Nicholas Gunn - Through The Great Smoky Mountains - Anagram Music 4710970601034 (2002) SACD rip via PS3 to iso (2.73GB) | 24bit/88.2kHz flac | 5ch (2.29GB) (+5.68dB gain) | 2ch (995MB) DR11 (+6dB gain) | World, New Age ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Jazzreviews.com: In a collection blended with world music, folk, & jazz motifs, Nicholas Gunn has created a masterpiece of musical expression. THROUGH THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS, A MUSICAL JOURNEY must be heard to savour it uniqueness. There are 11 selections of this CD, each song is a polished gem of musical creativity, & each song has a beginning, a middle, & an end. This is the type of CD to have in your home library if you want to listen to music that inspires the soul with its clarity, sensitivity, & beauty. I enjoyed each song for its individual merits of melody, harmony, & motifs. The songs will captivate all listening audiences with heart-felt expressions of rich imagery & blending of genres. Flawless. Highly recommended. AllMusic: This inventive, beautifully melodic composer, flutist, keyboardist, and producer has made nature appreciation a true art form. He launched his career a decade ago with Afternoon in Sedona and has recorded incredibly lush sonic interpretations of the Southwest and Grand Canyon since then. His national park itinerary moves east to Tennessee this time, where he's inspired once again to create an impressionistic travelogue of tribal rhythms, dreamy atmospheres, and hypnotic melodies, spiced with evocative nature sounds, all in the service of telling tales of the Great Smokies' ancestral past with an eye toward their future preservation (he's donating ten percent of the proceeds to the Natural History Association to help preserve the park's beauty). Good thing he provides a lush road map in the form of lovely photography and a liner-note explanation for each track, because the music sounds much like his Southwest tomes, with a little more musical mist (to reflect that atop the mountains) and a little less Native Americanisms. It's an enjoyable ride nonetheless, beginning with "Call of the Wild," dedicated to the rare red wolf and moving from soft and gentle to aggressive and primal, with Gunn weaving his flute through a forest of nature sounds and thick percussion. "The Highest Point" is illustrated with building musical drama as listeners are urged to climb up to Clingman's Dome and take a deep breath. The deeply reflective "Chieftain's Song" is an ode to the Scottish-Irish settlers of centuries past, while "The Place of Blue Smoke" combines gentle morning mist and a rumbling distant thunderstorm. The cricket-enhanced "Azalea Sunrise" is an ample showcase for the graceful work of guest guitarist John Bishoff. Gunn's journeys are the new age listener's joyful gain. Tracks: 01 Call of the Wild 4:04 02 The Highest Point 5:03 03 Cades Cove 4:30 04 Chieftan's Song 4:20 05 The Place of Blue Smoke 5:22 06 Azaela Sunrise 3:15 07 Trail of Tears 4:48 08 Awakening 4:11 09 Ramsey Cascades 4:11 10 Passage Through Ancient Relics 4:43 11 Dance of Light 3:50 Time: 48:17 Musicians: Nicholas Gunn - flutes, percussion, piano, synths., John Bishoff - acoustic guitar http://www.filefactory.com/folder/4c59e70daaeae180 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Checksum for iso: 12ccb368b6a783e04efc13ba2d1afbc1 *NICHOLAS GUNN - THROUGH THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS.iso Checksums for flac tracks Mch: 99b78bd07603c86f6392c953eed426fe *01 - NICHOLAS GUNN - CALL OF THE WILD.flac 3a9e4d309503eb4309e2b7d19c2587db *02 - NICHOLAS GUNN - THE HIGHEST POINT.flac d2d1d3e0775d54c232b5dc58abc6a3fe *03 - NICHOLAS GUNN - CADES COVE.flac 6ca2b4b063b8e611459cd29e9993cad8 *04 - NICHOLAS GUNN - CHIEFTAN'S SONG.flac 0d47f3f391d308af393ef4cd0a57e77c *05 - NICHOLAS GUNN - THE PLACE OF BLUE SMOKE.flac 28d959f964a48f5f1fc90ca6be161f1b *06 - NICHOLAS GUNN - AZAELA SUNRISE.flac 9cb6236a553db3e5bc371b19fba77111 *07 - NICHOLAS GUNN - TRAIL OF TEARS.flac cf02cea5857a072f205cffaf81befed3 *08 - NICHOLAS GUNN - AWAKENING.flac 673fa7807acd0a46d25d43c876351099 *09 - NICHOLAS GUNN - RAMSEY CASCADES.flac 65e2ab198ad72cde3ffadf93b653e394 *10 - NICHOLAS GUNN - PASSAGE THROUGH ANCIENT RELICS.flac c2fbf26cc58d4643e9d6764a21196d7c *11 - NICHOLAS GUNN - DANCE OF LIGHT.flac Checksums for flac tracks 2ch: db9244295b239e6fe5028d949da4a4fb *01 - NICHOLAS GUNN - CALL OF THE WILD.flac 5e375b328ffa5dd7fdf75680866d32e3 *02 - NICHOLAS GUNN - THE HIGHEST POINT.flac 04b5c5bb4501e5cceaf2c2d2f7e7023d *03 - NICHOLAS GUNN - CADES COVE.flac 1273f18f020c499eaddfff5f440e499b *04 - NICHOLAS GUNN - CHIEFTAN'S SONG.flac a925a6254eae4ad3b5a8090922ca493b *05 - NICHOLAS GUNN - THE PLACE OF BLUE SMOKE.flac 68777bf890a1ee1b71dff26aad6151f3 *06 - NICHOLAS GUNN - AZAELA SUNRISE.flac d016ff87bc69aafc12a9f6078179b41c *07 - NICHOLAS GUNN - TRAIL OF TEARS.flac 7aaa73b790db96bce157c5741379392d *08 - NICHOLAS GUNN - AWAKENING.flac df87c0f0bdb5c22c3e1f57ba87993eff *09 - NICHOLAS GUNN - RAMSEY CASCADES.flac 5cfd6779a9e842914c23f4d9351d371c *10 - NICHOLAS GUNN - PASSAGE THROUGH ANCIENT RELICS.flac bdf0f6a99cfe9b9b1f0547a2ec11016c *11 - NICHOLAS GUNN - DANCE OF LIGHT.flac