Symphonic music of Procol Harum*
Beskrivning:Redan 1971 gjorde den engelska gruppen Procol Harum ett album tillsammans med Edmontons symfoniorkester. Men då spelade själva gruppen en huvudroll - här handlar det om att tre symfoniorkestrar i London, under ledning av Nicholas Dodd eller Darryl Way, spelar några av Procol Harums mest kända låtar, med sång av gruppens sångare/pianist Gary Brooker, Tom Jones eller Jerry Hadley. Gästspel dessutom av musiker som Robin Trower och James Galway. I konvolutet finns allt utrett.
"With its pop adaptations of Bach and its album with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Procol Harum was an early advocate of a marriage between rock and classical music. So, this album of Procol Harum music recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and (on the title track) the Sinfonia of London, with former Procol Harum vocalist/pianist Gary Brooker singing on seven of the 12 tracks and producing, and with former Procol Harum guitarist Robin Trower and organist Matthew Fisher appearing on a version of "Repent Walpurgis," would seem like a more comfortable combination than similar recent collections devoted to the Rolling Stones and Yes. But....here the symphonic approach dominates, making the music seem less stately than soporific. Brooker sounds bored, and the set only livens up vocally when guests Jerry Hadley ("Grand Hotel") and Tom Jones ("Simple Sister") step in." (William Ruhlmann, allmusic.com)
Speltid 61:41.
Språk:
Skivbolag: RCA Victor 09026 68029 2 (1994)
Format: CD
Skick: Begagnad
Spår:
- Conquistador
- Homburg
- Grand Hotel
- Simple sister
- A salty dog
- Pandora´s box
- A whiter shade of pale
- Repent Walpurgis
- (You can´t) Turn back the page
- Strangers in space
- Butterfly boys
- The long goodbye