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Violin Music from Composer and violinist Sue Aston - CD Reviews

 

Sacred Landscapes

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Inspirational Journey CD BUY NOW

 

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Reflections of Cornwall

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Classic FM TV are now showing 'Escape to Freedom' and 'The Home Coming' from the new DVD 'Reflections of Cornwall'

 

Nigel Pengelly Editor Cornish World

The problem I have with Celtic music played on traditional instruments and labelled instrumental is that it always seems to hark back to the medieval rather than the modern.

Sue Aston has taken the genre of traditional (in arrangements and of the instruments) and transposed it into a new realm altogether.  Anyone who appreciates melody and harmony will find 'Inspirational Journey' a CD to enjoy and cherish.

As much as I normally veer away from instrumental recordings, especially those promising a journey, I am playing this recording to round off my evenings frequently.

This is Celtic music for the classically appreciative yet also a viable contender for a top ranking among those 'chilled' recordings.

However, don't expect a CD of mellow tracks (although there are many).  Some tracks will make you jig and sway.

In all 'Inspirational Journey' has opened my eyes to a sound I never thought I would enjoy so much.  Soul touching and uplifting.

 

Absolutely fabulous! Congratulations to a very talented lady. We have 2 of your CDs and enjoy them very much. We have seen you on Classic FM .Leigh Allan, Heartland Productions Cornwall.

 

I don't think I can recall one album that has touched me so deeply as Inspirational Journey by Sue Aston.  

Sue Aston's violin playing reaches out with such emotion that I felt I was listening to the soundtrack of life itself.  All aspects of life are here, from the village community of 'Sketches of Newlyn', rural folklore with 'Maypole dance' and the orchestral sweep of 'Elly's Theme'.   The compositions and melodies are so strong that it's hard to pick individual highlights.  It won't be long before Sue Aston's name starts to appear on film and TV credits.  For me I am going back to the CD to play it yet again!  Richard Phillips

 

If you love Enya and enjoyed the soundtrack to Lord of the Rings then this CD is just for you.  Inspirational Journey is a fantastic new CD from composer and violinist Sue Aston.  Producer Mark Lane (chill out Ibiza) has put together layering and atmospherics that transport you into grooves where the melodies dance across the emotions. Some of the tracks have a real epic feel, simply close your eyes and add your own pictures.

Awesome. JP North

 

Sue's technical mastery of the violin is absolute and she gives the impression of being able to play with it, as well as simply play it.  She teases the listener as much as the instrument itself, there is a relaxed but absolute control in every note, every nuance she draws from it. Rowan, editor of 'White Dragon' magazine

Sue's violin playing, sometimes delicate, sometimes wild and windy, catches the spirit of the place with charm and feeling. John Attwood.

'Madron' comprises a cadenza which wouldn't be out of place in a Romantic violin concerto. Sue's fine violin technique; elegant, sweet-toned and assured, her playing makes a virtue out of competence without descending to showiness. Rock n Reel

Sue Aston's is modern Cornish music, taking and interpreting themes and harmonies letting them be heard again. It is as relevant as Malcolm Arnold's Padstow Lifeboat and Cornish Dances and Bax's Tintagel - perhaps more so. John Colby

 

As I listened to Sue Aston's tribute to Cornwall, Sacred Landscapes, I was drawn back in time to ancient Celtic rituals and mysterious, hallowed places of old England. Like pages in a dusty old manuscript each track opened a new musical chapter of magical dimensions.  Wind & Wire

 

The music is absolutely gorgeous – beautiful and moving and so redolent of Sacred Cornwall.    An inspirational album that is highly recommended'.

Cheryl Straffon Cornish writer

 

The only reason why you should stop listening to this beautiful music, is that you feel the need to leave home and go and discover Cornwall.  A sacred soundscape!'  Nina Simone 

 

 

 
 

 

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