The Silver Swan

dirigent

Genre: New Age

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Vocals: Elisabeth Warren (Rinca)
Lyrics: Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
all the rest: dirigent

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Lyrics

The silver swan who living had no note
When death approached unlocked her silent throat
Leaning her breast against the reedy shore
Thus sung her first and last and sung no more:
Farewell all joys oh death come close my eyes
More geese than swans now live, more fools than wise

Song Stats

Hits: 971
Comments: 21
Fans: 10
Plays: 60
Downloads: 51
Votes: 8
Uploaded: Feb 24, 2008 - 08:55:02 AM
Last Updated: Feb 24, 2008 - 08:55:02 AM Last Played: Nov 11, 2009 - 09:47:23 PM

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iMac Core Duo 24''

Software:

Logic 7.2

Comments

yohmar	yohmar said 638 days ago (February 24th, 2008)
	Grande Much enjoying along with Liz simply great Muchas Gracias Check out my latest song called Coded Zenitude

Camomilla	Camomilla said 638 days ago (February 24th, 2008)
	Beautiful Beautiful athmosphere Check out my latest song called Make It Over

davidsmith99	davidsmith99 said 638 days ago (February 24th, 2008)
	Silver Swan Another beautiful piece! Great lyric. Wonderful voice. Nice acoustic ambience on it. And then there's the sweet and mysterious music. Check out my latest song called Dizzy-ish

eleveneyes

eleveneyes said 638 days ago (February 24th, 2008)

Heavy...
...Duty! Two words I'd never thought I'd use to describe a New Age tune but this is Heavy Freaking Duty! It scared me at times. I imagined myself in the long underground moving walkway in the United terminal at O'Hare international airport. However, I don't think I'd want to hear a song about dying swans right before I get on a plane. Elisabeths voice is absolutely stunning. This took me on a eerily surprising wonderful journey. Thanks!

Check out my latest song called Here With You - Better MIX

	said 638 days ago (February 24th, 2008)
	a sad message beautiful sung on wonderful music...

easyesteemer	easyesteemer said 638 days ago (February 24th, 2008)
	Awesome Something different and truly interesting. Check out my latest song called The Long Branch NJ Incident

peacepiano	peacepiano said 638 days ago (February 24th, 2008)
	Muse Very interesting choice of poems. The sonic mood you produce works well with the lyric and Miss Warren's voice. Thanks Bill Check out my latest song called I Should Have Known

Feter	Feter said 638 days ago (February 24th, 2008)
	The Silver Swan this is awesome project ...(Rinca) vocal work is amazing ..the arangment of the music behind her voice is so impressive ..Excellent !!! Check out my latest song called A Night With Feter feat'(Roxylee sloparts crissew johnwhitehead and Yamin AL Yamani )

lengold	lengold said 638 days ago (February 24th, 2008)
	This is something very unusual and disturbing. Extremely well performed and produced. I think it needs multiple listens and so have downloaded it. Thanks. Cheers Len Check out my latest song called Dodgy Doughnut

drakonis

drakonis said 638 days ago (February 24th, 2008)

Schwannnnnnnn......
I like the choice of lyrics, the nice harmonies, and "Rinca"s singing is exquisite, very soulful. However, with the ethereal feeling of this, I found the sudden electronic synthy blips and bent-beeps and distorted beats/flute that appear between the stanzas to be a little distracting... I think it is because their more modern-sounding texture didn't seem to relate to the rest of the music and the lyrics. My mind could not connect the soulful echoes of the singing and beautiful chimes, to the modern bleeps and gritty beats that appeared in the middle. I feel I am missing an important connection or message with them.

But I love the haunting music and singing here.
ttfn,
Drakonis

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drakonis	drakonis said 638 days ago (February 24th, 2008)
	Aha! A fool of a goose am I! So, perhaps the beautiful music is the swan, and the gritty industrial music in the middle represents the geese? :-) Check out my latest song called Lullaby for the Inner Child

jiguma

jiguma said 638 days ago (February 24th, 2008)

Classy, inventive
Stand out for me is Elisabeth's beautiful vocal, but a close second is the quality of the production (although the bass sounded like it was clipping on my phones). A really innovative structure and outstanding post.

Apart from the bass already mentioned, I'd probably prefer a little less reverb on Elisabeth's voice, but that is a very much a personal thing.

Congratulations- first class!
Neil

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MIRx	MIRx said 638 days ago (February 25th, 2008)
	When is it i can hug you both for this? this one takes me so far away in time and space, it's pure magic, with the kittie's irresistible voice making the perfect pair with your irresistible music! Check out my latest song called The Car Tune Cartoon

	said 638 days ago (February 25th, 2008)
	Great This sounds great.... Good vocals, and i like the instruments... I really take my hat off, for your arrangements... This song, and others i hear.... You're so cool to do this kind of music....

	said 637 days ago (February 25th, 2008)
	Amazing Miss Warren fit right into the groove of this wonderful interpretive song...Bravo D

guitapick	guitapick said 637 days ago (February 25th, 2008)
	~ Very, very, very cool.... Check out my latest song called Outside the Corral

	said 637 days ago (February 25th, 2008)
	The Silver Swan A nice female voice. The entire piece reminds me somewhat of 'Songs of Liquid Days', by Phillip Glass. Your music, as always, holds my attention!

	said 637 days ago (February 25th, 2008)
	deep and moody. i like to listen to new age music to sleep by on nights when insomnia sets in. this will not be one of those songs. this is downright frightening. great mood, and deep emoting from the vocalist. Allen

elfdaughter	elfdaughter said 636 days ago (February 26th, 2008)
	Gave me shivers all the way down my spine. Even my dog perked up when rinca started singing... (actually, I think it was the bells, he has a thing about bells) Beautiful piece, though. Check out my latest song called Carol of the Bells 2009

thetiler	thetiler said 629 days ago (March 4th, 2008)
	Enjoy the music you are putting out. Like reading your bio! Thanks for adding so much to MJ! interesting approach to the bass and how it lays a deep sound in the background of the tune. Terrific contract to the voice, which sounds very much spot on in tonality! Check out my latest song called The Bluebird Cafe (with two other guest)

Heightened	Heightened said 626 days ago (March 7th, 2008)
	Very cool collab! And very cool lyrics that fit with the music perfectly. Awesome!!! Check out my latest song called A Journey Through Starburst Galaxy M82

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Artist Info

Name: Andreas Herrmann

Born 1963 in Munich, Germany. I've been working as a freelancing musician since 1980 and as honorary professor of choral conducting since 1995. At the University I'm teaching choral conductors, church musicians and composers, especially composers who... [see more]

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