Lubomyr Melnyk: The Song Of Galadriel piano minimalism Tolkien ORIG 1985 private

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Lubomyr Melnyk: The Song Of Galadriel (1984 for piano in the continuous mode) label & cat. no.:Bandura BAN-19B84 pressed in:Canada date:1985 format:LP Vinyl: vg+ (few faint unfeelable scuffs, looks barely played)
Cover: nm- (couple tiny wrinkles, price sticker on back)

description:
Rarely-seen original private pressing on the composer's own label of this minimalist work of endlessly cascading piano notes inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord Of The Rings (Galadriel being the sacred queen of the Elven-folk). Melnyk performs the piece using his Continuous Mode technique, in which he attains a meditative state and plays 39 notes per second (Melnyk actually holds the record for being the fastest piano player in the world). "Melnyk creates a symphony of sound that seems to swell organically out of the piano itself. One gradually forgets about the musician playing, one feels rather that a magic instrument is singing, of its own will, a melody of mysterious eloquence..." Includes original printed inner sleeve with score excerpt.

artist info from album notes etc.:
Melnyk developed his piano technique while working with choreographer Carolyn Carlson; he cites Gamelan, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, and Tai Chi as influences, and his music should be of interest to fans of other artists whose work intersects minimalistm, new age, and ambient like John Adams, La Monte Young, Charlemagne Palestine, Phil Niblock, Tony Conrad, Philip Glass, and Brian Eno.

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