William Wilde Zeitler, Music of the Spheres - 53m 37s

Tracks & Durations

1. Earth, the Realm of Life	3:36
2. The Moon,The Sphere of Intuition	5:52
3. Mercury,The Sphere of the Mind	4:39
4. Venus, The Sphere of Love	5:28
5. The Sun, The Sphere of the Will	4:01
6. Mars, The Sphere of the Warrior	4:35
7. Jupiter, The Sphere of Aspirations	5:39
8. Saturn, The Sphere of Wisdom	4:23
9. The Fixed Stars, The Frontier to the Beyond	2:33
10. Primum Mobile, The Prime Mover of the Spheres	4:09
11. Empyrean, The Sphere of God	4:18
12. Centrum, The Still Point at the Center of the Sphere	4:16

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Review

These twelve pieces were inspired by the ancient Pythagorean conception of the Universe. This musical journey begins at Earth, and travels through the planets to the Great Beyond; passionate and mystical, reveling in the wonders of the Cosmos. "Music of the Spheres" incorporates a wealth of musical symbolism based on almost a year of William's research into ancient through modern astronomy and astrology. The fundamental concept of the album is to portray the soul's final journey from life on Earth, ascending through the planetary spheres to the Afterlife.

The original concept of the "Music of the Spheres" is credited to Pythagoras (c.569-475 BC), a musical-mathematical-mystic, but its first surviving written account appears in Plato (c.427-347 BC). At the end of his Republic, Plato gives a tour of the afterlife and a view of the planetary spheres. But for Plato they aren't true spheres, they are giant "hemispheres", nested inside of each other with just the rims exposed, all rotating on a spindle of light. A Siren is assigned to each rim, singing a single note. In short, in Plato's view, the Cosmos is an enormous glass armonica in the sky! If Plato's Sirens had merely touched the hemispheres' rims with moistened fingers instead of singing, we'd be crediting Plato with the invention of the glass armonica instead of Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790).

Composed for glass armonica and accompanied by harp, wine glass chorus, and gentle percussion.

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