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Product Details

  • Audio CD (July 1, 1991)
  • Original Release Date: 1989
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Hearts of Space
  • ASIN: B000000X5G
  • In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #190,455 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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    #35 in  Music > Indie Music > New Age > World Dance

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Song Title Time Price
listen  1. Mbira 4:10Album Only
listen  2. Rainforest Suite: The Forest Dreams Of Bach 5:41Album Only
listen  3. Rainforest Suite: Drumsong 4:38Album Only
listen  4. Rainforest Suite: Surface 5:57Album Only
listen  5. Sanctuary 6:25Album Only
listen  6. Temple Of Eyes 5:18Album Only
listen  7. The Raining Room (Dedicated To The Memory Of Andrei Tarkovsky) 6:45Album Only
listen  8. Veil Of Mist10:52Album Only
listen  9. A Passage In Bronze 3:19Album Only


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On his first widespread release, Rich contemplates the ravaged state of the world's rain forests, and the music herein reflects both the beauty and mystery of those gradually disappearing environments. These aspects of beauty and mystery are represented by pulsating, rhythmic tracks and denser atmospheric works, respectively. The former is epitomized by opening piece "Mbira," a playful dance of xylophone-like percussion and bamboo flute accompanied by a fretless bass gently gliding over them; while the latter is best showcased in the ghostly flute free fall which builds during the eerie, airy "Sanctuary." The composer has such an uncanny ability to conjure vivid musical imagery that can transport listeners into his vision of a rain forest. One can practically feel the dampness of the vegetation, envision the evergreen locale, and connect with the pulse of life within its dense ecosystem. Rainforest was Rich's first breakthrough album, and it remains his most commercially successful. --Bryan Reesman

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars breakthrough release, December 9, 2000
By C. H Smith (Bowling Green, Kentucky United States) - See all my reviews
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This was the album that brought Robert Rich to a greater audience, and I still think it's his best--though he is quite prolific, and by now there are several other titles that just about fully measure up to it. Rich has a wonderful way of producing a non-static kind of ambience; one might say that much of his work approaches the more classical concept of tone poetry. Here the imagery is particularly successful, with the feeling of the rainforest plainly evident as one washes along through one semi-melodic, meandering piece after another. An excellent place to start if one is unfamiliar with Rich's music.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars ESSENTIAL RICH, November 25, 1999
By J STEPHENS (RICHMOND, INDIANA) - See all my reviews
"RAINFOREST" REPRESENTS A CULMINATION OF ROBERT RICH'S EARLY WORK AND A LAUNCHING GROUND FOR OTHER GREAT FUTURE ALBUMS. THE COVER ARTWORK AND TITLE "RAINFOREST" MAY MISTAKENLY FOOL SOME. THIS IS NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH A GENERIC PIECE OF NEW AGE MUSIC, BUT RATHER SOME OF THE BEST "SPACEMUSIC" OR AMBIENT CREATED AT THE TIME. THIS IS A CLASSIC, WITH SOMETIMES HAUNTING SYNTH-TONES COMBINED WELL WITH LAID-BACK PERCUSSION AND NATURE SOUNDS THAT DON'T SOUND "INSERTED" JUST FOR EFFECTS. I WAS 18 WHEN I FIRST HEARD THIS CD AND REMEMBER FEELING TRULY TRANSPORTED INTO ANOTHER WORLD. RICH IS A MASTER IN THIS FIELD, AND "RAINFOREST" IS THE FIRST PLACE TO LOOK HIM UP.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Spell Binding, October 3, 2000
By EternalSeeker (Albuquerque, NM USA) - See all my reviews
I was overjoyed to find this sensational album/CD. I have been truly enchanted by it since I got my first cassette of it 10 years ago. Spell binding, Rich weaves a a lush path of musical inner vision through the essence of all you imagine the rainforest to be. Here are the shadowed, secret trails deep through the jungle, the jaguar's lingering gaze, the dazzle of dappled sunlight over head in a catherdral of trees; crashing intensity of tropical rain, and the steamy mist rising all around you, shot through with the flaming colors of tropical flowers, birds and orchids. This recording is beyond New Age or Ambient alone, and to me is the benchmark against which I measure all other "rainforest" recordings.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Rainforest Riches
This album is an early release from the Hearts of Space label known for great new-age music. It really captures the feel of a rain forest, and has a very natural, resonant vibe... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars The best of everything
I was overjoyed to find this terrific recording in a CD. All other 'rainforest' recordings I have ever heard - and there've been many - pale in comparison to this one by Robert... Read more
Published on September 29, 2000 by EternalSeeker

5.0 out of 5 stars Robert Rich at his best.
I have seven of Rich's albums, and this is my favorite. Because he is collaborating with no one, he has the unfrettered latitude to weave his own spell -- no looking over his... Read more
Published on May 31, 1999

4.0 out of 5 stars Different from most other New-Agey nature/music tracks
I've had this for years, and it remains one of my favorite collections! Well-blended rainforest sounds (rain, birds) are very artistically interwoven with New Age-type music... Read more
Published on January 7, 1999

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