Track Listing

1. Gifts Of The Angels
2. Radiance
3. Ode To Orpheus
4. Celestial Prophecy
5. Eternally
6. Awakening
7. Pachelbel's Canon
8. Sand Dance
9. Angels On High
10. Inner Peace
11. Earthrise
12. Higher Ground
13. Crystal Suite
14. The Light In Your Eyes
15. Starborn Suite

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #26763 in Music
• Released on: 1994-10-18
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.com
Steven Halpern has more than 60 recordings in circulation, including audio projects ostensibly designed to enhance memory, wealth, and weight loss. He even has his own trademarked slogan--the Halpern Effect(tm)! (Take that, Mozart.) Thus, it's easy to view Halpern's high-volume output since 1975 less as art and more like a commodity. Gifts of the Angels, a 68-minute compilation (sampling eight albums and adding two original pieces), offers a few nuggets that suggest Halpern's music at times can stand on its own merits, detached from all of its deep-bliss, New Age pretensions. "Celestial Prophecy," is a nicely detailed (which is not to say complex) excursion on solo piano that briefly stirs the senses, and the title track from Higher Ground is a delicate space-music standout. Meanwhile, the 1970s-flashback tonality of Halpern's electric piano (one piece, "Earthrise," can be traced to Halpern's debut release, Spectrum Suite) dates several of the tracks included here. Nevertheless, the disc's pace, which drifts deeper into the ether on each of the last five tracks, is nicely constructed for those aiming to nod off into a state of contented nothingness. --Terry Wood

Customer Reviews

Found the Frequency Hardly Angelic
Less than enthralled by this collection, I found the pitch to be of such high frequency that it was painful to the eardrums. I was unable to concentrate suffice to meditate. Although I sampled the tracks before buying, reducing the volume of the stereo simply did not create the desired effect. The music would have been quite good had it not been so high-pitched.

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A Great Meditation CD
My son has ADHD, after a long hard day of ups and downs he looks forward to listening to this CD when he goes to bed and calms him down and makes him think of good thoughts, it's really helping him to appreciate mom more. Thank you Gift of Angels you truly are a blessing for my son.

Less than expected
I guess the customer reviews got my expectations up too high. I think the music sounds too computerized. Hardly "Angelic" in my opinion.