Sarabande

by Jon Lord

Sarabande cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: November 1976
  • Label: Purple
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Community rating: 3.54/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The Deep Purple keyboardist continued his lifelong dedication to classical crossover with this ambitious instrumental suite, recorded in Germany with the Philharmonia Hungarica. The compositions explore various baroque dance forms, updating them with heavy rock instrumentation and progressive synthesizer arrangements. Guest musicians, including guitarist Andy Summers, help anchor the orchestral grandiosity within a muscular rock framework.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, orchestral, fairy-tale, complex

Tracklist

  1. Fantasia
  2. Sarabande
  3. Aria
  4. Gigue
  5. Bour茅e
  6. Pavane
  7. Caprice
  8. Finale

Credits

  • Paul Karas - bass
  • Eberhard Schoener - conductor
  • Pete York - drums, gong, bells [sleigh], shaker
  • Andy Summers - guitar
  • Michael Bryan - illustration
  • Nick Webb - lacquer cut by
  • Mark Nauseef - percussion

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