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The World (Rykodisc/Mickey Hart Series), The Latvian Women's Choir, Mickey Hart | Format: Audio Cassette

Product Details

• Audio Cassette (February 27, 1990)
• Label: Rykodisc
• ASIN: B00000EW68
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,866,004 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Blow, Wind, Blow

2. Breaking Flax

3. The Sun Moves Quickly

4. Sleep My Child

5. Song of the Wind

6. So Silent Is the Ukranian Night

7. The Forest Shook from Dancing

8. Where Have You Been, Brother?

9. Orphan Girl in White

10. Di Raike

11. Christmas Masquerade (Mummery Song)

12. Oi Hanuke

13. Autumn Landscape

14. The Tomtit's Message

Editorial Reviews

Repressing of this installment in the Mickey Hart Collection, a World Music series that the Grateful Dead drummer curated which incorporated his solo projects, other artists productions, and re-releases of out-of-print titles. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I still love this cd!, July 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Dzintars: Songs of Amber (Audio CD)

I have had this album for a year now, and I am still just as amazed at it as I was when I peeled it out of its plastic wrap and set it in my cd player the first time. I can't put this music on and go wash dishes or sort laundry... I must sit and close my eyes and listen. It makes me want to go and buy a set of expensive headphones. This is a wonderful album, which I will force all of my friends to listen to, and which I strongly recommend to anyone who likes to listen to music.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Breathtaking!, February 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Dzintars: Songs of Amber (Audio CD)

From a nation in which choral music is a national, and often personal, priority comes this heart-rending, memorable collection of Latvian and other regional folk tunes. Not artsy, not showy, no overproduced...just right.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Gorgeous, March 11, 2003

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methylethel - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dzintars: Songs of Amber (Audio CD)

I heard one of the tracks from this album on a sampler CD that I have since lost <sniff!>, and I was so completely enchanted I hunted down this CD. I wasn't disappointed. This is some of the most heartbreakingly beautiful choral music I have ever encountered-- and after six years it still hasn't gone stale on me. If you like choral music at all (maybe even if you don't), buy this album.