Heaven Sent By Peter Sterling

 

Heaven Sent

By

Peter Sterling

Written by

Steve Sheppard

 

There comes a time when an album will literally flow into your arms and create such a calming and soothing energy, that you simply get lost in the moment and breathe an ageless breath of a peace filled tranquillity like never before, this new release by Peter Sterling has achieved just that and is wonderfully entitled, Heaven Sent.

With each textured brush stroke of grace Sterling manifests one of the most compelling new age albums of the year, tracks like the idyllic Golden Leaves of Fall is but one grace filled opus that will sooth the body and ease the mind, the angelic vocalisations and harp combined manifests something utterly transcendent.

Heaven Sent is a 10 track release of many colours and emotions; a beautiful ride through peace filled meadows of harp, a fine example is the deep swathes of tranquillity that can be found on the track Timeless Heart, here is a calming reverie with a rich multi-instrumental nature, one that heals as it plays, similar in energy to that of Deuter back in the day.

The softness of pieces like The Rain Will Fall meant so much to me; our village had no rain for some 7 months, and this incredibly sensitive musical narrative gave me hope that someday it will again, we can also applaud the keyboards and vocalisations provided by the amazing Paul Avgerinos on this piece too, this combined with the piano another I have worked with in Charu Suri on piano, made this a personal favourite of mine.

After looking at pictures and videos to remind myself of what a western autumn used to feel like, I came across this next stunning track called After Glow, the gentle pace of this composition is utterly delightful and incredibly meditative, one could get lost within its realms, and so we should.

While creations like Days Of Old add another layer to the album, with an unusual addition of a musical instrument supplied by the harmonica of Antonio R, the concluding musical narrative called The Sun Always Shines ends our journey of serenity and peace with such a heart-warming caress of a composition, that combination of flute and harp took me back to the golden ages of new age music before the turn of the century.

This may well be the 17^th release of the artist, but truth be told, and in my opinion, I believe that Heaven Sent by Peter Sterling is the best work of the composer thus far, the lengthy list of added performers on the album is simply amazing in every aspect, and the resultant final production is one of the finest new age albums that has come out so far in this decade. Here is a release most deserved of an award, and one of the most beautifully calming musical journeys of a lifetime.