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Bardina's
Forest — Stephanie Bennett — Songs
and stories about animals, nature & dreams, with harp music; (not just) for
kids. Bardina, a cousin of the fairy Thumbelina, is a bard: a person who
sings songs and tells stories while playing the harp. On this recording,
Bardina shares an enchanting fairy tale and several songs with TRUE stories that
celebrate the wonders of nature and animals, and the miracle of imagination.
With words by Bardina, Hans Christian Andersen, Henry David Thoreau, and Peter
S. Beagle.
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Stories
Seldom Told — Original instrumental music (not storytelling) by Stephanie
Bennett. Featuring Stephanie’s concert grand pedal harp, with: flutes
and recorders; oboes, brass and strings; tablas, tympani and bells. Like fairy
tales filled with adventure and romance, music that inspires the imagination to
dream. “Gorgeous sound transcending anything I have ever heard in
terms of harp virtuoso... What a delight Bennett has created... Wonderful
instrumental combinations and divine compositions... vivacious while relaxing,
fantastic while suggestive of natural beauty...Very highly recommended.” - Heartsong
Review Magazine
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Imaginocean
— Solo harp improvisations by Stephanie Bennett
(concert grand pedal-harp). Inspired by Nature’s beauty, power and fragility;
from the grandeur of her mountains to the mystery of her oceans’ depths.
Stylistically drawing upon the French Impressionists as well as American and
Celtic folk music, Bennett creates imaginative music with a sensitivity that’s
gentle, yet strong; fresh and original, yet timeless as the sea. CD and
cassette. Recommended for relaxation. “Refreshingly different, joyful,
free-flowing delights... .” Three stars (highest rating) - Heartsong Review
Magazine
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Avalon — Celtic music for relaxation. Arrangements of traditional
Welsh, Scots and Irish songs and original music composed by Stephanie in
Ireland. Performed by Stephanie Bennett on Celtic
and pedal harps, accompanied by Uilleann pipes, tin whistles, cello and
keyboards. Relax into the mystical, ancient yet modern, magical world of
Avalon.
Running time: 60 minutes
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Lumiere — Delight in relaxing Baroque classics by Bach, Handel,
Vivaldi and Gluck, all selected, arranged and performed on pedal harps, folk
harps and keyboards by Stephanie Bennett, joined by
an ensemble of musicians playing flutes, cello and recorders. Running time:
59.57
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