Lumiere, Baroque Music for Relaxation & Massage_音乐专辑
Lumiere, Baroque Music for Relaxation & Massage
表演者: Stephanie Bennett
介质: Audio CD
发行时间: 2003-05-01
唱片数: 1
出版者: At Peace
条形码: 0616302029023
专辑简介
Stephanie's CD of Baroque music: beloved pieces by Bach, Handel, Gluck and Vivaldi, played for maximum relaxation on harps, some with flute and cello.
LUMIERE by Stephanie Bennett
According to a recent article in Alternative Therapies Magazine, a number of research studies have been conducted to determine the effects of music in a variety of clinical, healthcare settings. Conclusive, peer-reviewed research has been conducting proving that music can be useful and effective in producing positive results and relief from pain and anxiety.
While it may not be new to many people that music is known to have a relaxing effect and has been used successfully to reduce and release tension, what is interesting, as reported in Alternative Therapies, is that slow and sedative music, with a specific reference to Baroque music styles, does result in increased relaxation. Music with simple, repetitive rhythms, low pitches and slow tempos using strings and no percussion instruments does help to reduce stressful physiological responses. LUMIERE, Baroque Music for Relaxation by Stephanie Bennett offers Baroque music originally written for a variety of instrumentations (orchestral works, keyboard works, operas, etc.), which Stephanie has elegantly rearranged for harp along with accompanying acoustic instruments. This is classical music with a light, modern touch, designed for relaxation, healing and pure enjoyment.
FROM THE MUSICIAN:
Bach and Handel are two of my favorite composers of all time. Handel holds a special place in my heart and in my history. As a teenager, I performed Handel’s Harp Concerto in Bb with my high school orchestra, and I also performed it in the audition that won me a full tuition scholarship to the University of Michigan School of Music, where I went on to major in harp performance.
Recorders and wooden flutes have a wonderful unpretentious innocence. Their use dates from the Middle Ages through the Baroque era and they speak with such clarity and simplicity. They are featured on ‘Peace’ and on ‘Air’. Cellos convey a delicious warmth and depth. I used cello not only for the bass lines of a few pieces, but also featured it on the melody of ‘Largo from Xerxes’.
The Baroque era in Western music has long been a particular favorite of mine. The music can express a range of scenarios from grandiose to intimate; and a range of
emotions from joyous and lighthearted, to poignant, to affectionate, to serenely meditative. It’s always elegant. It’s most often musically sophisticated, in a way that I’ve always found fascinating, like an elaborately embroidered tapestry full of intricate detail.
Some of my favorite Baroque music is thrillingly passionate and some is deeply mournful; but for the purposes of this recording, I selected only music that is inspiring
and invigorating, yet relaxing and comforting, like a wonderful bowl of warm, nourishing soup on a cold day.
-- Stephanie Bennett
ABOUT THE MUSICIAN:
Award-winning musician and composer Stephanie Bennett has been called “one of our country’s top harpists” (Hollywood Reporter). Avalon, inspired by Stephanie’s travels to Ireland, includes the original composition, “The Ancient Fortress” which she composed at the top of 2500 year old Steig Fort in the Ring of Kerry with one of her harps while “contemplating the mystery and timelessness of this beautiful place and wondering about the kinds of people who had been here before me.” A native of the Midwest, Stephanie’s passion for the harp and composing music dates back to her childhood. She has been invited to collaborate with many musicians and has performe throughout the world including at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland as well as in France, Brazil, Australia, Japan, Argentina, Ecuador and Costa Rica. An advocate of animal rights, she has rescued many cats from the animal pound. According to Bennett, “nature is where I sense the divine and infinite.”
曲目
Prelude - Handel
