Novus Magnificat (Alternate Version), by Constance Demby

Novus Magnificat (Alternate Version)

by Constance Demby

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1.	Novus Pt. 1: Soul's Journey 06:51	buy track
2.	Novus Pt. 1: Ascent 05:12	buy track
3.	Novus Pt. 1: Tears of Terra 04:26	buy track
4.	Novus Pt. 1: Exultate 06:06	buy track
5.	Novus Pt. 1: My Heart Doth Soar 03:59	buy track
6.	Novus Pt. 2: The Flying Bach 06:05	buy track
7.	Novus Pt. 2: Trust 04:56	buy track
8.	Novus Pt. 2: Bridging Dimensions 03:15	buy track
9.	Novus Pt. 2: Through the Stargate 04:45	buy track
10.	Novus Pt. 2: Magnificat 03:58	buy track
11.	Novus Pt. 2: Cosmic Carousel 04:40	buy track

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Constance Demby's landmark recording re-cut by the artist herself from two to eleven movements.

Composed in 1986, "Novus Magnificat" was greeted with immediate critical and popular acclaim. As it approaches sales of 200,000 units, it has come to be considered one of the benchmark examples of the finest the new age music genre has to offer.

Billed by Constance Demby as "a contemporary Magnificat and Exaltate for digital orchestra and choral voices," Novus is an inspired fusion of influences from traditional sacred and classical music set in a contemporary electronic ambience.

Ms. Demby composed and performed all the musical elements in her own 16 track studio using a combination of digital samplers and conventional synthesizers; additional electronic images and effects were contributed by Los Angeles synthesist, film composer and Hearts of Space labelmate Michael Stearns. The work was produced by Constance Demby and Anna Turner, with additional engineering by Warren Dennis, and mixed by Stephen Hill and Warren Dennis.

Subtitled Through the Stargate, the music charts a lengthy but resolute course toward a powerful emotional/spatial release at the apotheosis of Part 2, then recedes gently to the subtlest of contemplative sounds. Rather than taking us away from ourselves, the music leads inward, in an atmosphere of awe, reverence, aspiration, and joy.

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released June 6, 2008

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Launched in 1984, this record label was created as an extension of the weekly syndicated radio show Hearts of Space. Centered around contemplative music, the label features music from the ambient, new age, electronic, world, Celtic, classical, and experimental genres. ... more

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