Breath of Creation – Flutes of two worlds
An intercourse between European and Japanese flute music featuring:
- shakuhachi – Anne Norman
- baroque flute and recorders – Greg Dikmans
A wonderful juxtaposition of two flute traditions. Traditional folk melodies from Japan, Ireland and England; European art music; Honkyoku (traditional zen meditations); 20th century compositions and collaborative improvisations. Composers: JS Bach, Clerambault, Couperin, Greg Dikmans, Jacob van Eyck, Hans-Martin Linde, Anne Norman, Vivaldi.
Reviews
“…a most compelling and intense experience… This is a recording to create Peace… there is so much to appreciate in the delicacy, subtlety and sheer magic.” Recorder & Early Music.
“I highly recommend this CD to anyone with a penchant for the mystical, the unusual and the unexpected. The performances are first rate.” Journal of the Australian Flute Association.
“The measure of the success of this recording is that it leaves one listening not just to the musical works themselves but to those further and more distant musics of the spheres.” Ruth Wilkinson, Recorder and Early Music
Further information
Released by Move digital MD3163, 1995 Move Records. For disc contents & MP3 samples, please visit the Breath of Creation page at MOVE.
Breath of Creation may be purchased through MOVE records or from Absurd Publications.