Chaconne (by Horizont - legendary Russian prog rock band)
This is a tribute to the legendary progressive rock band Horizont (aka Горизонт, Gorizont), formed in USSR in the late 70s which is, in my opinion, one of the best prog music bands ever. I can still remember that night when I first heard the band (live) and was absolutely blown away by their fantastic music (written by the band leader Sergey Kornilov).
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Their first album, “Summer in Town“, is a little gem of 70’s symphonic rock with strong classical tinges (Prokofiev comes to mind). It features carpets of keyboards, atmospheric voices (no vocals), harmonic melodies, soft guitars à la Steve Hackett, disquieting passages à la ELP plus mellotrons and flute galore.
The more complex “Portrait of a Boy“ is an entirely different album, abandoning most of the sympho-prog roots of the first for straight RIO. As opposed to the rather lively “Summer in Town“, this one is gloomy, hard edged, full of dissonance and outrageous sounds..
The musicianship on both albums is excellent, just as the sound quality which is on par with anything coming out of the UK or US of that era. Both albums are recommended to all vintage symphonic prog fans.. (from )
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Band: Horizont
Album: Summer in Town (Melodia, USSR (Russia) 1985 )
Sergey Kornilov, keyboards;
Vladimir Lutoshkin, guitar, flute;
Alexey Eremenko, bass guitar;
Valentin Sinitsyn, drums;
Vocals: Andrey Krivilev, Igor Pokrovsky, Yuri Beliakov, Sergey Alekseev
Track: Chaconne
*Chaconne (from an old Spanish dance ) - musical composition in moderate triple time typically consisting of variations on a repeated succession of chords.
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Этот трек - дань уважения легендарной советской арт- прог- симфо-рок группе “Горизонт“, которая, на мой взгляд, является одним из лучших коллективов, когда-либо работавших в жанре прогрессивной музыки. Группа почти совсем неизвестна широкой публике в России, тогда как ее музыка (она практически вся написана выдающимся русским композитором Сергеем Корниловым) стала классикой и стоит в одном ряду с лучшими творениями таких грандов жанра как Yes, Genesis, ELP, Jethro Tull и т.д.
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Группа: Горизонт
Альбом: “Лето в городе“ , фирма Мелодия, СССР, 1985
Сергей Корнилов клавишные
Алексей Еременко - бас-гитара
Андрей Кривилев - вокал, клавишные
Владимир Лутошкин - электрогитара, флейта
Валентин Синицин ударные
Игорь Покровский, Юрий Беляков, Сергей Алексеев вокал
Композиция: Чаконна (Чакона)
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今日御紹介するのは、HORIZONT(ロシア)のTHE PORTRAIT OF A BOYです。
このグループは、以前1stのSUMMER IN TOWNを紹介しましたが、その頃のYESタイプのシンフォな雰囲気はどこへやらといった感じで、このアルバムはどちらかと言えばヘビーでダークな様相に変わっています。
恒例の20分近い大作については、1stではインプロ主体で非常に難解だったのに対し、このアルバムは重いながらも比較的聴き易く、一部ラベルのボレロを思わせるようなフレーズも登場します。
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俄羅斯版《回家真好》原唱
(麥嘜 麥兜 春田花花 面盤 CCCP 蘇聯 俄羅斯 俄文 哼歌 尹光 林海峰 黃子華 黃霑 詹瑞文 陳志雲 盧海鵬 借力 借刀)
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