Jon Lord - Sarabande (1976 Remaster) (1999)
Artist: Jon Lord
Title: Sarabande
Year Of Release: 1976 (1999)
Label: Purple Records
Genre: Classic Rock
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 50:30
Total Size: 332 Mb
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Tracklist: Title: Sarabande
Year Of Release: 1976 (1999)
Label: Purple Records
Genre: Classic Rock
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 50:30
Total Size: 332 Mb
WebSite: Album Preview
01. Fantasia (3:39)
02. Sarabande (7:25)
03. Aria (3:46)
04. Gigue (11:12)
05. Bouree (11:08)
06. Pavane (7:43)
07. Caprice (3:14)
08. Finale (2:24)
Line-Up:
Jon Lord / Hammond, RMI piano, Steinway & Yamaha grand pianos, clavinet, synths (ARP Odyssey / Pro Soloist / String Ensemble), composer & co-producer
With:
The Philharmonia Hungarica / orchestra
Eberhard Schoener / orchestral conductor
Andy Summers / electric & Classical guitars
Paul Karas / bass
Mark Nauseef / percussion
Pete York / drums, gong, sleigh bells, shaker
As Lord wrote in the liner notes, on this classical-rock fusion album, recorded in Deep Purple's dying days, "The theme behind the music on this album is that of a baroque dance suite; a form of music which was brought to its highest level by Bach. The title of each track is the name of a dance used in one of these dance suites, and I have tried to use the same tempo and feel as an original Sarabande, Gigue etc." The wholly instrumental work includes both some purely orchestral/symphonic passages and some fusiony rock chunks, as well as parts where the two forms merge to some extent. Among the rock section, Lord's keyboards are supported by ex-Spencer Davis Group drummer Pete York and a pre-Police Andy Summers on guitar. German composer and conductor Eberhard Schoener conducts the Philharmonica Hungarica Orchestra. The 1999 CD reissue (Purple 305) has extensive historical liner notes.