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Originally Posted by Nightfall
Nothing else is even close. And I love Will Ackerman's best, Ray Lynch, Michael Hedges, George Winston, Enya's early recordings, Wim Mertens, Eno, and all else, but this is the masterwork.
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Yeah, I'm kinda surprised that yours is the only response to it, either pro or con, since I'm sure others must know it. Especially with all the space travellers around here. Her music is pretty popular isn't it? Even Grammy nominated. From her site ...
A Grammy nominated album that has been called 'the most important New Age recording of all time'..."this colorful electronic excursion sparkles on disc with a clean and vibrant sound. There is a spatial, stream of consciousness feeling to this music that takes you out of the realm of everyday experience. A modern sacred work, and a powerful, emotive, uplifting symphony capable of moving the heart and soul, Novus Magnificat sets exceptionally high standards for the artistic use of electronics, space, and classical elements in contemporary music." - Digital Audio
"Demby's groundbreaking Novus Magnificat ....a benediction of cascading starlight and its sacred avalanche of massed choir and orchestra." Carol Wright - NAR
"One of the greatest musical works of our time." - Pathways
Reviews:
"The Mozart Requiem of the New Age ...an exciting and powerful musical experience." - Audio Amateur
"A landmark recording in the New Age genre." - Digital Audio
"One of the finest pieces of contemporary sacred spacemusic we know." - NA Media
"The first New Age album to give this writer goosebumps. Don't miss it. " - Lee Underwood - Pulse! Magazine
"One of the great works which will take us into the 21st century with power and grace."- New Dimensions
"There is no other recording in the electronic genre rooted in the harmonies of Bach and the romantics that is so heartfelt, so devout...you will be moved "- USA Today
"Awesome passages, majestic melodies, vibrant chorales - this is cosmic space music at its very best."- Common Ground
"The standard for the use of electronics against which future New Age albums should be judged. " - New Sounds (Harper & Row)
VOTED -- "Editor's Choice" - Third Annual Digital Audio
VOTED --" Top 50 definitive CD New Age Library" - CD Review
VOTED -- "One of the 10 best albums of the decade. " - New Age Category, Pulse! Magazine
VOTED -- "One of the 25 best gateway New Age albums" - NAR
Top 15 Electronic New Age Albums List
"A masterpiece that will be listened to hundreds of years from now & still take people's breath away. An angelic mix of electronic strings, voices & keyboards. Music to enter Heaven by."
"...Compels your attention, demands your participation with it. Demby delivers a genuinely moving performance. " - Magical Blend Magazine
"A powerful, emotive, uplifting symphony capable of moving the heart and soul... Novus Magnificat sets exceptionally high standards for the artistic use of electronics, space, and classical elements in contemporary music. " - Digital Audio
"Monumental...symphonic space music at its best... the orchestra of the century, the choir of the millennium. It's a Bach's organ toccata and a series of massive orchestral expressions worthy of Mahler..." Carol Wright, New Age Retailer
"When we played [Novus] on our radio show, more people responded with appreciation than for any other music we have ever played " - Enlightenments
"That we might really be traveling "through the stargate" is an extraordinary thing to accomplish with sound alone . It never fails to move and excite me." - The Absolute Sound - # 124
"ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ALBUMS EVER! This CD belongs right up there as one of the great inspirational and spiritual compositions of all time!" -Jim Brenholts -"TRACKS ACROSS THE UNIVERSE: A CHRONOLOGY OF AMBIENT AND ELECTRONIC MUSIC"
Novus Magnificat, a gorgeous, otherworldly opus from classically trained pianist Constance Demby, has become a true classic in New Age music, appealing to a wide variety of listeners, many of whom are ordinarily put off by the genre. Rooted in worship music of the Western tradition, Demby's majestic improvisational vision produces what the 1986 disc's liner notes call "Contemporary classical Spacemusic: A Magnificat and Exaltate." Incorporating the central voice of synthesizer with a string-and-horn section, piano, organ, bells, and tympani, a choral voice joins with instrumental passages, setting a blissfully reverent tone throughout this two-part melodious marvel. Master composers Bach and Vivaldi come to mind when hearing the keyed chord progressions and swirling strings, making Novus Magnificat a keenly majestic score for use during massage, labor and birth, meditation, worship, or relaxation. --Paige La Grone