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Rainbow Theatre: 2 Albums
1975 The Armada ● 1976 Fantasy Of Horses
Performer:
Rainbow Theatre
Albums:
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1975 The Armada
Aztec Music Australia 2006
Catalog CD: AVSCD019
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1976 Fantasy Of Horses
Free Records / Green Tree Records Germany 2001
Catalog CD: FR 2010
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Dynamic Range: 8 / 12
Genre / Style: Rock / Progressive Rock / Symphonic Rock / Jazz Rock
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Rainbow Theatre - проект австралийских музыкантов. Основной костяк составляли семь музыкантов во главе с композитором Джулианом Браунингом, играющим на меллотроне и гитаре. Как выразился в одном интервью сам Браунинг: «Безусловно, King Crimson и Yes сильно повлияли на нас, хотя я думаю, что мы нашли способ сделать вещи, которые были уникальны только для нас». По сути, коллектив из Мельбурна представлял собой маленький симфонический оркестр, куда входили флюгельгорн, тромбон, саксофон, кларнет, флейта, гобой, альт и виолончель, а также традиционная для любой рок-группы ритм-секция. Помимо штатного певца Кита Хобана, вокальные партии вели профессиональные оперные исполнители из Victorian Opera Company Choir - целый хор из сдвоенных альтов, теноров, сопрано и басов.
Review by Nuno, published on: 29 Jun 2006Though Australia is most known, in terms of Progressive Rock releases, for the absolute masterpiece Four Moments by Sebastian Hardie, there is at least one other album of the highest quality caliber that has, somehow, strangely been living in the alleys of (mild) oblivion. I am talking about Fantasy of Horses by Rainbow Theatre (their second album)! The awesome news is that the album has finally been remastered from the original master tapes and re-issued by Australian label Aztec Music, in a luxury digipack and with exquisite artwork. The album also includes a bonus track played by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, written and conducted by Rainbow Theatre’s frontman - Julian Browning. Originally with only 4 tracks (two long opus and 2 other smaller tracks), this album has the particularity of really touching all the right buttons of Neo-Classic, Symphonic Prog lovers who like some hints of thoughtful jazz in their diet. Its musicality is something that just shouldn’t be ignored, especially for the perfect combination of operatic male vocals (close to Tenor) and the complete orchestral ensemble that conjures the resulting sound. The fact is that this album is one of the best achieved and better constructed Progressive Operas ever released, especially when it comes to the 2 longer tracks in the album. The acoustic piano, sometimes close to the works of classical composers such as Stravinsky and Wagner, is perfectly combined with a thoughtful wind and metal section, with a rare sense of beauty and perfect interplay. The string arrangements are thrown in the mix to form an even tighter body of work. Rebecca and Caption for the City Night Life are set on the progressive jazz/rock side of the band, while doing it with orchestral instruments, which adds loads of originality to the result. The multi-movement Dancer then introduces and adds the classical and symphonic virtues to that jazzy feel, enthralling the listener in a maze of combined styles in a not only refreshing but also surprising effect. The operatic singing appears for the first time in the album, creating a whole new atmosphere that is accompanied by delightful minor-key classic music. This approach is then further explored to perfection in the 16+ minute opus Fantasy of Horses, which just lets the listener in a pavlovian state…earning for more. And unfortunately the wait is now up to 30 years… While incorporating totally operatic and classic fixtures, there is no doubt ever that this is a Progressive recording, due in great part to the rhythmic section provided by the amazing drum and bass work, that bases the most complex orchestral combinations. Also the duality between the ethereal Oboe, eerie Piano, and church Organ and the arousing “full band” parts is exquisitely (I must say perfectly) done. The purest mindblowing 70’s sympho prog is entwined with Magma inventive operatic intrusions and careful detailing, occasional Wutemberg pseudo-medieval bridges, Ezra Winston symphonic sensibility, Elizabethan pinches, Jazz Rock attacks, early King Crimson melodic approaches (remember Epitaph and Talk to the Wind) and jazzier sections (reminding Larks tongue… for