Track 1: Welcome to Innocence
time 6:42 min
Track 2: Castles in the Clouds
time 9:42 min
Track 3: 1001 Nights
time 10:46 min
Track 4: Isles of the Blesses (for Max)
time 8:29 min
Track 5: Intimacy
time 7:23 min
Track 6: Les Jardins de la Mousson
time 5:10 min
Musicians
- Chinmaya Dunster: sarod
- (Released on March 1, 1996 - Nightingale Records)
Lands of the Dawn
Stories in music from the fabled lands behind the sunrise...
The exotic melodies are played on original Indian instruments, like the sarod, santoor, bamboo flute and table. The violin, harp and guitar were added to provide the necessary harmonious background to help support the Western listener in the better understanding of the musical expressions of the East.
"A highly remarkable production which combines the musical styles of the East and West, cast in captivating sounds of exceptional beauty.
Here lie stories in music from the fabled lands behind the sunrise that call upon us to explore a journey and a cultural nature.
Chinmaya Dunster plays guide on this excursion, where the strange meets familiar. A varied selection of exotic, inspiring and refreshing music with an eastern charm.
Hear unusual melodies played on oriental instruments, enriched with western harmonies on keyboard, harp, violin, backed by spellbinding rhythms on eastern hand drums.
Most are orginal Indian instruments played traditionally like the Sarod, Santoor, bamboo flute and tabla. the violin, harp and guitar were applied to provide the neccessary harmonious ‘western’ background to help support the ‘western’ listener in the better understanding of exotic, melodic and rhythmic expressions of the orient.
Each of the 6 pieces on this album is a little story in the universal language everbody is familiar with and can easily relate to.."
"Calling fourth stories from ‘the fabled lands behind the sunsrise...’ these songs touch a chord of deep peace and familiarity."
Napra Review Vol. 8 No. 2, Spring 1997
"In Lands of the Dawn, for the first time, Chinmaya Dunster stepped out of the circle of traditional Indian music and created a symbiosis of classical elements and instrumentation with harmonies and rhythms from the western culture."
J. Ullfig