Artist: Ray Manzarek Title Of Album: Carmina Burana Release Date: 1983 (CD 19??) Location: Chicago, U.S. (February 12, 1939 - May 20, 2013) Label: A&M Records (Germany), 394 945-2 Genre:Rock, New Age Quality: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz Length: 40:05 min Tracks: 16 Total Size: 256 Mb WebSite:Home Page
Выдающийся музыкант, автор песен, один из основателей и клавишник легендарной рок-группы The Doors. Рэй вырос в семье польских эмигрантов, его детство прошло под влиянием музыки буги-вуги, ставшей особенно популярной в 1950-х годах. В семь лет мальчик познакомился с классическим пианино, а в школе играл в одной команде с братьями Риком и Джимом.
В начале 1960-х Манзарек поступил в Калифорнийский университет на юридический факультет, однако позже перевелся на кинематографическое отделение. Там в 1965 году он познакомился с Джимом Моррисоном, чьи стихи оказались удачным дополнением к музыкальным идеям классически подготовленного клавишника. К этому времени Манзарек уже играл в группе Rick and the Ravens. В августе к музыкантам присоединился барабанщик Джон Денсмор, игравший в группе вместе с гитаристом Робби Кригером. Денсмор и Кригер познакомились с Рэем Манзареком на занятиях по йоге и медитации.
Моррисон, Манзарек и Денсмор вместе с музыкантами из Rick and The Ravens и бас-гитаристкой Патти Саливан 2 сентября 1965 года записали свои первые студийные версии песен будущих The Doors. Бас-гитариста в команду подобрать не удалось, но Манзарек удачно справлялся с этой проблемой, исполняя соответствующие партии на электропианино.
Tracklist:
01. The Wheel of Fortune (O Fortuna) (03:05) 02. The Wounds of Fate (Fortune Plango Vulnera) (03:44) 03. The Face of Spring (Veris Leta Facies) (04:15) 04. Sunrise (Omnia Sol Temperat) (02:14) 05. Welcome (Ecce Gratum) (02:45) 06. The Dance (Tanz) (02:26) 07. Sweetest Boy (Dulcissime) (00:33) 08. If the Whole World was Mine (Were Diu Werlt Alle Min) (00:53) 09. Boiling Rage (Estuans Interius) (03:15) 10. The Roasted Swan (Olim Lacus Colueram) (02:11) 11. In The Tavern (In Taberna Quando Sumus) (02:35) 12. Love Flies Everywhere (Amor Volat Unique) (02:08) 13. A Young Girl (Stetit Puella) (02:53) 14. Come, My Beauty (Veni Veni Venias) (02:36) 15. The Lovers (Blanzifor et Helena) (01:16) 16. The Wheel of Fortune (O Fortuna) (03:08)
This is a staggeringly different piece of music for those who only know the Ray Manzarek of "Light My Fire" or "L.A. Woman" fame. The 1983 collaboration with Philip Glass and Kurt Munkacsi holds many revelations. As the post-Morrison Doors splintered off into various side projects, Manzarek's notable The Golden Scarab and The Whole Thing Started With Rock & Roll Now It's Out of Control to the Krieger/Densmore schizophrenic unit known as the Butts Band, as well as guitarist Krieger's jazz-flavored solo discs, the journeymen musicians opened windows beyond the music of the Doors. Carmina Burana's power emerges from the fusion of musical forms, heralded by Manzarek's sincere approach to the project. The liner notes give an explanation of German composer Carl Orff's rediscovery in 1935 of the Medieval poems found in 1803 from 13th century "renegade monks and wandering poets." The modern-day minstrels that Manzarek and Glass are add a contemporary twist to the music Allen Lannon helped bring to America in 1954, when it was first performed on these shores in Boston. There are seven primary musicians who back the chorus, which features ten principal singers conducted by Michael Riesman. The music is intense, evocative, and highly spiritual, with Larry Anderson's drums adding something the rebels from hundreds of years ago would probably be proud of. A four-page pink booklet with Latin and English translations comes with the vinyl LP, and it's all wrapped up in an old-world-meets-new-world setting, including illustration by Hieronymus Bosch, his work previously showing up in rock & roll on Deep Purple's self-titled Tetragrammaton release, itself a pretty heady production. Ray Manzarek's Carmina Burana went out of print after its 1983 vinyl release on A&M, and the artist expressed hope in a January 2002 interview that the music would be re-released on CD. It's too good to remain in the shadows as a cult item, traded on E-Bay or fetching high prices at record shows. It was the popularity of the Doors which gave their keyboard player the opportunity to record such a beautiful and compelling work, and hopefully that significance will lead to these 16 selections finding a wider audience. As an educational tool, it is exquisite; as a listening experience, it is a tremendous addition to the Doors' library. Manzarek's own father liked it, which pleased the artist very much. (allmusic.com/album/carmina-burana-mw0000650460)
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