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Naxos releases Genesis star's CD.(Classical)
Naxos has attracted a list of names to its 21st Century Classics series which includes such stalwart contemporary composers as James Macmillan, Michael Torke and John Tavener. Several of its titles have drawn positive critical reaction, if not bumper sales. The budget label's modern music line appears well positioned to reach a new and potentially broader audience with the release of Seven, a suite of orchestral pieces by Genesis founder member Tony Banks.
According to the composer, the seeds of Seven were sown in time early Eighties when he was contracted to write a soundtrack fin the film The Wicked Lady. Banks created the new work at the keyboard, sketched the results as a piano score and passed the music to all orchestrator.
When it came to recording the piece, the former Genesis keyboard player was unprepared for the speed at which the London Philharmonic Orchestra mastered his work. "In the time Genesis would take to have perhaps got their ...
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