- Audio CD (Jan 23 1992)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import
- Label: Kuckuck Records
- ASIN: B0000018X9
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
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Track Listings
| 1. Chloe's Day |
| 2. Blessed Land |
| 3. The Eye Of The Hawk |
| 4. Mist On The Morning Hills |
| 5. The Standing Stones Of Callanish |
| 6. The Raven In The Oak Tree |
| 7. The Stag, The Running Stream And The Greenwood |
| 8. Coming Of The North Wind |
| 9. Autumn Leaves Fall, One By One |
| 10. A Winter's Story By The Firelight |
| 11. The Leaving |
| 12. Soft Light, Still Water |
| 13. Journey Across The Crystal Sea |
| 14. Remembering |
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Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
Beautiful and haunting!
Jun 14 2004
Format:Audio CD
This debut from Jon Mark is absolutely beautiful but somewhat depressing at times. The music on here is very dark except for a couple of tracks and the whole album has a very suspensful tone to it. "Remembering" is a haunting and lonely tune for lonely evenings. The CD also has a slightly Celtic undertone as well. Get this CD. IT's really beautiful.
Buy it for "Eye of the Hawk"
Jan 9 2004
Format:Audio CD
Otherwise, I can't say the rest of this album did much for me. But the track "Eye of the Hawk" is a singularly magnificent piece of 80's electronic/symphonic musicianship, and rescues this disc (in my opinion) from being just another ho-hum celtic-flavored snoozer. I first heard "Eye of the Hawk" in 1988 on the radio, and I never got the name of the artist, nor the album. It was ten years before I heard it on the radio again, and you can be sure I jotted down the album artist and title with much verve. I was therefor disheartened to find that so much of this record does not live up to the lofty heights reached so early in its track progression.
Mesmerising
Jan 28 2003
Format:Audio CD
Ignore the new age ....
Jon Mark has a unique sonic signature in the world of new age music. 'His' sound is realised, beautifully, on this CD. Unfortunately he has milked it for all it's worth on many projects after and this sound has worn thin, very much like Enya's music.
That aside, The Standing Stones of Callanish is a very unique and haunting work. The whole piece is produced using synthesizers to create an ethereal drone of simple melodies and deep atmosphere that captures the imagination and transports the listener to ancient times. It's the subtle use of sounds and textures coupled with beautiful melodies that really makes this CD stand out from the majority of new age dross.
The track 'Coming of the North Wind' in particular is utterly spellbinding in its hypnotic force and movement. The music really does conjur up a feeling of distant times and romantic scenery.
Jon Mark has a unique sonic signature in the world of new age music. 'His' sound is realised, beautifully, on this CD. Unfortunately he has milked it for all it's worth on many projects after and this sound has worn thin, very much like Enya's music.
That aside, The Standing Stones of Callanish is a very unique and haunting work. The whole piece is produced using synthesizers to create an ethereal drone of simple melodies and deep atmosphere that captures the imagination and transports the listener to ancient times. It's the subtle use of sounds and textures coupled with beautiful melodies that really makes this CD stand out from the majority of new age dross.
The track 'Coming of the North Wind' in particular is utterly spellbinding in its hypnotic force and movement. The music really does conjur up a feeling of distant times and romantic scenery.
In 1989 I travelled to the Lake District (England) for the first time and looked over Ullswater in the late afternoon as the steel grey clouds gathered in an early autumn sky.
The lake reflected the distant mountains and the moving clouds. A light, chill breeze blew over the water.
At that moment the music from this album entered my mind and the whole scene connected. Everytime I listen to this CD I think of those days and that particular memory.
I appreciate that this is a personal thought but I feel it is relevant in illustrating the emotional and atmospheric feel of Jon Mark's work.
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