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Across the Water

Eric Chapelle Format: Audio CD
5.0 5.0 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
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Track Listings

1 Every Wish
2 First Kiss
3 Straight Ahead
4 Soft Landing
5 Mopac
6 For Edna
7 Norton Island
8 Water Theme
9 Across the Water
10 Rainmaker
11 Evora Amore
12 Remembrance
13 Spaghetti Eastern
14 Catching a Glimpse of You
15 Tide Pool
16 Wild Iris

Editorial Reviews

With five solo piano tunes, including two more with cellist Julia Cory, and other tracks with keyboards sounds in an enhance electronic world, this album covers lots of grounds. It's more an anthology of Eric Chapelle's recent works since his release of his album Our Time.

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  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.6 x 0.4 x 4.9 inches; 4 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ CD Baby
  • Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2010
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ March 27, 2010
  • Label ‏ : ‎ CD Baby
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B003E7JUMU
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    5.0 5.0 out of 5 stars 9 ratings

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5 out of 5 stars
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Hilary
5.0 out of 5 stars Pure pleasure
Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2010
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Warm and lyrical for the most part, with the occasional detour into fizzy fun (like the engaging "Mopac") this album is hard to categorize but very, very easy to enjoy. Chapelle has a knack for writing progressions that seem inevitable without being obvious - the listener is constantly drawn along by the melodic lines, which may be soothing but are never dull. Compelling listening.
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Linda J. Jaques
5.0 out of 5 stars Across the Water - 3 Straight Ahead
Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2010
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This piece of music is charming in the purest sense. Changes in key make me imagine crystalline waters changing hue according to depth, from utter transparency to deep aquamarine blue. The percussive quality is reminiscent of Indonesian gamelan. Altogether delightful, in a word, transcendent.
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John P. Olsen / Review Publicist
5.0 out of 5 stars Review from NewAgeMusicWorld.Com / NewAgeMusic.nu
Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2010
While water is one natural element necessary to sustain life, music is one non essential we can certainly live without but then again, fluid and tranquil music can be a calming neutralizer to a more harmonious life, especially when one is caught in a hurricane of stormy life challenges.

Eric Chapelle is a composing pianist from Austin Texas whose original music scores conceivably calm the waters in several ways. Born in France, Eric is also an avid photographer who has lived in several countries around the world and his piano music retains the essential element for relaxing music by the calm buoyancy in sound that finds neutral ground with the pounding waves heard in some music today.

Across The Water is his Contemporary Instrumental 2010 release that impart 16 songs in ambient expression and creative imagination. Eric has performed his original compositions in concerts across the U.S. for over a decade, plus movie soundtracks in television, film, and commercials have been the scores that yielded wider recognition in addition to the 2 albums to his credit. Our Time was his 1998 album admired by many and had justifiably earned Eric a place alongside more esteemed pianists after his opening debut.

Eric Chapelle's contributions in The Heart Aid Project has inspired me to tell you more about the story behind his dedicated efforts in a tribute CD in memorandum of the fateful World Trade Center events on 9 / 11. In addition to Eric who conceived and produced the project, he and review publicist Kathy Parsons had corresponded with 16 additional well respected pianists and everyone compiled the tribute CD without royalties. Simply put, their time and virtuous work on this 9 / 11 remembrance album is to be commended, in addition their efforts have also reaffirmed my current knowledge that the 17 contributors response is very much representative of the caliber of people who comprise the New Age genre today.

Across The Water is another fine illustration of the resourcefulness put into every composition. Julia Cory is a cellist from Texas joining Eric on songs Every Wish & Soft Landing then guitarist John Inmon & cellist Dawn Biega offer their contributing instrumentals on Across The Water ( Title Track ) Their level of performance and musical drama they offer expressively impart gentle movement into the picture and is well suited to the principal ideals this album represents.

This album retains yet one more harmonious notation since some of the 16 songs on Across The Water were recorded at the 150 acre Norton Island Retreat residency program created by the Easter Frontier Educational Foundation in Maine. Eric has characterized the island as an inspiring destination of solitude where writers and musicians like him can compose in peaceful moments of relaxing clarity.

