Transition

• Artist: Peter Michael Hamel
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• Release Date: 1983
• Total Time: 86:50
• Genre: New Age

Review

All of Hamel's albums have their moments, but Transition presents some of the composer's most beautiful and most emotionally arresting music. Hamel performs several extended works on piano that combine rhapsodic melodies with rich harmonic flourishes. There's also an ambitious essay for pipe organ, PPG wave computer, and synthesizer that takes listeners out of the realm of everyday experience. The real gem, however, is a 25-minute masterpiece for prepared piano that transforms the standard 88 keys into a sort of miniature percussion ensemble. The music on this clever, yet highly expressive work sounds like everything from an Indonesian gamelan to an African bamboo orchestra. ~ Linda Kohanov, All Music Guide

Tracks

CD 1

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Transition	Peter Michael Hamel	Peter Michael Hamel	(17:17)
Mandala	Peter Michael Hamel	Peter Michael Hamel	(25:15)

CD 2

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Let It Play	Peter Michael Hamel	Peter Michael Hamel	(13:06)
Transpersonal	Peter Michael Hamel	Peter Michael Hamel	(9:38)
Apotheosis	Peter Michael Hamel	Peter Michael Hamel	(21:34)

Credits

Peter Michael Hamel (Piano), Ulrich Kraus (Producer), Peter Michael Hamel (Pipe Organ), Peter Michael Hamel (Computers), Peter Michael Hamel (Composer), Wolf Huber (Photography), Peter Michael Hamel (Synthesizer), Hermann Wernhard (Design), Ulrich Kraus (Engineer)

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