instance) and a very personal (and simply beautiful) sense of musical perfection. The bonus track, which has been written by Julian Browning and performed by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, shows us how classical music can be so close to progressive rock. This is a totally prog music if you ask me, and if you would just combine the orchestral arrangements with more focused rock instruments, you would have the perfect bridge between the two worlds. This is in fact a great add to the album, and it does not sound dislocated or strangely orphan. It just complements the rest of the music presented originally. Along with Roberto Cacciapaglia’s Generazioni Del Cielo, this Fantasy of Horses is the best (true in a sense) Progressive Rock Opera that has ever crossed this well trained prog ears, and undoubtedly one of the 2 best albums that I know hailing from the Oceania Continent. Just not to be missed! And now, with this great re-issue, there is no excuse anymore to not get acquainted with this album!Rip by ALLexxess
1975 The Armada
Original Release: Australia / Clear Light Of Jupiter CLOJ 778 Проект австралийских музыкантов - концептуальный альбом вдохновленный историческим (1588 год) поражением испанского флота у берегов Англии. Здесь, нашло воплощение амбициозное соединение классической музыки, оперного вокала, элементов джаза и прогрессивного рока. Причем музыканты в своих опытах достигают невероятных высот, для осознания которых требуется время и усилия. Материал альбома разбит на пять глав, и выделить какую либо трудно, они одинаково сложны для восприятия неподготовленного слушателя и весьма интересны в пределах классической и оперно-стилизованной подачи, навеянной произведениями Стравинского, Вагнера и Сибелиуса. Наиболее запоминающийся вводный трек The Darkness Motive, разбитый на четыре части и помимо прогрессивно-симфонической основы, включающий немало джазовых отступлений. А затем, сочинение переходит в сложные полифонические формы, украшенные вокалом Кита Хобана и потрясающими вставками меллотрона. В композиции Petworth House мы слышим, наконец, оперные хоры и волны меллотрона подхваченные ритм-секцией, затем плотный фон духовых инструментов. После небольшой промежуточной вокальной темы Song с редкими аккордами фортепьяно, звучит финальная 14-минутная Armada, где речитатив Хобана переплетается с хором и всей мощью оркестра. Особенно впечатляюще звучит пятая часть, озаглавленная Bolero - полный печали и драматического накала опус под барабанные дроби Грэма Картера и пронзительные всплески саксофона Стивена Нэша. Год спустя группа закрепила свой необычный статус продвинутой рок-группы еще более честолюбивым диском “Fantasy of Horses”, но затем по непонятным причинам распалась. Браунинг посвятил себя строительству, а в свободное время занятиям и сочинению классической музыки. С подачи австралийского лейбла Aztec Music, запись Armada, в оцифрованном виде, увидела свет лишь в 2006 году. В красочный диджипак вошел бонус-трек Icarus из симфонии №8 Браунинга, исполненный Melbourne Grammar Symphony Orchestra в 1996 году.209MB (1 Part) + 201MB (1 Part)01 The Darkness Motive
(a) Flourish
(b) Overture
(c) Frist Theme
(d) Second Theme
02 Song (Guerdon...)
03 Petworth House
04 Song (Shall...)
05 The Armada
(a) Scene At Sea
(b) Dominion
(c) Centuries Deep
(d) Bolero
(e) Last Picture
Bonus Track by Julian Browning
06 Icarus (From Symphony No.8)
(a) Icarus And Daedalus
(b) Ascension
(c) Labyrinth Gothica
(d) Icarian Sea
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Rainbow Theatre / The Armada
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1976 Fantasy Of Horses
Original Release: Australia / Clear Light Of Jupiter Cloy PTY Второй альбом (всего два) группы из Мельбурна. Смесь джаза, классики (особенно вокал) и прог-рока. А так как здесь много скрипичных и духовых - то напрашивается определение "симфо-рок" или "рок-опера". Сам автор, лидер группы - клавишник/гитарист Julian Browning сказал, что не претендует на определение "рок", что это современная мелодичная классика. Но здесь он явно поскромничал. Альбом (и группа) до поры, до времени были известны только в Австралии.198MB01 Rebecca
02 Dancer
(a) Straicase
(b) The Big Time
(c) Spin
(d) Theatre
(e) Farewell
03 Caption For The City Night Life
04 Fantasy Of Horses
(a) Early Light
(b) Frolic
(c) Trappers
(d) Captives
(e) Frolic
(f) Escape
(g) Cliff Edge
EAC log - AccurateRipExact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011
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Rainbow Theatre / Fantasy Of Horses
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