Magus Insipiens: 3 song cycles on poems by Taliesin, Payne, and Sappho

“This is one of the most beautiful discs in my collection.... Haunting in the extreme."
– Fanfare Magazine
 
“This is hauntingly beautiful music... generously filled with melodic inspiration and evocative atmosphere.... works of originality and a distinctive musical personality.”
– Fanfare Magazine
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Magus Insipiens features Paul Sánchez' song cycles Magus (2008), Horizon (2012), and ὁδοιπορία (the journey) (2009), performed by Kayleen Sánchez, soprano, and Paul Sánchez, piano. 
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TRACK LISTING
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1. Magus: I. The Battle of the Trees
2. Magus: II. Song to the Wind
3. Magus: III. The Fold of the Bards
4. Magus: IV. The Prediction of Kadwaladr
5. Magus: V. Juvenile Ornaments of Taliesin
6. Magus: VI. The Hostile Confederacy
7. Horizon – For Harlan: I. Starlight
8. Horizon – For Harlan: II. A New Day
9. Horizon – For Harlan: III. Winter Evening Moonlight
10. Horizon – For Harlan: IV. Una Casa Nueva
11. Horizon – For Harlan: V. Spring
12. Horizon – For Harlan: VI. Risk
13. Horizon – For Harlan: VII. A Winter Farewell
14. Horizon – For Harlan: VIII. Change
15. Horizon – For Harlan: IX. Horizon
16. Horizon – For Harlan: X. Listen
17. ὁδοιπορία (the journey): α'. The Dance
18. ὁδοιπορία (the journey): β'. Nocturne
19. ὁδοιπορία (the journey): γ'. Evening Star
20: ὁδοιπορία (the journey): δ'. Aphrodite's Return
21. ὁδοιπορία (the journey): ε'. Eros
22. ὁδοιπορία (the journey): ζ'. For Atthis
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RELEASE INFORMATION
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Soundset Recordings, 2016.