Adiemus - The Journey: The Best of Adiemus
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Free Music Notes for The Journey: The Best of Adiemus
Free Music Review: Awesome
Hit: 5 Stars
As I play it, I picture myself in Arizona in Karshner Caverns. This was where I first heard the CD, and hearing it takes me right back there. My young grandaughter, talked me out of my first copy and so had to order another.
It is relaxing, haunting, beautiful and more.
Free Music Review: This Is Where It's At
Hit: 5 Stars
If you want the best sounds of Adiemus, look no further, you have found the album that delivers. This is a most delightful album, and playful at times. It is refreshing to hear, and a joy to own. Not abrasive in the slightest, people of all ages can enjoy this music, from young children to the elderly. A fine album.Free Music Review: Give Me A Break
Hit: 1 Stars
Wow, what a coincidence. The first three reviews are written by three different people and they're EXACTLY THE SAME. They all hail the Adiemus website as one of the most incredible sites on the entire web. ON THE ENTIRE WEB. People planting fake reviews to pump up their own revenue make me sick. This music is cheezy at best. Jennings robs from a number of over-used musical genre's, creating, at best, the soundtrack for a bad nature film that doesn't exist.Free Music Review: What does Adiemus sound like?
Hit: 5 Stars
As with many musical artists, of course, the answer to that question depends on who you ask-though they have been frequently compared to artists such as Enya, Enigma, Dead Can Dance, and Deep Forest. Because of the unique qualities of their sound, however, no direct comparison can ever be completely sufficient. The prominent sounds in the music of Adiemus are the diverse melodical chants and vocal stylings of Miriam Stockley, the harmonies of Mary Carewe and "the Adiemus singers", and the powerful backing of the London Philharmonic. Karl Jenkins himself describes the music as "an extended choral-type work based on the European classical tradition, but where the vocal sound is more akin to 'ethnic' or 'world' music"; in his words, "The sound is universal, as is the language of music [...] this music is somewhere to escape to." This was taken from the amazing Adiemus Unofficial Home Page, one of the most incredible sites on the internet and the best page in existence containing literally everything there is to know about Adiemus!
Free Music Review: Original and entrancing!
Hit: 5 Stars
This recording, combining selections from "Adiemus: Songs of Sanctuary", "Adiemus II: Cantata Mundi" and "Adiemus III: Dances of Time", is powerful, moving and utterly fascinating. In the uniquely compelling music of Adiemus, the female voice becomes a true instrument, with the freedom to use vowel and consonance as pure sound, unrestricted by verbal meaning. Miriam Stockley and a sextet of female vocalists sing the whimsical, wordless phonetics of composer/director Karl Jenkins, backed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the electro-acoustic percussion of Jody Jenkins, and recorder solos by Pamela Thorby (of the Palladian Ensemble). Karl Jenkins' wonderful compositions are difficult to categorize, but in addition to close harmonies and distinctly modern choral and orchestral sensibilities, there are strong shades of the vocal and percussive celebrations found in the music of Africa and the Pacific islands. The selections are generally cheerful and upbeat, and at all times enthusiastically sung. This is a group you really have to hear! Come along and join their celebration of life and the human spirit!