Steven Halpern - Mindful Piano: Music for Meditation - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Bluegrass music is one of America's most vibrant and enduring folk traditions, a music born of the mountains, shaped by migration, and sustained by the spirit of storytelling. With it's high, lonesome harmonies and dazzling instrumental drive, bluegrass captures the pulse of rural life and the poetry of human experience. This four-disc collection, 100 Bluegrass Favourites, brings together the pioneering artists and landmark recordings that defined the genre, from it's earliest stirrings in the 1930s and '40s through it's golden years in the decades that followed.

Gorgeous duets with Grammy winner David Darling on cello and Steven Halpern on keyboards are the highlight of this instant classic. Provides stress relief at the speed of sound, with impeccable musicianship and recording quality. Additional tracks feature flute and harp. Ideal for massage, relaxation and pure listening pleasure

Atmospheric arrangements of Rhodes electric piano and multiple synths. Title track features Grammy winner Paul McCandless on oboe, reminiscent of Barber's InchAdagio for Strings.Inch The album opens the heart with Rhodes piano and deep sustained synths. Promotes relaxation, meditation and inner peace.