Exposed on the Cliffs of the Heart

Terry Winter Owens (Composer), Francisco Monteiro (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Francisco Monteiro
• Composer: Terry Winter Owens
• Audio CD (September 27, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• ASIN: B0000505DN
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,524,232 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Exposed on the Cliffs of the Heart

2. Ariadne's Crown

3. Toccata

4. Rendezvous With Hyakutake

5. The Rapture of Beta Lyrae

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Taken on its own terms, an invitation to listen deeply., November 5, 2000

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Doug Sprei (Rochester, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Exposed on the Cliffs of the Heart (Audio CD)

"Exposed" is a splendid recording, one that coaxes us to expand our capacity to listen. It is piano music which breathes with space and delicate choices -- tone, harmony, and phrasing. I didn't know what to expect when I bought it. Now after listening four or five times, I sense there is value in keeping that attitude of no expectations intact. It struck me that one could even be disturbed by some of this music, but I would recommend that listeners choose to accept it for what it is -- vivid sonic territory without a map. But there's no possibility of getting lost, because if you can listen as honestly as the composer wrote this music, you'll always know where you are.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Music for the Ear and the Mind, April 21, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Exposed on the Cliffs of the Heart (Audio CD)

As with most things special, the appearance of something rare and fine appeals to a more refined sensibility. This very much happens to be the case with this exquisitely recorded and beautifully performed collection piano works by the well-known composer Terry Winter Owens.

As virtuosically performed by the Portuguese pianist Francisco Monteiro, these works shimmer with a sparkle and radiance that illuminate for us an ethereal style of piano composition not often heard or recorded. Unlike many contemporary or avant-garde works that give the impression of being studies in distress, these newly recorded works of Terry Winter Owens are New Music that appeals to both the ear and the mind and bear relistening for their sheer atmospheric power.

A more perfect marriage of talents between composer and performer, as exemplified in this fine recording, would indeed be hard to find.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars music, poetry and aesthetic performance, November 18, 2000

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maria de fatima lambert (Porto, Portugal) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Exposed on the Cliffs of the Heart (Audio CD)

exposed on the clifs of the heart - one of the most exquisite recordings I've ever heard. The composition after which the CD is named is superb: it really takes to the ultimate expresion of sublime Rainer Marie Rilke's poem. The same sublimity which the performer accomplishes during his interpretation of Terry Winter Owens' compositions. Francisco Monteiro creates his own perception of music combined to a conceptual perspective of what a CD must be: something faithfull to the composer's work and also something faithfull to the performer's actionand knowlegde. The quality of the sound is just the right one to produce a superb work of art: the Terry Owens works performed by this brilliant pianist.