Release Date: July 1, 2019
Label: Bocage Records
Excerpt
From Artist Website: Louis Anthony
deLise is an award-winning composer, record producer, arranger, and conductor.
His compositions for soloists and ensembles have been recorded and are often
performed worldwide. His arranging and conducting work appear on albums
alongside that of many of the world’s top pop artists including, Carlos
Santana, Sheila E., Wynonna Judd, Kanye West, CeCe Winans, and Paul Shaffer.
That is enough to pique any music
lovers’ interest I would think? With one look at the artwork on the cover of
this CD, and I could tell the right message was being relayed to a perspective
audience and more importantly to me, the next listener.
All of the instrumentation is
incredibly good. Louis plays the acoustic piano, amongst other things, quite
brilliantly. And it does not hurt to have on hand Jeff Oster (trumpet), Nancy
Rumbel (oboe and English horn), Christine Hansen (flute and alto flute) and
Marjam Ingolffson (cello) added to mix to complete each individual track with
taste and preciseness.
“Spring Rain” was the first track
that gave me the warm and fuzzy feelings of satisfaction. The rain in spring by
definition brings the hope of a new day, sunshine and the coming of summer,
flowers blooming and all the trees turning green. With added sounds of nature
on the track, I felt like I was inside the song, living the moment within the
time and space that mother nature does her work. It’s a beautiful thing to
understand and accept how we are intrinsically linked to the earth and all
living things.
“Autumn Twilight” brings another
season as the leaves turn, the air gets crisper and the colors are vibrant
along roadsides and in the mountains of the Northeast. I live it every year and
absolutely love it. Ask any New Englander what is their favorite season and I
bet they say the fall. Then, of course, the imminent old man winter comes in to
freeze the earth and put our grand Mother into hibernation on “Winter’s Chill.”
The progression of the tracks is perfect, in sync with the balance of nature
and most certainly with this listener.
After all, this is the reason I
was so taken right away listening to this album, its musical perfection as far
as I am concerned. There probably is not a musician in the world that would say
their music is perfect but from where I sit, all I needed to hear was the 11
tracks of new age instrumentals. The occasional elements of jazz painted in and
around the canvas of this musical vision made it all even tastier. It is a
picture I would want to look at more than once and so will you once you hear
it!
Keith “MuzikMan” Hannaleck
July 11, 2019
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Provided By New Age Music Reviews
Tracks:
01. Mosaic (album version featuring Nancy Rumbel)
02. In the Edge of the Water (piano solo)
03. Spring Rain (album version featuring Jeff Oster)
04. Variations on Moonlight (piano solo)
05. Early January
06. And Then She Was Gone (piano solo)
07. Autumn Twilight (album version featuring Nancy Rumbel)
08. American Darkness (piano solo)
09. Winter’s Chill
10. But Not Forgotten (piano solo)
11. Natural Light
Tracks:
01. Mosaic (album version featuring Nancy Rumbel)
02. In the Edge of the Water (piano solo)
03. Spring Rain (album version featuring Jeff Oster)
04. Variations on Moonlight (piano solo)
05. Early January
06. And Then She Was Gone (piano solo)
07. Autumn Twilight (album version featuring Nancy Rumbel)
08. American Darkness (piano solo)
09. Winter’s Chill
10. But Not Forgotten (piano solo)
11. Natural Light