Label: Line Records (Germany), LICD 9.00124 O
Style: Modern Classical, Progressive Rock
Country: Leicester, England (9 June 1941 - 16 July 2012)
Time: 50:06
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 265 Mb
Typically,
when an artist branches out from their current band for a solo outing,
it is to “prove” something. Wishing to be seen as more than just “one of
the guys in the band,” they want to take an excursion into the studio,
hoping to demonstrate to the loyal legion of fans that they have
something different to offer. This is especially true when they are not
the main songwriter in said group. Jon Lord, a founding member and
former member of Deep Purple, successfully found a way of sounding
relevant with Sarabande, his second solo outing, without losing the
respect of Purple’s fan base.
Anyone expecting a Deep Purple-sounding
album will be disappointed. In this case, that may be a good thing. If
you have an appreciation for majestic, brain-jarring compositions of
pure musicianship, Sarabande may be the album for you. With the
Hungarian Philharmonic as his accompaniment, in addition to an array of
other studio musicians, including a pre-Police guitarist Andy Summers,
Lord offers up eight songs of pure musical, majestic bliss. To some, it
may appear Lord is just being pretentious; but to those with open ears,
he is merely demonstrating that his talents reach beyond his years with
Deep Purple.
In a way, Sarabande almost resembles the soundtrack, to
one of Hollywood’s old-time classics, ala Lawrence of Arabia or Ben-Hur.
That’s what I love about it. It is truly grand on all levels. With the
musicianship and the swooping, epic-like execution of each track, there
is not a moment on this mesmerizing album where the listener will fail
to be impressed. Combining classical music with jazz, blues, and
straight forward rock, it is an ambitious piece of work that, for the
most part, succeeds, thanks to the genius of Lord’s capabilities.
(full version: https://vintagerock.com/jon-lord-sarabande/)
Album recorded and mixed in the analog domain - AAD. That is, a minimum of digital processing.
A=Analog.
D=digital. The first letter stands for how the music was recorded. The
second letter for how it was mixed. The third letter stands for the
format (all CD's will have D as the last letter).
01. Fantasia (03:32)
02. Sarabande (07:25)
03. Aria (03:48)
04. Gigue (11:10)
05. Bouree (11:07)
06. Pavane (07:45)
07. Caprice (03:13)
08. Finale (02:04)
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