Music of the Spheres - Mike Oldfield

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麦克‧欧菲尔德是英国最具才华的作曲家，乐手，制作人、吉他手与录音师，40年来，他一直不断的打破音乐创作的界限，在2008年的大碟【天地运行】中，这样的创作精神依然未曾消失。

　　1970年代中期，欧菲尔德就以一手包办所有乐器弹奏与录音的专辑「Tubular Bells」功成名就，这张把古典音乐的结构与前卫摇滚乐的演奏风格融合在一起的器乐大作缔造了1600万张的销售。后来他又挑战音乐创作极限的专辑包括了塑造当代世界音乐蓝图的经典作「Ommadawn」以及引领新世纪音乐潮流的先锋之作「魔咒Incantations」，还有电影配乐「杀戮战场」等。

　　【天地运行】源於一个古老的哲学与数学概念，这个概念指出音乐与太阳，月亮与行星的运行有关。欧菲尔德在此张专辑中担任音乐作曲、吉他独奏与制作大任，他同时力邀英国当代最受欢迎的古典乐作曲家卡尔杰金斯(Karl Jenkins)，「艾比路录音室」中的管弦乐团，钢琴家郎朗与清新美声海莉一起加入这趟延伸听觉视野与挖掘情感深度的音乐旅程。

　　他从霍尔斯特、拉赫曼尼诺夫的古典作品，还有史提夫莱克与菲利浦葛拉斯这些极简派音乐大师的乐曲，甚至是电音古典派玩家威廉欧比特(William Orbit)的节奏里头寻找创作的灵感。本辑有著浑然天成的古典乐魅力，同时还蕴藏著专属於欧菲尔德的独特神采。 （verycd）






专辑名称：Music Of The Spheres
艺 术 家：Mike Oldfield
音乐风格：New Age / Neoclassical
出版时间：2008
音乐资源：Ape & Cue

在2005年的专辑《Light + Shade》面市两年半之后，英国环境音乐大师、一生不断进行音乐探索的传奇音乐人Mike Oldfield推出了他的首张古典化的音乐专辑《Music Of The Spheres》。在英国流行音乐专辑榜中上榜首周，这张《Music Of The Spheres》取得了第九名的好成绩。
Mike Oldfield一生中最出色作品毫无疑问是他1973年推出的那张处子专辑《Tubular Bells》，虽然Mike Oldfield在这30多年中先后在New Age、Jazz、Pop、世界音乐、电影原声音乐等方面都做过尝试，但《Tubular Bells》对 Mike Oldfield 来说是不可替代的，甚至到现在还影响着他的音乐创作。这张《Music Of The Spheres》虽然是一张以古典弦乐为基础的音乐专辑，但从开篇单曲《Harbinger》，我们还是可以感受到《Tubular Bells》的影子，对《Tubular Bells》专辑熟悉的歌迷可以一下辨认出那一小段“Tubular Bells”的经典旋律。

Mike Oldfield 最大的特点就是他善于从不同时代和不同类型的音乐中汲取精华，在这张专辑当中，我们可以欣赏到新西兰古典跨界小天后 Hayley Westenra 和我国著名钢琴演奏家郎朗的精彩表现。

《Music Of The Spheres》在著名录音室 Abbey Road studios 完成录制，音乐当中所有的原声吉他独奏都由 Mike Oldfield 自己负责演奏。虽然换了一种音乐形式，但 Mike Oldfield 的音乐功力依然令我们叹服

This deluxe reissue comes expanded with a Bonus 14 - track CD featuring the previously unavailable 'Live at the Guggenheim' performance that occured on 7th March 2008 in Bilbao. 'Music of the Spheres' sees the collaboration with the highly respected Karl Jenkins. Oldfield has returned to his ubiquitous Tubular Bells and used a theme from it as the theme for his first attempt at a truly 'classical' album. With guest appearances by the divine Hayley Westenra on the vocal piece 'On My Heart' and acclaimed pianist Lang Lang who appears throughout, Oldfield has drawn upon the best the Classical world has to offer for this outing..

In this world, everything has a pulse or a vibration. This sound is unique to each living or non living thing and in itself creates a music that no-one can hear. I believe that this has a very powerful resonance with, and a deep effect, on our lives. What would happen if we took this further and apply this to bigger things, more powerful things: like an entire solar system or galaxy say, what would that sound like?

Musica Universalis is the ancient theory that every celestial body, the sun, the moon and the stars has an inner music. This is a harmonic and mathematical concept derived from the movements of the planets in the solar system. The music created is inaudible to the human ear.

Music of the Spheres is my interpretation of this theory. Every planet and every star: even the whole universe has music within it that no-one can hear, this is what it would sound like if it was set free. This is Music of the Spheres... ～Mike Oldfield

专辑曲目：
Disc I
01. Harbinger
02. Animus
03. Silhouette
04. Shabda
05. The Tempest
06. Harbinger Reprise
07. On My Heart
08. Aurora
09. Prophecy
10. On My Heart Reprise
11. Harmonia Mundi
12. The Other Side
13. Empyrean
14. Musica Universalis

Disc II
01. Harbinger (Live At The Guggenheim)
02. Animus (Live At The Guggenheim)
03. Silhouette (Live At The Guggenheim)
04. Shabda (Live At The Guggenheim)
05. The Tempest (Live At The Guggenheim)
06. Harbinger Reprise (Live At The Guggenheim)
07. On My Heart (Live At The Guggenheim)
08. Aurora (Live At The Guggenheim)
09. Prophecy (Live At The Guggenheim)
10. On My Heart Reprise (Live At The Guggenheim)
11. Harmonia Mundi (Live At The Guggenheim)
12. The Other Side (Live At The Guggenheim)
13. Empyrean (Live At The Guggenheim)
14. Musica Universalis (Live At The Guggenheim) 
 
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