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| Music of the Spheres | |||||
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| Studio album by Mike Oldfield | |||||
| Released | March 9, 2008 (UK) | ||||
| Recorded | Abbey Road Studios Studio 1 June 2007 | ||||
| Genre | Classical | ||||
| Length | 45:30 | ||||
| Label | Universal Classics and Jazz Mercury Records |
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| Producer | Mike Oldfield Karl Jenkins |
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Music of the Spheres is the confirmed title of the forthcoming album by English musician Mike Oldfield. The UK release date has been set as March 9th 2008. It is also to be the first classical recording released on a USB flash drive. Hayley Westenra is featured vocalist on one track. The album also features Lang Lang on piano.
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History
In an interview on BBC Radio 2's Steve Wright show, broadcast 23 February, 2006, Oldfield elaborated on his next project saying he was working on a long instrumental — probably in three parts and without any drum loops. He also mentioned the possibility of a tour. In an interview for the March 2007 issue of Resolution Magazine Oldfield added that it would be a classical album "going to be based around the festival of Hallowe’en, rather than the Hollywood horror film", in which he'd only play "classical guitar and grand piano".[1] In a This is London interview Mike revealed the name of the new album as Music of the Spheres.[2] Karl Jenkins was recording the album with Oldfield at Abbey Road Studios in early June 2007. In an interview with Classic FM on August 10, 2007, Oldfield said that Lang Lang had recorded his piano pieces over a webcam. One of the album's tracks is entitled "Musica Universalis", which when translated into English is Music of the Spheres, an ancient philosophical concept that regards proportions in the movements of celestial bodies as a form of music; and is also the name of Oldfield's current record label. This record company name trick is a repeat of a track title on his previous album, "Quicksilver" which is another name for the metal Mercury. On September 18th, Universal held a presentation event, hosted by Yellow Lounge at the Tape club in Berlin; Oldfield was not scheduled not be present, but he appeared for 5 minutes to answer questions. The album was to be played by a DJ. The original release dates for the album would have been to aim for a Halloween release, this was later pushed back to the 5th, 9th and 12th of November 2007. In September 2007, Oldfield and Universal decided to delay the release of the album until January 2008, for personal reasons. In November the release date was again put back until March 2008. In November 2007 Universal included "On My Heart" (featuring Hayley Westenra) on their No 1 Classical Album 2008 compilation album.
Track listing
Part one
- "Harbinger" - 4:08
- "Animus" - 3:09
- "Silhouette" - 3:19
- "Shabda" - 4:00
- "The Tempest" - 5:48
- "Harbinger (reprise)" - 1:30
- "On My Heart" - 2:27 (Featuring Hayley Westenra)
Part two
- "Aurora" - 3:42
- "Prophecy" - 2:54
- "On My Heart (reprise)" - 1:16 (Featuring Hayley Westenra)
- "Harmonia Mundi" - 3:46
- "The Other Side" - 1:28
- "Empyrean" - 1:37
- "Musica Universalis" - 6:24
Personnel
- Hayley Westenra - vocals
- Lang Lang - piano
- Karl Jenkins - orchestrations
- Sinfonia Sfera Orchestra
Orchestra
The Sinfonia Sfera Orchestra are:
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References
- ^ Craft: Mike Oldfield, Resolution Magazine, March 2007
- ^ Oldfield's Odyssey, This is London, May 15, 2007
External links
- Mike Oldfield -Featured Artist - Music of the Spheres, Classics and Jazz
- Mike Oldfield Discography - Music of the Spheres, Tubular.net
