael Hoppe (keyboards); Heidi Fielding, Dwain Briggs (vocals); Adam Klemens (conductor); Martin Tillman (cello); Vangelis, The Prague Symphony. SOLACE was nominated for the 2004 Grammy Award for Best New Age Album. Personnel: Michael Hopp? (keyboards); Kenton Youngstrom (guitar); Lubomir Havlak , Eugene Fodor (violin); Harold Moses (viola); Martin Tillman, Andrea Bauer (cello). Liner Note Author: Michael Hopp?. Author: Rabindranath Tagore. Arrangers: Richard Bronskill; Vangelis. Michael Hoppe's exceptional, award-winning album offers a profound emotional voyage from the first song to the last, gliding from one heartfelt piece to the next with stunning, effortless transitions. With the aid of the Prague Symphony, Hoppe creates a sense of an elevated consciousness without losing a shred of musicianship. Hoppe's fine compositional ear is the backbone behind his grand, cinematic aural storytelling. Like human life itself, SOLACE moves constantly forward, but is dotted with bittersweet moments that Hoppe sees as divine. The yearning, bellowing cello on "So You" builds into the pure, transcendent joy of "Renouncement," and comes to rest on a kind of ghostly, majestic finale with "The Parting," featuring Vangelis. Producer: Michael Hoppe; Michael Hoppe Engineer: Steve Salani; Steve Salani Musical Guests Vangelis Martin Tillman   Compilation Appearances Sunday Morning Coffee Romance Piano Dreamers A Collection Romance Ii Quiet Day How Do I Love Thee Romances For Solo Piano   Associated Artists and Works Joe Powers Nostalgie: Romances For Harmonica ~ Joe Powers Nell, Lou Anne Quiet Storms: Romances For Flute And Harp ~ Nell, Lou Anne How Do I Love Thee? ~ York, Michael   Technical Info Release Date : 04/08/2003 Original Release Date : 2003 Catalog ID : 56042 Label : Spring Hill Music Number of Discs : 1 Runtime : 51m : 12s Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00718795604227   Professional Reviews New Age Retailer (09/20/03, p.147) - "...Hoppe creates a moving soundtrack for the vast array of struggles and celebrations that have infused our nation and the planet..."    Product Image