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Dear Sue, Being an ex-St. Juster & now living here in Somerset, I always love hearing your music & seeing The Homecoming on Sky TV music. The Newlyn scenes and a cream tea at the Queens, views of Crowns Mine etc are all are magical. Thank you for your music, Best wishes Jane Laraman (nee Keast)
Hi Sue, Just a quick e-mail to let you know I have received the CD
today! Thank you very very much I am delighted with it and the great
pics you sent me. The CD will be blasted out at my work as we all take
it in turn to play our music and yours will be played the most.
It won't be long before i buy your DVD & other CD so please keep making
that beautiful music of yours. Kindest regards, Duncan
Thank you for sending the lovely Sue Aston CDs. I was extremely impressed with your service. Best wishes Vera Holmes
Inspirational Journey - music by Sue Aston
I cannot think of more pleasurable listening than Sue Aston’s magical and
atmospheric violin music and all else that accompanies it.
I have recently purchased Sue’s CD – ‘Inspirational Journey’ and settled down to
listen intently to every one of its 11 tracks. The music oozes with images of
Celtic Cornwall. As I looked through the complimentary material which came with
the music, I was taken to places far away, a Cornwall which exists both in place
and time, an ancient but contemporary land.
The strings are harmoniously and seamlessly complemented by keyboard and other
instruments to paint musical pictures intrinsically linked with Cornwall and its
landscape, its people and their folklore. Every one of the musical tracks means
something and each carries their own unique story. Traditional Cornwall is
brought right here into the 21st century by modern beat and tempo but one cannot
escape the echoes of a glorious ethereal Celtic past which haunts every
composition.
As a composer and teacher of music, Sue Aston is surely in touch with the
vibrant revival of Celtic music in Cornwall, as an instrumentalist she expertly
brings those compositions to life in an emotional and classical form. Her work
reverberates from her West Penwith home and is surely without equal.
Sue’s music has featured on many television programmes and radio stations, she
has worked internationally with, amongst many others, Yehudi Menuhin and Nigel
Kennedy, but to me, the one thing which counts above all else is her intimate
connection with Cornwall and the Cornish.
I cannot wait for the release of the follow on album which will add to my
growing collection of her music.
Elegantly packaged, the ‘Inspirational Journey’ CD and much more besides is
available at: - http://www.sueaston.com
- but please visit the sister website: -
http://www.geniusloci.co.uk - for yet more inspiration.
Michael John Chappell
I love Inspirational Journey by Sue Aston. I live and work in Cornwall and this music captures the magic and drama of the County in all its moods. Anyone who likes instrumental and/or Celtic music will appreciate this music. Fine playing and mixing make for a very atmospheric, enjoyable and inspirational collection. I have bought the album for several of my friends and they like it very much. I now have Sue's other CD and DVD as well, each is well crafted and fantastic to listen to and watch, you can't go wrong here - just buy them and enjoy. R Pearne
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. 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. Nigel Pengelly Editor Cornish World
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.
Thank you very much for the Sue Aston CD and DVD, they were fantastic. I have only just gotten into classical music and have found i really love the Violin, when i first saw the video of Sketches of Newlyn on evening music it was fantastic and i knew i had to buy it. I will be buying the Sacred Landscapes CD next. If there is another DVD coming out please let me know. Many thanks to you all Michael Garnham
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
Sacred Landscapes is my second Sue Aston album. Another must have in my opinion. Superb playing, mixing and composing, you can't go wrong in buying this for your collection. The music flows in a mystical way and is great to listen to after a stressful day. Sue transports me away from the daily grind into a mystical world with wonderful melodies reflecting some of my favourite places in Cornwall. I can't compare Sue's music to anyone else's as it is very passionate and unique, every track is strong and well crafted in every respect. I look forward to the next release.
Sue's technical mastery of the violin on Sacred Landscapes 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
Sue's violin playing, sometimes delicate, sometimes wild and windy, catches the spirit of the place with charm and feeling Sacred Landscapes is wonderful. John Attwood.
'Madron' from Sacred Landscapes by Sue Aston 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 CD 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
