Sanctuary: 20 Years of Windham Hill

Product Review

Title Tracks for Sanctuary: 20 Years of Windham Hill

• 1. Rocket To The Moon - Jim Brickman
• 2. Night Slip - William Ackerman
• 3. Bizet: Intermezzo From Carmen - Tracy Silverman and Thea Suits-Silverman
• 4. Aerial Boundaries - Michael Hedges
• 5. Wide Asleep - Michael Manring
• 6. Wedding Rain - Liz Story
• 7. Children's Dance - Alex De Grassi
• 8. Hand Picked Rose Of A Fading Dream - Billy Childs
• 9. House Made Of Dawn Light - Douglas Spotted Eagle
• 10. Siri's Arrival - Metamora
• 11. Night In That Land - Nightnoise
• 12. Hummingbird - George Winston
• 13. Redonda - Mondern Mandolin Quartet
• 14. Turning Twice - Turtle Island String Quartet
• 15. Ivory - Ray Lynch
• 16. Asleep The Snow Came Flying - Tim Story
• 17. Fionnghuala (Mouth Music) - Nightnoise
• 18. Manhattan Underground - Scott Cossu
• 19. Daydreams - Schonherz & Scott
• 20. A Very Special Place - Torcuato Mariano
• 21. Transit - Ira Stein And Russel Walder
• 22. We Kinda Music (Edited Version) - Andy Narell
• 23. A Thousand Teardrops - Shadowfax
• 24. Every Deep Dream - Phillip Aaberg
• 25. There's A Monk In My Garden - Oystein Sevag
• 26. Blue Kiss - Ray Obiedo
• 27. To Be - Montreux
• 28. Rameau's Nephew - Philippe Saisse
• 29. Pittsburgh 1901 (Theme From Mrs. Soffel) (Edited) - Mark Isham
• 30. Dolphins - Mike Marshall and Darol Anger
• 31. A View Of You - Fred Simon
• 32. Tears Of Joy - Tuck & Patti

Customer Reviews

 (7 customer reviews)

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful

Crisp, fresh, and unique!, January 9, 2003

Rocco B. Rubino "Rocco R." (Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sanctuary: 20 Years of Windham Hill (Audio CD)

I can understand why some Windham Hill purists would feel as if this compilation is not as good as the "Windham Hill: The First Ten Years." But then again, I don't think the producers were looking to duplicate what was already done ten years ago.Sanctuary is crisp, clean, fresh and unique. It is divided into a CD for "acoustic" and a CD for "electric." I personally prefer the simplicity of the acousting sound, although I found the electric sound very intriguing. I expected some "techno-bop, space age [junk]" but the tunes were far from falling into this category. Don't let the fact that Sanctuary is as far removed from the origin of the Windham Hill experience scare you away. This compilation is as every bit as good as "The First Ten Years."

20 of 23 people found the following review helpful

Wonderful selection of Windham Hill artists and their music., July 14, 1998

Ben Rosenthal <deherman@erols.com> (Takoma Park, Maryland, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sanctuary: 20 Years of Windham Hill (Audio CD)

I haven't known Windham Hill for more than a few years, however my interest in its post-ambient music is now very high. Sanctuary contains an excellent variety of acoustic and electric music, sounds that both calm me in relaxation and make my heart rumble. I play oboe and I especially enjoy Ira Stein and Russel Walder's "Transit" and "Underground" (the bonus track). I also like the selections by Scott Cossu, Jim Brickman, and Øystein Seväg.

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful

Not as good as "The First Ten Years", October 15, 2001

Donald Gillies "secretbearer" (San Diego, CA United States) - See all my reviews
  

This review is from: Sanctuary: 20 Years of Windham Hill (Audio CD)

Sanctuary is a good CD, but the guitar and piano selections on "Windham Hill: The First Ten Years" are superior, whereas "Sanctuary" is really no better than an average Windham Hill Sampler album (and there are good and bad sampler albums from Windham Hill). Sanctuary has some rythmic and percussion pieces that are actually gnarly and you want to hit the skip key on your CD player if you are looking for relaxing and meditative music.I recommend that you buy "The First Ten Years" before purchasing this album.