"India: World-Cynosure" Part 2

Listen to all 19 tracks now! 1 Cello tabla; India synthesizer 2 2 Aphorisms (50), Bass Psaltery (5) 3 Australian instrument 4 Translation and Sanskrit chant with Tote-a-Tune 5 Modern dilruba; cello; viola; windspinner 6 Unaccompanied singing - Jishu jishu nam 7 Flute 8 Slit Drum 9 Tote-a tune 10 Japanese Keyboard 11 Aphorisms; ocarina 12 Vibraphone 13 Tote-a-Tune; glockenspiel 14 Harpsichord; India synthesizer 3 15 Aphorism; Viscount digital pipe organ 16 Japanese keyboard 2 17 Rainstick 18 Unaccompanied singing - Ganesha song; dove ocarina 19 Grand Piano

This CD is a wonderful collection of varied performances by Sri Chinmoy. From flute to synthesizer to vibraphone, we get to experience many different textures, moods and modes of musical expression. In some instruments, such as the harmonium, Sri Chinmoy sounds almost ancient, like a performance recorded thousands of years ago; so simple and traditional is his singing. In others, we feel like we are traveling in cosmic spaces never explored before, as if new worlds are opening before our very eyes.

One common thread through all this, though: it is great music for meditation, very expansive and pure, like water from a mountain spring. Enjoy!

Kamalakanta Nieves
April 2006