Scenes from a Voyage to Arcturus [Single]

Ron Thomas | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 15, 2001)
• Original Release Date: June 15, 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Single
• Label: Vectordisc
• ASIN: B00005MI55
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #596,097 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Music from another world, February 22, 2006

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This review is from: Scenes from a Voyage to Arcturus (Audio CD)

How does someone even begin to write music that adequately captures the stark, visionary strangeness of David Lindsay's astonishing novel? Yet Ron Thomas has come as close as anyone could hope to in this sequence of instrumental pieces, which are by turns crystalline, haunting, demonic & transporting. For those who have read the book, the title of each piece will provide context & evoke the book's stunning imagery. But this CD passes an even more important musical test: those completely unfamiliar with the book will still find much to move them. This music has a chill beauty, and most listeners will respond to it, as they might respond to the shimmering cries of some exotic, unidentifiable bird in the night. Highly recommended!