Miriam [Import]

Miriam Stockley, Miriam | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 27, 2011)
• Original Release Date: September 14, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: NARADA PRODUCTIONS
• ASIN: B00000K4G6
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #59,893 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

After nearly three decades spent perfecting her multilayered harmony techniques and range of styles as a jingle singer, vocalist for Adiemus and session artist for the likes of George Michael, David Bowie, Tina Turner, and Seal, Miriam Stockley emerges with her debut solo recording, Miriam. An amalgamation of African inspired pop, Celtic folksiness, and classically tinged commercial pop, Miriam is a selection of strongly focused vocals embedded in a tapestry of curiously effective composition. Strings swell and swirl round the singer's potent vocals, reed instruments slice through the smooth flow of keyboards, drums and penny whistle set place and mood. Indicative of what is right with both adult contemporary pop and multiethnic easy listening, Miriam steers clear of easy categorization while remaining familiar enough to be commercially viable. --Paige La Grone

Product Description

Miriam by Miriam Stockley

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hear the beautiful voice behind Adiemus as you never have., January 17, 2000

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Daniel L. Civco (Mansfield Center, CT United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Miriam (Audio CD)

Having been a long-time listener to Adiemus(I, II, and III), I have come to enjoy Miriam Stockley's mystcial and magical voice. But it wasn't until the release of her debut solo CD that I truly appreciated her as a 'singer', a lyricist, and a composer. Those fans of Adiemus expecting to hear more of the same will be surprised. This CD has little, if any, of Karl Jenkins' influence and is all Miriam. Her voice is pure and melodic, and her lyrics find meaning for everyone, I am sure. This is a recording that one will listen to again and again, and never tire of it. If you appreciate Annie Haslam, Enya, Maire Brennan, and other 'superior' female vocalists, then you will enjoy 'Miriam'. It is an outstanding first release and I hope the second is not far behind.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars astonishing, November 22, 1999

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thomas sebring (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Miriam (Audio CD)

Rarely do I purchase a CD that leaves me slack-jawed with speechless astonishment; this is definitely one of them! Miriam has joined the rarified ranks of such angelic female vocalists as Enya, Maire Brennan, Happy Rhodes, Loreena McKennit, Kate Bush, Annie Haslam, Lisa Gerrard, Mary Fahl (October Project), Ali Azzam ,Elizabeth Fraser, and Dadawa. This heart-rendingly beautiful album is alternately swinging(Uku'Lela), haunting (Arcadia, Innocents) ,mystical (Domini) and a hundred other feelings. She has taken a quantum leap from the beautiful but stylisticaly restrained work of Adiemus into a world of African rythyms, lullabies, Gregorian chants, and unbearably lush harmonies and orchestral backrounds. Indeed, Miriam is truly a butterfly taking wing and soaring to heights where few are found. May there be more such efforts from her.

25 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible and Beautiful, November 16, 2000

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Home Studio (Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Miriam (Audio CD)

I was a fan of Miriam Stockley from the Adiemus series, but wasn't sure if I should buy this solo effort. If you find yourself having the same dilemma, dear reader, do not hesitate - BUY THIS CD NOW!

Far from being "Adiemus Lite," this is a magnificent CD which, if anything, overshadows that series. The symphonic orchestration is lush and wonderfully recorded. And that voice - my God, Miriam Stockley transports me to another world whenever I play this album. It is by turns relaxing, ethereal, moving, magical, and transcendent.

Of course, her many-layered vocals are impeccably recorded, and the World Music influence characteristic of her Adiemus work is well represented.

This isn't just a CD - it's a gorgeous emotional journey.