Sanctuary: 20 Years of Windham Hill

Various Artists - New Age | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 4, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Windham Hill Records
• ASIN: B000000NLB
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,072 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Rocket to the Moon

2. Night Slip

3. Bizet: Intermezzo from Carmen

4. Aerial Boundaries

5. Wide Asleep

6. Wedding Rain

7. Children's Dance

8. Hand Picked Rose of a Fading Dream

9. House Made of Dawn Light

10. Siri's Arrival

See all 17 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Manhattan Underground

2. Daydreams

3. A Very Special Place

4. Transit

5. We Kinda Music [Edited Version][Edit]

6. A Thousand Teardrops

7. Every Deep Dream

8. There's a Monk in My Garden!

9. Blue Kiss

10. To Be

See all 15 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

2 CD, 32 track overview of Windham Hill Records. Artists include: Jim Brickman, William Ackerman, Alex de Grassi, George Winston, Shadowfax, Andy Narell, Montreux, Mark Isham, Tuck & Patti and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Crisp, fresh, and unique!, January 9, 2003

By 

Rocco B. Rubino "Rocco R." (Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sanctuary: 20 Years of Windham Hill (Audio CD)

I can understand why some Windham Hill purists would feel as if this compilation is not as good as the "Windham Hill: The First Ten Years." But then again, I don't think the producers were looking to duplicate what was already done ten years ago.

Sanctuary is crisp, clean, fresh and unique. It is divided into a CD for "acoustic" and a CD for "electric." I personally prefer the simplicity of the acousting sound, although I found the electric sound very intriguing. I expected some "techno-bop, space age [junk]" but the tunes were far from falling into this category.

Don't let the fact that Sanctuary is as far removed from the origin of the Windham Hill experience scare you away. This compilation is as every bit as good as "The First Ten Years."

19 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful selection of Windham Hill artists and their music., July 14, 1998

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Ben Rosenthal <[e-mail]> (Takoma Park, Maryland, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sanctuary: 20 Years of Windham Hill (Audio CD)

I haven't known Windham Hill for more than a few years, however my interest in its post-ambient music is now very high. Sanctuary contains an excellent variety of acoustic and electric music, sounds that both calm me in relaxation and make my heart rumble. I play oboe and I especially enjoy Ira Stein and Russel Walder's "Transit" and "Underground" (the bonus track). I also like the selections by Scott Cossu, Jim Brickman, and Øystein Seväg.

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as "The First Ten Years", October 15, 2001

By 

Donald Gillies "secretbearer" (San Diego, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sanctuary: 20 Years of Windham Hill (Audio CD)

Sanctuary is a good CD, but the guitar and piano selections on "Windham Hill: The First Ten Years" are superior, whereas "Sanctuary" is really no better than an average Windham Hill Sampler album (and there are good and bad sampler albums from Windham Hill). Sanctuary has some rythmic and percussion pieces that are actually gnarly and you want to hit the skip key on your CD player if you are looking for relaxing and meditative music.

I recommend that you buy "The First Ten Years" before purchasing this album.