David Lanz - Painting the Sun
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Artist: David LanzEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2008-08-19
Music Label: Shanachie
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Music Review: "Painting the Sun" paints brilliant colors in the mind!
Rating: 5 Stars
If you love piano music that can fit any mood, be it a side dish to a relaxing dip in the bathtub, reading music while you're in your hammock on the back patio, some romantic "set the mood" music while you freshen up for your mate, or when you need some alone time to grieve, David Lanz has music for every occasion.
On his newest release, "Painting the Sun", Lanz explores a wide spectrum of emotions. From the touching "Hymn: Sanctuary Rose Rondo in G Minor ", to the darker flavor of "Daybreak Flower", one can easily imagine Lanz sitting at his piano, eyes closed, meditating along with the beauty that pours from his fingertips. When one puts this CD on, along with some low lighting and incense or scented candles burning, it is almost effortless to relax, slow your breathing and lower your blood pressure.
Each track is a delightful length. This CD is not like other piano music CD's, in the sense that with those CD's, sometimes the same song can go on for ten minutes at a time, which is good for meditating, but if you'd like to listen to it in the car or while gardening, it can become monotonous and end up putting you to sleep whether you feel drowsy or not. This CD is not like that at all. It's like a wine-tasting for your ears.
Particularly amusing is the track "Sleeping Dove", which is a bit lighter and breezy in the beginning, but slows down as it unfolds and, depending on what one is looking for within the context of the notes, a hint of darkness can still be detected.
"Her Solitude" is a beautiful track that one could derive sadness from based on the title alone. But it can also be looked at as a peaceful track, like maybe all she needed was a hint of solitude to be free and finally unchained. The title track seems to carry with it a bit of hope somehow, like by listening to it, you just know that somehow, everything will be okay in the end.
"The Enchantment" can also carry a title bias, since at first listen, you might think it to have a darker, sadder tone, but knowing the title, it is easier to imagine a prince and a princess at a ball where she is holding out her hand and he is taking it, kissing it, trying to win her over. And she is slowly melting into his eyes with her own.
"Midnight Reverie" has a slightly swifter tempo, one that could make us feel like trouble is looming on the horizon, or not even necessarily trouble, just something that would get our adrenaline up and excite us, whether for the good or the bad. Maybe we are going to the beach to meet a lover and he or she is waiting patiently for us on the rocks at the forefront of the ocean. Or maybe we just found out that a relative is in the hospital and we need to get to them as quickly as we can to find out the situation. Either way, we are stuck with a sense that we need to act quickly or we could miss something important.
"First Snow" is a pretty tune. We can imagine going out into the world where everything is covered in white but the snow still steadily falls. We spot a nearby lake that has frozen over and we slip into our ice skates and have our first peaceful skate of the new winter.
"Evening Song" is another decadent piece in which we can just imagine sitting in our sun room, reading a book with only the lamp next to us for light. The rest of the world has gone to sleep, it's summer and it's dark outside. The moonlight reflects off of the lake behind us and the crickets are chirping but aside from that, there is peace in the world.
"Spanish Blue" is different from the rest of the album in the sense that it has a higher-pitched beginning and a generally different sound. Ironically, since this song is towards the beginning of the CD, it sounds like a completion type of song. Everything has been fixed, everyone has gone inside for supper and this is the song that plays them out. We don't know what will be next for them but we can only imagin e peace.
Lanz also takes on an old favorite with The Byrds' "Turn Turn Turn (To Everything, There is a Season)". His tones help to elevate and transform the classic 60's tune into a relaxing ride until we finally realize what we are listening to and smile, saying, "hey! I know this song!" His take on the notes of the chorus is absolutely delightful.
This CD has a lot of personality and if you were a fan of Lanz's work before, you should definitely consider picking this up. If not, you should try it out, give it a listen--you just might end up truly enjoying what you hear!
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