His emotion at hearing his music realized by Schwarz, Seattle, and the Delos team was evident to all in the sessions for both discs. Mountains are symbolic meeting places between the mundane and spiritual worlds. To some, the Mysterious Mountain may be the phantom peak, unmeasured, thought to be higher than Everest, as seen from great distances by fliers in Tibet. To some, it may be the solitary mountain, the tower of strength over a countryside - Fujiyama, Ararat, Monadnock, Shasta, or Grand Teton. Free rhythmless vibrational passages, each string player playing independently, suggest waves in a vast ocean sky.
Undersea mountains rise and fall in horns, trombones, and tuba.
Music of whales also rises and falls like mountain ranges. Song of whale emerges like a giant mythical sea bird. Man does not exist, has not yet been born in the solemn oneness of Nature. Full of golden moments from a composer who is not ashamed to speak to ordinary music lovers. And God created Great Whales.