Grand Tour
by Big Big Train
- Type: Album
- Released: 17 May 2019
- Label: English Electric
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 1:14:20
- Community rating: 3.87/5 from 3 ratings
Artists on this release: Ian Burdge, Greg Spawton, Rick Wentworth, Jon Truscott, Nicky Sweeney, Paul Kimber, Emil Chakalov, Oliver Heath, John Storey, Nick Stones, Jake Walker, Dave Gregory, Danny Manners, Nick D'Virgilio, Rachel Hall, Kathy Gowers, Dave Desmond, Martyn Jackson, Chris Allan, Kate Robinson, Max Baillie, Richard George, Ian Humphries, Ben Godfrey, Javed Akhtar, Tony Woollard, Fiona Bonds, Oli Langford, David Longdon, Richard Pryce
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Inspired by the 17th and 18th-century European educational rites of passage, the veteran progressive rock ensemble issues a sprawling, historically dense concept record. The album highlights their signature pastoral storytelling through sweeping symphonic arrangements, lush brass instrumentation, and intricate acoustic interludes.
Genres
Descriptors: Soundtrack, progressive, history, conceptual, melodic, pagan, complex
Tracklist
- Novum Organum (2:33)
- Alive (4:31)
- The Florentine (8:14)
- Roman Stone (13:33)
- Pantheon (6:08)
- Theodora in Green and Gold (5:38)
- Ariel (14:28)
- Voyager (14:11)
- Homesong (5:12)
Credits
- A.R. Rahman - primary artist
- Javed Akhtar - primary artist
- Rick Wentworth - conductor
- Sarah Louise Ewing - illustration
- Chris Allan - cello, cello instrument
- Max Baillie - viola, viola instrument
- Fiona Bonds - viola, viola instrument
- Ian Burdge - cello, cello instrument
- Big Big Train - Primary Artist
- Greg Spawton - Music By, Words By, Arranged By [String Arrangement By], bass pedals instrument, electric bass guitar instrument, 12 string guitar additional instrument, brass instrument arranger, strings instrument arranger, liner notes, producer
- Nick D'Virgilio - Music By
- David Longdon - Music By, Words By, flute instrument, additional guitar instrument, additional keyboard instrument, liner notes, producer, vocal
- Rikard Sj枚blom - Keyboards, guitar instrument, 12 string guitar instrument, vocal
- Danny Manners - Arranged By [String Arrangement By], keyboard instrument, strings instrument arranger
- Rachel Hall - Arranged By [String Arrangement By], violin instrument, strings instrument arranger, vocal
- Steve Vantsis - graphic design
- Emil Chakalov - violin instrument
- Nick D鈥橵irgilio - percussion instrument, drums (drum set) instrument, additional guitar instrument, additional keyboard instrument, vocal
- Dave Desmond - trombone instrument, brass instrument arranger
- Richard George - violin instrument
- Ben Godfrey - cornet instrument, trumpet instrument
- Kathy Gowers - violin instrument
- Dave Gregory - guitar instrument, 12 string guitar instrument
- Oliver Heath - violin instrument
- Ian Humphries - violin instrument
- Martyn Jackson - violin instrument
- Paul Kimber - double bass instrument
- Oli Langford - violin instrument
- Everton Nelson - violin instrument
- Richard Pryce - double bass instrument
- Kate Robinson - violin instrument
- Nick Stones - French horn instrument
- John Storey - euphonium instrument
- Nicky Sweeney - violin instrument
- Jon Truscott - tuba instrument
- Jake Walker - viola instrument
- Tony Woollard - cello instrument
- Rob Aubrey - mastering, mix, recording
- Mark Hornsby - recording