Search - :: Symphonies Of The Planets 1-5 NASA Voyager Recordings

OUT OF THIS WORLD (but hard to find)

Jason | Raleigh, NC USA | 06/27/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Like the reviewer below, I also discovered Discs #1 and #5 by accident while searching through a clearance bin at a local music store. I bought them out of curiosity, having already bought a similar CD called "Songs of the Galaxies" by Dr Fiorella Terenzi about a year earlier. I was immediately swept away by the ethereal sounds captured on these CD,s. Disc #1 features a slow, hypnotic collage of low, bell-like tones droning behind some sort of "solar wind", while Disc #5 sounds almost as if it were recorded underwater, with waves of low, bubbling noises in the foreground, backed with what sound eerily like dolphin cries.These discs are wonderful for meditation, and make for fascinating listening.My only complaint about the individual Discs, is that the liner notes don't tell you exactly which planet you're listening to. Jupiter? Neptune? The rings of Saturn? The liner notes of both discs are identical, and only give general information about "how" the recordings were made. Maybe the Boxed-Set had more specific details, but I wouldn't know. I recently discovered and announcement at BODY-MIND.com that the Boxed Set is finally going to be re-released, along with a 6th disc called "Celestial Love Songs" This website also has information about other, similar CD's available from NASA.In the meantime, I have discovered that used copies of all of the other individual discs of the "Symphonies of the Planets" series can be found at the AMAZON.com Marketplace sellers. After a quick search the other day, I was able to find and order Discs #2, #3 and #4, for less than $20.I'm eagerly waiting by my mailbox..."

Music of the spheres

eric d bernasek | princeton junction, NJ United States | 10/02/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"i have heard volumes 1, 3 and 5.some of the most beautiful sounds i have ever heard. though the information regarding exactly how these sounds were made audible is more than a little spotty, the thought that these are naturally (not to mention perpetually) ocurring sounds is staggering. really lush, calming, aligning sounds. more engaging than most ambient music i've heard (from someone who listens to eno, aphex twin, the orb, amp, etcetcetc, and has one album to their name, that's saying quite a lot).these should really be re-issued, with generous accompanying notes. don't pass them up if they come your way.e"