Gamelan Music

Harrison (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 16, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Music Masters Jazz
• ASIN: B000000FR3
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #471,100 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Philemon and Baukis

2. Cornish Lancaran

3. Gending Alexander

4. Homage to Pacifica: Prelude

5. Homage to Pacifica: In Honor of the Divine Mr. Handel

6. Homage to Pacifica: In Honor of Mr. Mark Twain

7. Homage to Pacifica: Interlude

8. Homage to Pacifica: Litany

9. Homage to Pacifica: In Honor of Chief Seattle

10. Bubaran Robert

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, Calm Music Marred by Bombastic Announcements, April 18, 2011

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This review is from: Gamelan Music (Audio CD)

Lou Harrison was a composer from the West Coast who, although trained in classical music, took a strong interest in non-Western tonal systems, and this is demonstrated by the music he wrote for the gamelan. In the pieces presented here Harrison pairs the gamelan with a saxophone, a violin, a trumpet, and singers. It is for the most part beautiful, calm, and hypnotic. I was annoyed only by a couple of spots in the "Homage to Pacifica" in which an announcer very bombastically tells us how nature and Native Americans were "screwed;" it's not that I disagree with what is said, but it doesn't serve the music and pointlessly browbeats the audience.