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The Nature of Canada

Lee Kniffin | New York | 10/31/2003

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This CD is wonderful with Nature and music at its best. You can close your eyes and feel you are there. It is a flowing and relaxing music easily blending from one song to the next with a even tempo. Your will not be disappointed if you at a Solitudes fan. I love to use this music for reading late in the evening along with his Stargazing CD full of night sounds and heavenly music. There is one thing you need to be aware of though, if you have all of his suite CD's like Pacific, Alantic and etc, the Nature of Canada is a medley of music from his Suite Series. Knowing that, I still purchased it and have not been sorry as it really takes the best of the Suites peaces and blends them into a Soundscape journey that will leave you with beautiful mental pictures of wild places still untarnished."

Wonderfully relaxing

G. Sawaged | Canada | 12/09/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Put this in your cd player, close your eyes, and get ready to be transported across Canada, from the west coast to the east. With beautiful music playing throughout we start off in 'British Columbia' with the sound of the surf, Varied Thrush, Pacific Tree Frog and the Winter Wren. Then it's off to 'The Territories' where you will hear the icy wind blowing and the sounds of the Old Squaw Duck, Red-Throated Loon, Snow Bunting, Golden Plover and bellowing Walruses in the frigid waters. Then to 'Alberta' where you will hear the Common Raven, Elk, Red-Breasted Nuthatch, Fox Sparrow and the Hermit Thrush. Heading eastward we come to 'Saskatchewan' where you will hear an assortment of different birds including the Meadowlark, Blackbirds and American Coot. The music here is so peaceful you can imagine yourself on the wide prairie. In 'Manitoba' the track opens with various bird sounds, the Mallard Duck, Coot, Red-winged Blackbird, Marsh Wren and Canada Goose. Then the Synclavier comes in, but still the bird sounds continue, almost in song. Then it's off to 'Ontario' where we meet the Bullfrog, Whip-poor-will, Grey Tree Frog, Grackle, Magnolia Warbler, Loon and Spring Peeper Frog. Over to 'Quebec' we are greeted by the sound of the American Toad, Spring Peeper Frog, the Loon and some other birds. 'The Maritimes' starts with crashing waves on rocks and the sounds of Gulls, before the music comes in. Then a fog-horn is heard as the sound of the waves and gulls continue. The sound of crashing waves is again heard throughout 'Newfoundland'. Here there are no animal sounds or birdsongs. Just the crashing waves and music gradually coming to a crescendo before easing off again. A wonderful auditory experience not to be missed."