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| Northern Lights: Music of Contemplation for a New Age | 
 enlarge | Creators: Uuno Klami, Joonas Kokkonen, Jukka Linkola, Ester Magi, Olli Mustonen, Ahmad Pejman, Urmas Sisask, Lepo Sumera, Erkki-sven Tuur, Peteris Vasks, Camerata Tallinn, Espoo Chamber Orchestra, Eesti Projekt, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, Lauri Vainmaa, Raija Kerppo, Kaija Saarikettu
Label: Finlandia
Category: Music
List Price: $16.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (5 reviews)
Sales Rank: 180464
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 11421
UPC: 706301142127
EAN: 0706301142127
ASIN: B000005IFQ
Release Date: November 14, 1995
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Northbound - Jukka Linkola | | • | Maja - Urma Sisask | | • | Trivium (Excerpt) - Rene Eespere | | • | Oremus - Urma Sisask | | • | The Forest - Jukka Linkola | | • | Song Of The Watch - Uuno Klami | | • | Song Without Words - Lauri Saikkola | | • | Piece From The Year 1981 - Lepo Sumera | | • | Dominus Vobiscum - Urmas Sisask | | • | Insula Deserta (Excerpt) - Erkki-Sven Tuur | | • | The Ancient Kannel (Excerpt) - Ester Magi | | • | Adagio Religioso (Excerpt From Music For String Orchestra) - Joonas Kokkonen | | • | Gerda And Kai - Jukka Linkola | | • | Fantasy For Piano And Orchestra (Excerpt) - Olli Mustonen | | • | Cantabile (Excerpt) - Peteris Vasks | | • | Pater Noster - Urmas Sisask | | • | Trivium (Excerpt) - Rene Eepere |
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| Customer Reviews:
 2 Stars for the Album, 5 stars for Urmus Sisak's Work March 20, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I heard Dominus Vobiscum on XM radio this morning and found myself just sitting down and meditating on the spot. Meditation is something I've started reading about but could not see myself doing though I knew I'd try somehow. Music like this makes meditation possible for anyone even those with totally undisciplined minds like mine. I've listened to the samples, and I'll buy this album but only for the 3 pieces by Urmus Sisak. He'll never know what this experience meant to me. One note: I only remembered the name "Sisak" and the word "Contemplation" and began my determined search for this music. Given that he is a composer and part of a compilation from various artists, what do you think the chances should have been that I would find his Dominus Vobiscum with that little information? His name never came up in a search. It must be true that if you are sincere, doors or paths do open. Just listen...
 je ne sais quoi July 2, 2005
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The music on this CD is hauntingly beautiful and much of it fills me with strange and wistful longings--a sort of "happy sadness," perhaps correspondent to the German concept of Sehnsucht.
 Great CD January 10, 2002
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
There was only one song on this CD that I did not enjoy. All the rest were great.
Northern Lights June 28, 2000
8 out of 11 found this review helpful
Better than most "New Age" offerings, thanks to the overall choices and imagery the music conjures up. Northbound is first cut and gives actual feel of travelling very fast over snow and ice. Sounds like a well-crafted soundtrack. Well worth buying when you need a beautiful, lilting symphonic head-journey-or when you just need/want to hear musicians other than U.S./British-born artists.Some of the cuts are quite moving, some sturm und drang, and others reminiscent of the best of classical artists. One friend told me he could almost hear the ice crackling underfoot in one track, and another said he thought of the time he saw flights of geese southbound for the winter.
 "It makes me think of tubular bells by Mike Oldfield" February 13, 1999
5 out of 12 found this review helpful
"Music composed by Sisask is classical but added with a touch of symphonical rock. It was the feast of recognising when I listend to compositions like the forest. I only hope that Sisask does not go to far into the forest of early rock and roll"
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