Blue Of The Flame - The Way Of Mary

Blue Of The Flame - The Way Of Mary Review

Blue Of The Flame is a collection of Ave Maria arrangements and devotional music honoring the Blessed Virgin Mary sung by Natalie Campbell. These are the tributes of writers and composers from across centuries and cultures: Caccini, Schubert, Elgar, Rachmaninoff and others. Natalie Campbell's rich and versatile voice embodies the divine messages of poets, monks and scripture, bringing Mary forth to embrace us and to be embraced. These are hymns to one very human and Holy Mother and to each individual, passionate and very human search for the sacred. Russell Walden arranged and produced the music. Four of his compositions are included in the collection.

"Natalie Campbell and Russell Walden have made a glorious, melodic and profoundly moving album called Blue Of The Flame. With marvelous singing by Natalie and exquisite orchestrations by Russell, the CD is filled with songs that magnify our tenderest feelings for the great miracles that lift our hopes. We all need to hear something beautiful that mends our hearts and this CD is it! Get your copy now, put it on the CD player, sit back, and bask in beauty. You deserve to hear this album!!!!"

-Judy Collins--a fan of Blue Of The Flame

"As the human realm seems to be collapsing into chaos, a most exquisite and intensely emotional voice is coming forth. Natalie Campbell’s music invokes the high celestial realms with such resonance, the divine awakens within our hearts; she reminds us how to feel and imagine the most exquisite potential of our times."

-Barbara Hand Clow, author of The Pleiadian Agenda: A New Cosmology for the Age of Light

"What a beautifully produced and arranged recording, lyrical and haunting.... Natalie’s singing is wonderful."

-Stephen Flaherty -- composer of "Ragtime" and "Anastasia"