Product Description
Healing Hearts 2
Louis Landon
2015 / Landon Creative
66 minutes
Review by Kathy Parsons
Louis Landon continues to soar on the wings of an amazingly creative period - now going on several years! Healing Hearts 2 is the follow-up to Healing Hearts, which was released the end of 2014 and is nominated for Album of the Year on Whisperings Solo Piano Radio. This is Landons second album for 2015 and hes already working on his first release for 2016! The fourteen tracks on Healing Hearts 2 were gathered from improvisations created during sessions at Landons Healing Piano of Sedona (AZ), so the piano solos are very smooth and soothing - probably the most relaxed and relaxing album of Landons career. Recorded on a Steinway B grand piano at The Peace Palace in Sedona and mastered by Joe Bongiorno at Piano Haven, also in Sedona, the piano sound is impeccable - very warm and enveloping. Landon told me that this is the best music he never wrote, referring to the fact that the music just flows out of him during these sessions, reflective of each clients wants and needs at the time of the session.
The full Healing Hearts 2 album is a little more than an hour of quietly uplifting music and works exceptionally well as a relaxing and healing experience. Id like to mention a few favorite pieces, though. The album begins with "Sisters," a very gentle piece that expresses the love and special bond that can exist between sisters. Very light and free, its a beautiful start. "Free At Last" starts out almost mournfully - dark and searching - gradually becoming livelier and more optimistic. Its an amazing musical journey and development! "Relax and Enjoy" expresses the warm comfort of just letting go and "being" for awhile - leisurely and contented. "Feeling the Love" is so warm and open that it feels like a musical embrace - melodic yet very free. "All Is Well" is almost ambient, but what a wonderful atmosphere of quiet contentment it creates - a perfect peace. "Transition" is like floating on a cloud - effortless and so peaceful. "Dark Nights" is one of the most beautiful pieces Landon has recorded. It reminds me a little bit of Beethovens "Moonlight Sonata" and some of Chopins Nocturnes - so poignant and heartfelt that it takes my breath away. The gracefully flowing "Dancer" expresses freedom and elegant movement. "Lullaby" closes this excellent album with a piece so soothing it could melt the tension out of anyone. Gorgeous!
If you are looking for music that will relax and refresh your inner being, you need to look no further than Healing Hearts 2. This is the real deal when it comes to soothing piano music with substance and heart. It is available from louislandon.com, Amazon, iTunes, and CD Baby. Highly recommended!
November 1, 2015
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