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Joseph Curiale (Composer, Conductor), The Royal Philhramonic Orchestra/Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields (Orchestra), Dod Severinsen (trpt.); Ralph Morrison (violin); Mike Miller (guitar) (Performer)
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  • Performer: Dod Severinsen (trpt.); Ralph Morrison (violin); Mike Miller (guitar)
  • Orchestra: The Royal Philhramonic Orchestra/Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields
  • Conductor: Joseph Curiale
  • Composer: Joseph Curiale
  • Audio CD (July 1, 2002)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Orchard Road
  • ASIN: B00006AGQG
  • Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #85,386 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Joseph Curiale's committed and spirited performances of his own works rely heavily on the tranquil balancing of different orchestral and instrumental sounds. "Gates of Gold," for example, which is dedicated to the Chinese immigrant communities of California, sets off its passionate violin soloist against the bell-like background of the percussion, vigorously dancing brass straight out of Copland's ballets, and a string sound that owes as much to Hollywood as to minimalism. Awakening is a pantheistic celebration of the composer's survival of serious illness in the California countryside. "Adelina de Maya" portrays Curiale's sister and her love of Iberian and Latin American music--its guitar writing is a deliberate homage to the works of Rodrigo and Villa-Lobos. The short chamber work "The Multiples of One" is another minimalist piece, with delicate scoring, simple ideas, and a repetitiveness that becomes ritual. --Roz Kaveney


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This is the third and newest release of the "Awakening" CD which includes a preview bonus track, "Blue Windows" featuring Doc Severinsen and Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields. This new addition joins all the compositions of the original releases of the "Awakening" CD featuring The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. "Gates of Gold" which has become the most performed and most requested composition from the CD is a tribute to the Chinese immigrants of the Gold Rush days who helped to build the West. The title track, "Awakening", pays tribute to three beautiful qualities, or "fruits" of the spirit. "Adelina de Maya" is a piece for guitar and orchestra in honor of my sister, and "The Multiples of One" expresses the "oneness" of all creation.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Not just music, but an experience to behold...., August 28, 2002
This review is from: Awakening / Joseph Curiale (Audio CD)
Let me first preface this review by asking Amazon to please post the new cover to this CD..which now includes a new piece called Blue Windows. Gates of Gold was the first piece from Joseph Curiale I ever heard and it touched me in ways a piece of music has never touched my soul. There are various tones throughout the tracks, ranging from the momentum of the first movement of Gates of Gold (Arrival: A View from Sea) onto the extreme sensitivity and reverence portrayed in Awakening (my personal favorite) to the fun Latin overtones in Adelina de Maya (even my 2-year old daughter has danced to this one!). Blue Windows stands apart from the others...it is different, but yet, stands well against the other pieces on the CD. Overall, I HIGHLY suggest this CD to anyone, even those who have never appreciated classical music. I have had friends and co-workers stop and ask me WHAT was that I was listening to when this CD when playing it in my home or office. This has attracted more curiosity in people than any other of the hundereds of CD's I own and play all of the time.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars TRUE MUSIC, August 21, 2001
This review is from: Awakening / Joseph Curiale (Audio CD)
There are few composers who truly write music. Sure, they go through the motions, but music is not merely "going through the motions." Music is a living, moving thing. It makes you laugh; it makes you cry. It wraps its beautiful body around your soul, and it never lets go. Music, once heard, once felt, once experianced, never leaves your spirit or your mind. When you most need it, true music gives you strength and an insatiable appetite for life.

Joseph Curiale truly writes music. "awakening" is an ablum that never will be forgotten by those who welcome it into their lives. It is beautiful. It is colorful. It makes my heart beat and my eyes water. It is music. I know that the Earth is a wonderful place because music like this exists, and people listen to it. I anxiously await the release of Curiale's next album, and I will continue to treasure the music he writes.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars "Awakenings" is an incredible gift to the planet!!, March 8, 2001
By C.D Owens (Woodland Hills, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Awakening / Joseph Curiale (Audio CD)
Every so often, I discover a work from a modern composer that reminds me of why I listen to music in the first place. "Awakenings" is such an album.

Composer Joseph Curiale has proven to me that he is, and will continue to be, a world class artist for the new Millennium. Each composition, with the aid of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, has been sweetly and thunderously performed with great precision and care under Curiale's baton. I will be listening to this CD for years to come. And I very much look forward to his next release.

I strongly recommend "Awakenings"

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