High Lines is an album by American composer and violinist Michael Galasso

Michael Galasso

Michael John Galasso was an American composer, violinist, and music director.-Film Scores:...

 recorded between 2002 and 2004 and released on the ECM label.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 3½ stars stating "At times, the album resembles a Glass

Philip Glass

Philip Glass is an American composer. He is considered to be one of the most influential composers of the late 20th century and is widely acknowledged as a composer who has brought art music to the public .His music is often described as minimalist, along with...

 soundtrack, but Galasso is not as predictable as Glass, freely roaming around various world cultures for inspiration, varying his bowing techniques to suit the mood... It's hard to predict how these mostly slight compositions will stand up to repeated listening, but they are beautifully recorded in the best ECM fashion".

Track listing

All compositions by Michael Galasso

1. "Spheric" - 4:44
2. "Caravanserai Day" - 1:48
3. "Never More" - 0:44
4. "The Other" - 6:10
5. "Gothic Beach" - 3:15
6. "Quarantine" - 2:47
7. "Crossing Colors" - 3:30
8. "Chaconne" - 3:18
9. "Boreal" - 2:04
10. "High Lines" - 1:50
11. "Caravanserai Night" - 1:16
12. "Swan Pond" - 2:24
13. "Iranian Dream" - 2:16
14. "Fog And After" - 6:09
15. "Somnambulist" - 2:56
16. "Gorge Green" - 5:28
    • Recorded at Rainbow Studio in Oslo, Norway in November 2002 and April 2004

Personnel

• Michael Galasso
  Michael Galasso
  Michael John Galasso was an American composer, violinist, and music director.-Film Scores:...
  
   - violin
  Violin
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• Terje Rypdal
  Terje Rypdal
  Terje Rypdal is a Norwegian guitarist and composer. Most of his music has been released on albums of the German record label ECM. Rypdal has collaborated both as a guitarist and as a composer with other ECM artists such as Ketil Bjørnstad and David Darling...
  
   - guitar
  Guitar
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• Frank Colón
  Frank Colón
  Frank Colón is an American musician and martial artist, of Puerto Rican descent.-Biography:Born in Washington, D.C., Colón moved from there to Puerto Rico at the age of five...
  
   - percussion
• Marc Marder - double bass
  Double bass
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