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“Standing Stones: A New Age Compilation.” Various artists. “Voices.” Claire Hamill. Coda/Jem. Coda’s Landscape Series invades Windham Hill’s pastoral territory and falls into the same trap--gentleness often becomes blandness. The river-and-ocean-inspired solo piano pieces by Rick Wakeman and Dashiell Rae ripple predictably. Selections by John Themis and Stephen Caudel are nice jazz but nothing special. Tom Newman’s piece has a welcome backwoodsy slant. Three movements from Tom Cross’ synthesized “Brandenburg Concerto” sound like W. Carlos pointlessly revisited. The packaging contains nothing more than a list of Coda artists’ albums, but at least this leads the way from the one outstanding “Stones” track, by Claire Hamill, to her stunning experimental LP “Voices”--which completely consists of overdubbed vocals that create an expanse of moody beauty. “Stones”: , “Voices”: