The Glass Desert by Harlan Williams Harlan Williams : The Glass Desert.
 Beautiful dark and airy guitar compositions.

The compositions on The Glass Desert are instrumental and range in moods from ambient and celestial to darkened and tragic, always with a layering of harmonies and an intricate structure. The writings are usually in minor key and can sometimes end up gothic sounding. The style is very unlike traditional classical guitar music, using multiple instrument parts, elaborate arrangements, and unusual timings.

The front cover artwork is one of Harlan's original paintings. These detailed works have been on display in galleries in North Carolina and Louisiana. The subjects are all structural or things that don't actually exist, sometimes taking as long as an entire year to finish.

All of the song titles on this recording are found somewhere in the scope of Christian history or directly in the Bible itself. For example, "In Nomine Domini" is Latin for "In the Name of the Lord", "Gregory IX" was the pope who instituted the inquisition, and "The Limb of the Fiend" is 16th century reference that's another way of saying "The Arm of Satan".

Songs:

1. Beneath the Iron Heel of Pagan Rome
2. The Reign of Diocletian
3. The Limb of the Fiend
4. In Nomine Domini
5. Gregory IX
6. The War in Heaven
7. The Foaming Blood of the Grape
8. The Darkened Hearts of Foolish Men
9. Laodicea
10. The Valley of Hamon Gog
11. The Donation of Constantine
12. The Seventieth Seven

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Release date: 1/30/2010
Harlan Williams lives in North Carolina USA

Tagged as: Classical, Neoclassical, Contemporary, Instrumental, Classical Guitar

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