Imagined Oceans

Infobox Album | Name = Imagined Oceans
Type = Album
Artist = Karl Jenkins


Released = 1998
Recorded = CTS 1998
Genre = Classical
Length = 67:37
Label = Sony Classical
Producer = Karl Jenkins
Reviews =
Last album = ""
(1997)
This album = "Imagined Oceans"
(1998)
Next album = ""
(1998)

Released in 1998, "Imagined Oceans" is an album by Welsh composer Karl Jenkins. This work was inspired by thirteen lunar mare for which the tracks are titled. The musical style is similar to Jenkins's Adiemus compositions and each track explores the meaning of its Latin name through various musical techniques. Unlike most of the Adiemus pieces, the lyrics for "Imagined Oceans" consist of syllables from the tracks' titles rather than invented text.

Instrumentation

* recorder
* 2 percussionists playing:
** cymbals
** bongos
** tambourine
** timbales
** güiro
** triangle
** mark tree
** wind chimes
** sizzle cymbals
** Chinese cymbals
** bass drum
** tam-tam
** tablas
** pandeiro
** crotales
* strings

Track listing

#"Mare Crisium "Introitus" – 2:51
#"Lacus Serenitatis" – 4:52
#"Mare Vaporum" – 4:27
#"Mare Australis" – 6:41
#"Lacus Somniorum" – 2:39
#"Lacus Pereverantiae" – 8:41
#"Lacus Doloris" – 4:55
#"Mare Undarum" – 4:54
#"Palus Nebularum" – 3:09
#"Sinus Iridium" – 2:13
#"Mare Imbrium" – 4:46
#"Lacus Temporis" – 5:11
#"Lacus Lenitatis" – 3:24
#"Mare Crisium" – 5:39

Personnel

*Karl Jenkins Ensemble
*Nic Pendlebury - Conductor
*Pamela Thorby - Recorder
*Sarah Eyden - Soprano
*Micaela Haslam - Mezzo-Soprano
*Heather Cairncross - Alto

Alternate Versions

Jenkins has used the theme from several tracks in his other works. "Lacus Pereverantiae" shares its theme with "The Dagda" from "". "Palus Nebularum" shares its theme with "Isle of the Mystic Lake" also from "The Eternal Knot".

External links

* [http://www.karljenkins.com/ Karl Jenkins]