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Multi-instrumentalist David Arkenstone is an icon of New Age music. Now, for the first time, Narada is this offering specially-priced collection featuring 10 of the best-loved melodies by David Arkenstone — a perfect introduction to the extraordinary catalog of this contemporary instrumental music master.

Musicians

Daniel Chase : Organic and electric percussion

Jerome Franke, Mik Giacobassi, Timothy Klabunde, Karin Potts : Violins

Paul Gmeinder : Cello

Helen Reich : Viola

Linda Edelstein : English horn, oboe

John Klemmer : Soprano sax

Wayne Lothian : Bass

Artist Bio:

Look back at David Arkenstone’s career and you’ll find his music being influenced by every dimension of his personality: the contemporary-progressive musician; the ethnomusicologist; the Sibelius disciple; the internal time-traveler.

"I would add adventurer, too," says David Arkenstone, rounding out a cross-pollinated list of attributes that have helped establish him as one of contemporary instrumental music’s most distinctive composers. "I can’t always participate in a real adventure, but I usually try to take some kind of mental adventure every day. It influences my composing."

Arkenstone’s music has had a similar effect on listeners since the release of his 1987 debut recording, VALLEY IN THE CLOUDS. Described by one reviewer as "one of the most exquisite electronic new age recordings ever produced," the album launched a career that has yielded two Grammy® Award nominations, two #1 albums, career sales that exceed 1 million recordings, and a dedicated fan base drawn to Arkenstone’s inventive fusion of technology and mythology for its ability to part the mind’s curtains and activate wide-screen imaginations.

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An Icon of New Age Music

Multi-instrumentalist David Arkenstone is an icon of New Age music. Now, for the first time, Narada is this offering specially-priced collection featuring 10 of the best-loved melodies by David Arkenstone — a perfect introduction to the extraordinary catalog of this contemporary instrumental music master.