Sun Dance: Summer Solstice - A Windham Hill Collection

A Windham Hill Collection, Summer Solstice (Windham Hill Series), Sean Harkness | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 1, 1999)
• Original Release Date: June 1, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Windham Hill Records
• ASIN: B00000J7KL
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #160,435 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Siempre Conmigo

2. Callisto's Sky

3. Serenade

4. Shaka Slack Key

5. Just Dancin' Like Fools

6. I Will Walk With My Children

7. Cancion' de Amour

8. Circles

9. Summertime

10. As Tears Go By

11. Don't Worry Baby

12. Reflections on the Pond

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The music is OK, but I have something to say about the sound, May 7, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Sun Dance: Summer Solstice - A Windham Hill Collection (Audio CD)

The reviewer who gave this CD only one star is quite right, the older Windham Hill recordings are better, not only artistically but also soundwise. Although this CD may appear to sound pretty good, to me it does not! It has been compressed up to the hilt. For non-technical listeners this means that all the dynamics (the difference between loud and soft) have mostly been taken out. Therefor it sounds unlistenable to me. This is not the kind of music one should compress the living daylight out of, that is for Rock & Roll. Hey, it might sound good in your car, but I listen on a home system worth (more than) a couple of thousand dollars. I think most people listen to this kind of music on a good system. If this trend continues, I am sure I will no longer buy "new" new age, and stick with the older, more dynamic and interresting recordings (whether 16, 20 or 24 bits: what's the point if the dynamic range is less than 10 dB! ). Windham Hill, please tell your recording and mastering engineers to treat this great music as classical and not as R&R, thank you!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Accoustic Music.., April 4, 2000

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Ray Riddle (Winter Haven, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sun Dance: Summer Solstice - A Windham Hill Collection (Audio CD)

I wasn't sure how much I was going to like this CD. I bought it for the David Arkenstone track, which I hadn't heard. Turns out to have a very accoustic feel to the whole thing. It's mostly stringed instruments and piano. Quite cool as background music. Not really to sit and listen to attentively, but for when you're doing stuff, this is great to have on. Angels of Venice do an awesome version of "As Tears Go By", and track 4, "Shaka Slack Key," which you can hear in the song samples above, is almost worth the price of the CD. On the whole, the CD doesn't really stand out, but it's worth getting.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just Relax!, March 24, 2000

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Joette (Michigan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sun Dance: Summer Solstice - A Windham Hill Collection (Audio CD)

I have listened to this in my car and while I am cuddled up with a good book at home. It is a great mixture of musicians. It helps clear your mind and really relax. It is a favorite of mine.