Search - Roy Tuckman :: Fiesta

Sublime and Delightful

Judith Orloff | Los Angeles, California United States | 11/12/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This music for expanded awareness compiled by radio luminary Roy Tuckman is a feast of sounds, all different, complex, simple, and sublime. I love that an image of Xad Xiadg, the protector of musicians, graces the front of this CD. He sets the spirit for music, as a freedom and a healing power,to be expressed. As you listen, open your heart and all your energy to these tones that will heal. (I'm especially moved by the selection Zen Moments.) I gave a copy of this CD to a friend undergoing chemotherapy to listen to on her headset in the hospital. You're in for an adventure. Let Roy Tuckman's celebration of sound sweep you away."

A COMPANION TO MEDITATION AND CELEBRATION

Cassandra Morrison | Minneapolis, MN United States | 04/26/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The name of this CD (and of the first selection) is Fiesta. A fiesta is a celebration...in this instance obviously a celebration of the Divine within Nature and within us.
The title track immediately sets one to thinking of a great gothic cathedral with Handel or Bach being performed on one of those gigantic organs. (At least, this is the effect it has on me). And from this one's inner vision almost naturally flows out from the concept of a cathedral built by human hands to "nature's cathedrals": the mountains. And especially, perhaps, the mountains at dawn as the rising sun first begins to illuminate the sweeping vistas around and below. But I am not going to discuss each and every selection...I would not be so self-centered as to believe that you really care how the music affected me. But I must just say a word about the final piece "Earth Vision". This was the first composition I ever heard by Mr. Tuckman. I first heard it about eleven years ago now...as background to an excerpt from a talk by Alan Watts. This was on an FM radio station in LA California. KPFK, to be precise. Where Roy hosted the all night program "Something's Happening" from Midnight to Six AM Monday through Thursday Nights. (He's still there and still doing that, by the way). And whatever else "Earth Vision" may mean to me I only know that for me it exemplifies the composer himself...his gentle spirit and insightful vision.
Would I recommend this CD? Yes, I would. And I do."

Classical West Meets Eastern Spirit

David Landau | Los Angeles, CA USA | 01/09/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"In most cases, the musical subtitle "expanding awareness" brings a glaze to my eye. In this case, it's appropriate. Tuckman's music possesses a shocking grandeur while also keeping to a Taoist scruple. In an unexpected and remarkable manner, it joins the hieratic world of Franck and Messiaen to the spirit- world of the Eastern philosophers. A magnificent accomplishment."