Release Date: October
6, 2015
Label: Dkl
Records
Grammy nominated David Lanz has been thrilling fans for decades. His newest album with Kristin Amarie, Silhouettes of Love is a jazzy blend of classical and New Age sound.
“The Soaring Heart” is the first piece on the album.
Filled with chimes, bells, string, piano movements and the playful sound of
Kristen’s voice as she highlights the already perfect multi-instrumental
experience. This track is a landscape of audible artistry and one I never get
tired of listening to. Beautiful. Simply beautiful.
“Circles Round the Moon” begins with tender piano
movements and the kiss of chimes. Kristen’s voice descends watching over her
loved one like an angel. She hears her love singing, melodies drifting by as
she ponders whether it is stardust or merely a dream. This song is a tender
fairy tale of moments buried deep in the night as her true love’s arms wrap her
in his embrace.
“Beatrice and Dante” is a song based on the Divine Comedy written by Dante Alighieri
and the woman that haunted him during her life and her untimely death. Dante
met Beatrice as a child and never forgot her, leading the two to fall in love
despite being married off to different people. When she died at the young age
of twenty four, he was devastated. His only recourse was poetry and he invokes
her in two portions of his trip through the levels of Hell.
This piece has a haunting quality, with the twisting
piano and string combinations. Down and down into the bowels of the earth Dante
wanders as he hears his true love’s breath on his ear. Waiting. Longing.
Eternity in a state of passion that can never fully be fulfilled. Only words
remain but neither can let go of their love for the other, despite one being
dead and the other trapped in the land of the living. Dante is deep in
contemplation of the nature of Hell and those who deserve to reside there. The
sweet song of Kristin Amarie gives voice to the lovely Beatrice as the music
swirls around her and she vanishes into the darkness. “Want me. Need me. Speak
to me words of love…”
“Silver Threads” is a song of grief. The threads that
hold us together are not severed when death lays its cold hand on our lives.
Love endures and sweetness envelopes the heart as moments are remembered. Piano
blended with multi-instrumentation bring the stark feeling to life. Kristin’s
voice is the sound of a breaking heart desperately clinging to the happy
moments and facing the future without the person you held so dear.
Silhouettes
of Love is a journey of emotion that covers many musical genres.
At times Classical, jazzy and New Age it touches us all with memories and
tender, wistful sentiments. David Lanz, Kristin Amarie and the host of
musicians working with them on this project have outdone themselves. The
melodies constructed are masterful and exude emotion and Kristin’s voice…as I
have said before, an angel must be missing from heaven.
5/5
Stars
Key Tracks: The Soaring Heart, Circles Round
the Moon, Beatrice and Dante, Silver Threads
Tracks:
01. The Soaring Heart
02. The Promise
03. Circles Round the Moon
04. Falling
05. Found By Love's Return
06. Lady On the Shore
07. Silhouette of Love
08. Our Illusion
09. Amore Eterno (Redux)
10. Beatrice and Dante
11. Waiting for the Sun
12. So in Love
13. Silver Threads (Without You)
Tracks:
01. The Soaring Heart
02. The Promise
03. Circles Round the Moon
04. Falling
05. Found By Love's Return
06. Lady On the Shore
07. Silhouette of Love
08. Our Illusion
09. Amore Eterno (Redux)
10. Beatrice and Dante
11. Waiting for the Sun
12. So in Love
13. Silver Threads (Without You)
DanaWright, Sr. Staff Writer
December 17, 2015
Review
Provided By New Age Music Reviews