Fresh Aire III

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All Music Guide - Dave Connolly
Like its namesakes, Fresh Aire III is a series of song-specific themes the life cycle, the forest couched within a larger seasonal theme this time, summer. Listeners will find the same mix of medieval music, progressive keyboard rock, and soft instrumentals that made up the first two Fresh Aire albums in varying amounts. The new wrinkle is music that better leverages the part-time string sections as composer Chip Davis casts his arrangements in a contemporary classical setting. On a piece like "Mere Image," originally written for the Omaha Ballet and chronicling the passage of life from young to old, the music blossoms in the hands of an orchestra. However, sentimentality...
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Editorial Reviews

All Music Guide - Dave Connolly
Like its namesakes, Fresh Aire III is a series of song-specific themes the life cycle, the forest couched within a larger seasonal theme this time, summer. Listeners will find the same mix of medieval music, progressive keyboard rock, and soft instrumentals that made up the first two Fresh Aire albums in varying amounts. The new wrinkle is music that better leverages the part-time string sections as composer Chip Davis casts his arrangements in a contemporary classical setting. On a piece like "Mere Image," originally written for the Omaha Ballet and chronicling the passage of life from young to old, the music blossoms in the hands of an orchestra. However, sentimentality gets the better of Davis on "Morning," resulting in sub-Sergei Rachmaninoff mawkishness. Balancing out the orchestral pieces are the medieval/prog rock keyboard showcases for Jackson Berkey "Toccata," "The Cricket," "Midnight on a Full Moon", again bearing a strong resemblance to the work of Rick Wakeman, and the thoughtful instrumentals painted in watercolor tones "Amber," "Interlude 6," "The Sky". At this stage, the notes explaining the program behind the music are less illuminating than didactic; after all, this isn''t rocket science. It is, however, a well-balanced alliance of Davis'' own musical development and the spirit of nature and history that runs through all of the Fresh Aire releases. Incorporating the sounds of nature into "The Woods Is Alive," writing music set to motion for "Mere Image," these represent incremental steps for Chip Davis as a composer. Mannheim Steamroller wasn''t about to abandon their Fresh Aire aesthetics, yet they manage to move forward within those musical parameters with each album.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 9/12/2000
  • Label: American Gramaphone
  • UPC: 012805500326
  • Catalog Number: 5003
  • Sales rank: 44,712

Tracks

Disc 1
  1. 1 Toccata (4:36)
  2. 2 Small Wooden Bach'ses (2:42)
  3. 3 Amber (2:46)
  4. 4 Mere Image (6:51)
  5. 5 Morning (2:55)
  6. 6 Interlude VI (2:58)
  7. 7 The Cricket (2:36)
  8. 8 The Sky (5:01)
  9. 9 Midnight on a Full Moon (3:14)
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Album Credits

Performance Credits
Mannheim Steamroller Primary Artist, Primary Artist
Jackson Berky Synthesizer, Piano, Clavichord, Harpsichord, fender rhodes, Tack Piano, Toy Piano
Ron Cooley Guitar
Chip Davis Drums, Recorder
Bob Jenkins Oboe
Hugh Brown Concert Master
Deborah Fuller Violin
Eric Hansen Bass
David Low Cello
Don Sears Synthesizer
Mortimer Alpert Violin
Dorothy Brown Violin
Miriam Duffelmeyer Cello
Ginni Eldred Violin
Lucinda Gladics Viola
James Hammond Viola
David Kappy French Horn
Joe Landes Violin
Beth McCollum Cello
Merton Shatzkin Violin
Steve Shipps Concert Master
Alex Sokol Viola
Ray Still Oboe
Ruth Bransby Violin
Ann Cannell Violin
Leslie Carter Bass, Double Bass
Lurene Ekwurtzel Cello
David Hagy Violin
Lou Lynch Cello
Pat Morrow Viola
Ervin Orban Violin
Sue Robinson Viola
Joe Rosenstein Violin
Bill Schroen Viola
Mike Shultz Bass, Double Bass
Claire Sokol Cello
Mary Sokol Violin
Kathie Spratt Violin
Phillip Wachowski Viola
Susan Winslow Violin
Phillip Washowski Viola
Technical Credits
Jackson Berky Producer
Chip Davis Producer
Joe Gastwirt Mastering
Don Sears Programming, Producer, Engineer, Mastering
Ron Ubel Engineer
Jim Wheeler Engineer
Carol Davis Art Direction
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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    Doesn't get any better than this

    I loved this when it came out and am so glad that there is a reproduction in CD form now! My kids love it too!

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