Spheres (song)
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"Spheres" is a classical
digital-only single
by Mike Oldfield
from his album Music of the Spheres
released on 3 March 2008 (see 2008 in music
).
. It contains parts of the tracks "Harbinger" and "Shabda" from the album. The track is largely recorded using synthesized instruments, which were not used in the final album in favour of a full orchestra.
Classical music
Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...
digital-only single
Music download
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by Mike Oldfield
Mike Oldfield
Michael Gordon Oldfield is an English multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, working a style that blends progressive rock, folk, ethnic or world music, classical music, electronic music, New Age, and more recently, dance. His music is often elaborate and complex in nature...
from his album Music of the Spheres
Music of the Spheres (Mike Oldfield album)
Music of the Spheres is an album by English musician Mike Oldfield, released in the United Kingdom on 17 March 2008. New Zealand soprano Hayley Westenra is the featured vocalist on "On My Heart", and the album also features Chinese pianist Lang Lang on six tracks.The album, Oldfield's second album...
released on 3 March 2008 (see 2008 in music
2008 in music
2008 was a huge year in music history with the emergence of pop superstars Lady Gaga and Katy Perry into the mainstream. Also, this is the year that is widely agreed upon by critics as the start of the fall of hip hop from the mainstream and the rise of Synthpop into the mainstream due to acts such...
).
Demo version
The track "Spheres" is an early demo from the conception of Music of the Spheres and thus has no input from others, such as Karl JenkinsKarl Jenkins
-Other works:*Adiemus: Live — live versions of Adiemus music*Palladio *Eloise *Imagined Oceans *The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace...
. It contains parts of the tracks "Harbinger" and "Shabda" from the album. The track is largely recorded using synthesized instruments, which were not used in the final album in favour of a full orchestra.