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1) Paya-Hali or "Get. Moving" Real Audio MP3 Alison Vardy (4:49) 56K Cable My own Canadian Composition with Russian and Spanish overtones! 2) Dunedin Farewell Real Audio MP3 Alison Vardy (4:45) A melodic tribute to the many fine friends and musicians we said goodbye to in Dunedin, NZ. 3) Peerie House ahint the Burn/ Spoot O'Skerry Real Audio MP3 Shetland Islands (3:37) Vigorous Scottish tunes using the full range of the Paraguayan harp. 4) Yvone Yvonke / Los Bibilicos Real Audio MP3 Macedonia / Jewish (4:26) A traditional love song to a young girl followed by a soulful song of the Sephardic Jews 5) Schottische du Stockfish Real Audio MP3 D. Thonan (3:03) I arranged this for harp from a recording I heard by Quebec group "Ad Vielle Que Pourra". It's a fishy tune composed in the Celtic style from Brittany, France 6) Peace River Lullaby Real Audio MP3 Alison Vardy (3:59) Reminiscent of the gently rolling golden hills of the Peace River Country in northern British Columbia. 7) A Belen Vinde Pastores Real Audio MP3 Galicia (3:28) My harp arrangement of this beautiful folk melody from the Celtic region of northern Spain. 8) Una Luz en el Mar / Llano Real Audio MP3 Alfredo Rolando Ortiz (8:24) Two beautiful compositions from this renowned Paraguayan harpist. The first is arranged as a "Guarania", and the second as a "Pasaje", both being syncopated rhythmic genres from South America. 9) Roly Gentle / Johnson's Hornpipe Real Audio MP3 Traditional: Northumbria (4:44) Harp arrangements inspired by the playing of Kathryn Tickell, Northumbrian piper. 10) Whimsical Breeze Real Audio MP3 Alison Vardy (3:37) In this piece I'm having fun with the percussive potential (what a fun phrase!) of the harp, then going into a nice rhythmic pattern using 7th chords. Enjoy! The Horse Whisperer named this track. 11) Zemer Atik / Shalom Aleichem Real Audio MP3 Amitai Neeman / Trad: Israel (3:29) A more contemporary Israeli dance tune followed by a well-love traditional melody. 12) Animacion Real Audio MP3 Alison Vardy (2:42) Listen, and you'll hear the animated character that inspired this composition! 13) King of the Fairies Real Audio MP3 Traditional: Ireland (3:08) Always a Celtic favourite of mine
14) Kulasunda Real Audio MP3 Alison Vardy (3:25) A composition based on a traditional Mbira (thumb piano) rhythm of Zimbabwe. I learned this rhythm from Andy Rigby of Australia (sort of a circuitous route from Africa) and he calls it "traditionally-based Zimbabwean pop music" 15) Streets of London / Pachelbel's Canon MP3 MP3 Ralph McTell / Pachelbel (4:28) (56K) A contemporary folk melody and baroque piece that share the same chord progression but offer delightful contrasts in arranging Alison Vardy (2:58) (56K) Just finished in time to fit on this CD! |
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Apasionada is a vibrant array of multi-cultural harp music arranged to delight and soothe the senses. I've selected my most rhythmic pieces as well as some of my most beautiful tunes from around the world. There is a very wide range of multi-cultural influences and tempos on this CD. Apasionada features three harps - my new Sandpiper Nova Celtic lever harp, my Paraguayan harp, and my new Bresch Celtic lever harp. The tunes include a mixture of Celtic, Latin, Contemporary, light Classical and World Ethnic music plus 7 of my own original compositions. (16 tracks for a total of 65.04 minutes playing time - Released July 2000 ) I recorded this CD in the natural reverberation of an acoustically "live" space with Melodeon Studios in Victoria, BC, Canada. The recording quality of Apasionada is very good as all the tracks were recorded using top quality microphones directly to analogue tape for additional "warmth" and then directly to digital without any editing. Close your eyes and you are sitting alongside the harp literally feeling its presence! Alison |
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A Review from Rambles Online I like the name of this musical offering -- Apasionada rolls off the tongue in soft, succulent motions. Alison Vardy's fingers ride the waves of her harp strings -- sometimes strumming, sometimes plucking, like a turbulent ocean.
.Vardy stirs the ocean to motion with "Get Moving," a lively tune with Russian-influenced rhythms. This one makes me long for a challenging game of Tetris.
.."Dunedin" slows the pace as Vardy gives her own musical tribute to a place she knew well -- it's a soothing and reverent piece. The listener may catch a glimpse of fairies dancing in the fields while taking in "Peerie House ahint the Burn/Spoot O'Skerry," a collection of Scottish tunes from the Shetland Islands -- all with satisfying Celtic flavour.
."Yvone Yvonke/Los Bibiliocos" features a rhapsodic combination of both Macedonia and Greece and Sephardic Jewish cultures. Like the combination of oil and vinegar, this traditional love song and melancholy melody blend for a thirst-quenching sip of Middle/Eastern Europe. .
Alison Vardy's accomplished harp playing provides a soothing, 65-minute drift on the ocean with Apasionada. "Carousel," Vardy's own composition, provides one last spin before the plug of the melodic ocean is pulled and the listener is left on dry land. But there's a cure -- immerse yourself in this CD again! Lynne Remick (abridged) |
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