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Harrison: Seven Sacred Names
Cantaloupe Music

Harrison: Seven Sacred Names

$21.99

Details

Composer
HARRISON, MICHAEL
Artist
Various
Format
CD
Label
Cantaloupe Music
Released
Jul 02, 2021
Catalog #
CA21157
UPC
713746315726

About

Created by pianist and composer Michael Harrison, Seven Sacred Names is meant as a companion album to the book Nature’s Hidden Dimension by author, astrophysicist and modern Sufi mystic W.H.S. Gebel. The Seven Sacred Names, according to the mystical cosmology of Sufism, tell the story of "...an awakening primal Self," as Gebel writes in the album's liner notes. Taken together, Harrison's seven pieces (with the prologue and epilogue of "Kalim" comprising two distinct movements) foster a listening environment that is ethereal, meditative and at times almost tentative, but also rife with the anticipation and promise of glimpsing hidden truths about ourselves. Featuring a diverse range of artists that includes the Grammy-winning vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth, vocalist Ina Filip, cellist Ashley Bathgate, violinists Tim Fain and Caleb Burhans, tabla percussionist Ritvik Yaparpalvi and Harrison himself on piano, the recording moves hypnotically through a subtle but ever-changing suite of tranquil moods and colors — with each stage defining a sacred or exalted state meant to inspire awareness, self-knowledge and self-expression.

Tracklist 8 tracks

  1. 1 Prologue 05:37
    Track
    1
    Title
    Prologue
    Duration
    05:37
    Composer
    Michael Harrison
    Performer
    Tim Fain, Caleb Burhans, Ashley Bathgate, Michael Harrison
  2. 2 Revelation: Music in Pure Intonation: Revealing the Tones 04:35
    Track
    2
    Title
    Revelation: Music in Pure Intonation: Revealing the Tones
    Duration
    04:35
    Composer
    Michael Harrison
    Performer
    Michael Harrison
  3. 3 Alim: Polyphonic Raga Malkauns 12:31
    Track
    3
    Title
    Alim: Polyphonic Raga Malkauns
    Duration
    12:31
    Composer
    Michael Harrison, Payton MacDonald, Ina Filip
    Performer
    Ina Filip, Payton MacDonald, Caleb Burhans, Michael Harrison
  4. 4 Qadr: Etude in Raga Bhimpalasi 13:15
    Track
    4
    Title
    Qadr: Etude in Raga Bhimpalasi
    Duration
    13:15
    Composer
    Michael Harrison
    Performer
    Michael Harrison, Caleb Burhans, Ritvik Yaparpalvi, Payton MacDonald
  5. 5 Mureed 06:30
    Track
    5
    Title
    Mureed
    Duration
    06:30
    Composer
    Michael Harrison
    Performer
    Tim Fain, Michael Harrison
  6. 6 Just Constellations: IV. The Acoustic Constellation: Spring 02:33
    Track
    6
    Title
    Just Constellations: IV. The Acoustic Constellation: Spring
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    Michael Harrison
    Ensemble
    Roomful of Teeth
  7. 7 Basir 15:16
    Track
    7
    Title
    Basir
    Duration
    15:16
    Composer
    Michael Harrison
    Performer
    Michael Harrison
  8. 8 Epilogue 05:32
    Track
    8
    Title
    Epilogue
    Duration
    05:32
    Composer
    Michael Harrison
    Performer
    Ashley Bathgate, Michael Harrison