Norton Island is one song where the natural environment of the retreat is evenly transferred then shown like a scenic picture of captured images. The comparatively timed piano solos, casual in ambient recollections like heard in Tide Pool wonderfully convey an impression of calm by the fluid detailing in chord phrasing and lighter melodies that offer subtle reflections using even handed moderation, much attune to Wild Iris in the mellow point of view it brings.

Remembrance is another beautiful song that carries a wonderful Cinematic overtone with every measure, and although the song on the surface is light the well placed notes engrave a deep feel of melancholy, in nicely placed emotional content I found quite moving. Contrasting soprano chorals evenly trace the piano melody while outlining lower octaves then model into more dramatic posturing and boldly crescendo as if gentle waves were moving across the shoreline.

While Across The Water from Eric Chapelle is not essential to daily living, his inspired by nature album is a solid collection of calming ambience that provides a wealth of relaxing harmony for the listener, smoothing out the rough edges of today while remaining anchored in a state of readiness for the next enduring wave of life challenges that are sure to arise.
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Shirley A. Amodeo
5.0 out of 5 stars ACROSS THE WATER INTO BLISSFUL CALMNESS
Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2011
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WE LISTEN TO 'SOUNDSCAPES' TEN HOURS A DAY AND ONLY PURCHASE THE 'BEST' OF. REALLY DELIGHTED WITH THIS ERIC CHAPELLE.
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Kathy Parsons
5.0 out of 5 stars From MainlyPiano
Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2010
Composer/pianist Eric Chapelle has released "Across the Water," the long-awaited follow-up to his 1998 debut, "Our Time," and it was well worth the wait! Combining acoustic piano, keyboards, live cello (Julia Cory and Dawn Biaga) and guitar (John Inman), Chapelle has created a masterpiece of tranquil yet complex music that is gentle enough to soothe the soul yet complex and intricate enough to invite repeated listenings that allow the listener to go ever deeper into the music each time. Sometimes ambient and sometimes melodic, the sixteen tracks are varied while sustaining a sublime mood for massage, studying, relaxing, reading, or simply chilling. Composed over the past twelve years, much of Chapelle's new music was inspired by profound experiences in nature while attending the Norton Island Residency Program in Maine one summer. Deeply emotional on several different levels, the music "evokes the stages of longing, discovery, transformation of many sorts, and all journeys of becoming." (quoted from the liner notes)

"Every Wish" begins our journey "Across the Water." Performed on keyboards, Julia Cory's cello, and piano, the piece goes right to the soul with the force of its emotional impact. Not a simple daydream, the feelings of yearning and heartache go deep. "First Kiss" is much lighter and more serene with a passionate undertone. A graceful piano solo, it needs no accompaniment to convey its lovely message. "Straight Ahead" is almost buoyant in its light-hearted dance. Performed on keyboards, the instrumentation accentuates the carefree mood. "Soft Landing" brings back Julia Cory's soulful cello with piano and keyboard washes creating a mood as gentle and dreamy as floating on a cloud. "For Edna" is a lovely piano solo composed in honor of a relative who passed away at the age of 94. Chapelle composed this tribute while looking at photos of "Edna" at different stages of her life. Gorgeous! "Norton Island" is a gently-flowing piano solo that conveys perfect peace and contentment. The title track is a trio for piano, guitar, and cello (Dawn Biaga) - bliss with a slight edge. "Rainmaker" combines ambient keyboard with the sound of gentle rain - so soothing! "Evora Amore" is more ambient than melodic and hints of Middle Eastern influences - hypnotic! I really like "Spaghetti Eastern," with its rhythmic percussion and tranquil melody - fascinating! "Tide Pool" is an especially beautiful piano solo that depicts the calm clarity of a tide pool contrasted with the rippling water that changes movement at will. Chapelle saves (one of) the best for last with "Wild Iris," a melancholy, dreamy piano solo recorded in a log cabin on Norton Island.

Eric Chapelle makes a strong comeback with "Across the Water." We'll hope album #3 arrives sooner than twelve years, but if Chapelle's future music is as good as "Our Time" and "Across the Water," we'll wait patiently! Very highly recommended!
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