Various Artists - Horizons - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The new GENUIN offers fascinating acoustic experiments with compositions based on the tonal system of the Bohlen-Pierce scale. This system uses a twelfth instead of an octave and is divided into thirteen tonal steps, taking the listener into magical-archaic tonal worlds that transcend all listening habits. Nora-Louise Müller and Akos Hoffmann, two outstanding clarinetists, and their fellow musicians play their own compositions on instruments specially made for this scale system, as well as music by Georg Hajdu, Todd Harrop and others.

Lauren Scott's passion for the lever harp inspires her interpretations of atmospheric works by 20th century composers ranging from John Cage and Peter Maxwell Davies to Lennon & McCartney, as well as her own ambient compositions. Beyond the Horizon, Lauren's debut solo album, casts a twilight glow on the unique qualities of the traditional lever harp -also known as the Celtic harp -and the kaleidoscopic colors it produces, sonorities that Lauren enhances with extended techniques including note bending and percussive effects in her own music. The result is a beautiful and distinctive album with broad appeal. Born in Australia, UK-based Lauren performs with many of the country's leading orchestras, in West End shows, on commercial recordings, and for radio and TV. Active in the international harp community, Lauren avidly fosters the next generation of harp players, and has had her music published and performed world-wide. Album Tracks 1. Beyond the Horizon 2. For Mattia 3. Away for a While 4. Gypsy Dance 5. In a Landscape 6. Farewell to Stromness 7. Beyond the Horizon 8. Celestial Spirals 9. Across the Universe 10. Crepuscule

Album Tracks 1. Estrellita Concert Metamorphosis for Piano 2. Vamos Atrás Da Serra, Calunga, for Piano (Cirandas No. 8), a. 220/8 3. Leyenda Keshua, for Piano 4. Sonatina for Piano in G minor Allegretto 5. Sonatina for Piano in G minor Lento Muy Espresivo 6. Sonatina for Piano in G minor Presto 7. Tonadas (12) in the Chilean Popular Syle, for Piano Allegretto 8. Tonadas (12) in the Chilean Popular Syle, for Piano Lento. Vivo 9. Pourelle, for Piano 10. Canción de Luna (The Moon Lights Up), for Piano 11. Suite Andalucía Malagueña 12. Tristes (5), for Piano Moderato. Jujuy 13. Tristes (5), for Piano Moderato 14. Tristes (5), for Piano Allegretto 15. Tristes (5), for Piano Lento. Córdoba 16. Tristes (5), for Piano Andante Moderato. Córdoba 17. Dances (3), for Piano Allegro. Rítmico, Con Mucho Fuego 18. Dances (3), for Piano Andantino. Ondulante, Con Languidez 19. Dances (3), for Piano Presto. Chispeante Con Mucha Vida 20. Preludes (3) for Piano Flora's Game 21. Concert Plena 'Santa Maria', for Piano