Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings (2010)

Prelude to a Soul .

Written in 1936 by Samuel Barber, this haunting piece was used in the 1986 film 'Platoon'

Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 - Samuel Barber

Sacred Score: A Truffle Odyssey, Leeuwenstein
A cinematic journey designed to gently guide a truffle ceremony from threshold to homecoming. Warm analog pads, cathedral-like choirs, and expressive orchestral themes (with a soft wink to Vangelis) rise and fall like breath, majestic one moment, tender the next. A five-note leitmotif appears throughout as a compass, returning you to center.
What to expect
This album moves in arcs: opening → descent → discovery → peak → release → integration. Massive drums and brass lift you when courage is needed; intimate felt-piano, handpan and strings hold you when the heart opens. Everything is wordless and ceremonial—crafted to support deep inner work without pulling attention away.
Best way to listen
Low or moderate volume, full-range speakers or good headphones, lights soft and warm. Breathe with the swells. Allow the spaces between notes to do their work.
Tracklist
Threshold of Light — 6:30
Descent Through Amber — 7:20
Cathedral of Ferns — 8:00
Mirrors in the Veil — 7:10
The Mountain Remembers — 9:00
Starlight Procession — 6:40
Heart Peak (Lux Intus) — 10:30
Tears Made of Dawn — 7:50
Integration Walk — 6:20
Home to the Infinite — 8:30
Instruments & palette
CS-80-style analog pads, felt-piano, strings & brass, handpan, frame drums, flugelhorn, solo violin, harp, subtle arpeggiators, and a luminous mixed choir (no lyrics).
For facilitators
Arc lengths are intentional; transitions have long tails for seamless cueing. Suitable for deep introspection, breath-led movement, and gentle integration.
Credits
Music, concept & production: Leeuwenstein
Artwork: “Sacred Score: A Truffle Odyssey”

Home to the Infinite

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A cinematic orchestral piano with an ambient melancholic mood, playing sustained chords and a soaring melody, The overall production is clean and spacious, emphasizing the rich orchestral timbres, The song structure is through composed, with evolving melodic and harmonic ideas rather than distinct verse-chorus sections

A New Beginning

Fitz & The Snow Flakes go on adventure.

And I'm sharing their adventures. 

Stuck in an elevator? In need for lessons on how to kneed your dough this winter? Wanna have fun falling on the rink? No worries, Fitz & The Snow Flakes have got you covered this winter! 

Easy listening album for those dreamy winter days. Inside under a blanket enjoying the nothingness whilst holding a warm cup of hot chocolate. Or outside visiting a winter holiday market gathering your mittens, scarfs, and woolen hats.

Either way... you're invited to join Fitz & The Snow Flakes on their adventures.

Have a jolly good season, folks! 

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Music by Abel Korzeniowski

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Leeuwenstein is the musical identity of Alex van Leeuwen, producer, songwriter, where he transforms inner journeys into immersive, ritualistic, and psychedelic soundscapes, a Dutch artist and ceremony guide who healed from PTSD through plant medicine. His music is crafted as a sacred space: a blend of shamanic tradition and electronic innovation, with tribal percussion, ambient textures, and angelic female vocals.

Leeuwenstein’s live performances and sound journeys are deeply immersive, supporting inner healing, movement, and expanded states of consciousness. Perfect for psychedelic ceremonies, truffle experiences, and conscious festivals, his albums, such as Frozen in Time, Rhythms of the Cosmos, and The Green Path, are widely used as tools for transformation.

Leeuwenstein invites his audience not just to listen, but to feel, remember, and return home to themselves.

Though rooted in healing music, Leeuwenstein occasionally ventures into political territory, crafting powerful protest songs that reflect on war, freedom, and the future of humanity.