Search - Grayhawk & Helene Hess :: Blissful Magic

What a neat surprise!

bethtexas | United States | 03/26/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I have a lot of spiritual/Goddessy albums, but boy, this one is NOT the "same old thing". (Not that I mind the same old thing! I wouldn't keep buying them if I did.) But this one was really a beautiful surprise.When the album opens, it sounds like classical music or classical with some New Age-style instrumentation. Gradually, soft choral music comes in. And the album builds and builds to a peak. In my opinion, the peak was a LONG, STUNNING piece which combines smooth spoken voice, urgent shouts of declaration - "SO MOTE IT BE!" a touch of spoken banter that flows right into the exciting, climactic instrumentation, and outstanding opera-style singing. This incredible piece just goes on and on, taking us through time, through the dark ages to the present, where we hear the voices of humans, the crackling of fire, and the beauty of music. I've never heard anything like it before. Then the album gets gentler again ...Brilliant."