Renaissance   Pays : England Genre : Rock Progressif Symphonique Dates : 1969 URL : cliquez ici Acheter un album de Renaissance - Renaissance a été consulté 22988 fois - Renaissance a une moyenne de : 7.98 sur 10 - Renaissance a reçu 131 note(s) et 2 critique(s) - Renaissance est classé : 743 ème   Tweeter
Biographie de Renaissance
Renaissance were an English progressive rock band popular in the 1970s. Former Yardbirds members Paul Samwell-Smith, Keith Relf, and Jim McCarty organised a new group devoted to experimentation between rock, folk, and classical forms. This quintet (bassist Louis Cennamo, pianist John Hawken, and Relf's sister Jane Relf as an additional vocalist) released a pair of albums on Elektra (US) and Island (UK), but dissolved quickly, leaving McCarty to reform the band into a very different lineup, though McCarty also soon departed. The lineup that was eventually settled on was the best-known of the band's history, and consisted of Annie Haslam (vocals), Michael Dunford (acoustic guitar), John Tout (piano), Jon Camp (bass/vocals) and Terry Sullivan (drums). This new Renaissance -- with Dunford in a composer-only role for the time being, and Rob Hendry (electric guitar) filling the guitarist's chair -- released Prologue in 1972. The music was written by Dunford and McCarty with lyrics by poet Betty Thatcher. Hendry departed (to be ultimately replaced by Dunford) as the group turned away from the electric guitar in their music. In the 1970s, Renaissance had a commercially successful career, their sound similar in many ways to folk rock with classical overtones. Renaissance included in their songs quotations and allusions from such composers as Bach, Chopin, Albinoni, Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Rimsky-Korsakov, Prokofiev and others. Renaissance's records, especially Ashes Are Burning, were frequently played on American progressive rock radio stations, such as WNEW-FM and WVBR. However, Renaissance's performances were normally faithful reproductions of the studio recordings, and this was not taken well by fans. Renaissance scored a hit single in 1978 with Northern Lights, taken from the album A Song for All Seasons, but the band floundered following 1979's Azure D'or, as fans were unhappy with the band's turn towards synthesizers, a path followed ... Lire la suite
Discographie de Renaissance
Albums Studio
Grandine Il Vento 2013 (Studio) Moyenne : 7   Tuscany 2001 (Studio) Moyenne : 8   Other Woman 1996 (Studio) Moyenne : 4   Time-line 1983 (Studio) Moyenne : 6.5   Camera Camera 1981 (Studio) Moyenne : 7.25   Rock Galaxy 1980 (Studio) Moyenne : pas de note   Azure D'or 1979 (Studio) Moyenne : 7.75   A Song For All Seasons 1978 (Studio) Moyenne : 7.27   Novella 1977 (Studio) Moyenne : 8.46   Scheherazade And Other Stories 1975 (Studio) Moyenne : 8.52   Turn Of The Cards 1974 (Studio) Moyenne : 8.39   Ashes Are Burning 1973 (Studio) Moyenne : 8.46   Prologue 1972 (Studio) Moyenne : 7.25   Illusion 1970 (Studio) Moyenne : 7.37   Renaissance 1969 (Studio) Moyenne : 8.25
Albums Live
Delane Lea Studios 1973 2015 (Live) Moyenne : pas de note   Academy Of Music 1974 2015 (Live) Moyenne : pas de note   Past Orbits Of Dust: Live 1969/1970 2012 (Live) Moyenne : pas de note   Turn Of The Cards & Scheherazade And Other Stories - Live In Concert 2011 (Live) Moyenne : pas de note   Dreams & Omens 2008 (Live) Moyenne : pas de note   British Tour '76 2006 (Live) Moyenne : 8   In The Land Of The Rising Sun 2002 (Live) Moyenne : 6.7   Mother Russia 2002 (Live) Moyenne : pas de note   Live And Direct 2002 (Live) Moyenne : 3.5   Can You Hear Me 2001 (Live) Moyenne : pas de note   Unplugged - Live At The Academy Of Music, Philadelphia Usa 2000 (Live) Moyenne : pas de note   Bbc Sessions 1999 (Live) Moyenne : 8.83   King Biscuit Flower Hour Vol. 1 1997 (Live) Moyenne : 8.66   King Biscuit Flower Hour Vol. 2 1997 (Live) Moyenne : 8.66   Renaissance Live In London 1975 1992 (Live) Moyenne : pas de note   Live At Carnegie Hall 1976 (Live) Moyenne : 8.14
Albums Compilation, EP, Demo, Bootleg etc.
The Mystic And The Muse 2010 (Singles/EPs/Fan Club/Promo/Demo/Bootlegs) Moyenne : pas de note   Midas Man 2003 (Boxset/Compilation) Moyenne : pas de note   Heritage 2003 (Boxset/Compilation) Moyenne : pas de note   A Song For All Season (compilation) 2002 (Boxset/Compilation) Moyenne : pas de note   Turn Of The Seasons 2001 (Boxset/Compilation) Moyenne : 8.5   Archive 2001 (Boxset/Compilation) Moyenne : pas de note   Day Of The Dreamer 2000 (Boxset/Compilation) Moyenne : 8.5   Innocence 1998 (Boxset/Compilation) Moyenne : 8   Trip To The Fair 1998 (Boxset/Compilation) Moyenne : pas de note   Songs From Renaissance Days 1997 (Boxset/Compilation) Moyenne : pas de note   Ocean Gypsy 1997 (Boxset/Compilation) Moyenne : pas de note   Da Capo 1995 (Boxset/Compilation) Moyenne : 8   Tales Of 1001 Nights Vol. 1 1990 (Boxset/Compilation) Moyenne : pas de note   Tales Of 1001 Nights Vol. 2 1990 (Boxset/Compilation) Moyenne : pas de note   Faeries (living At The Bottom Of My Garden) 1981 (Singles/EPs/Fan Club/Promo/Demo/Bootlegs) Moyenne : pas de note   In The Beginning 1978 (Boxset/Compilation) Moyenne : pas de note   Northern Lights 1978 (Singles/EPs/Fan Club/Promo/Demo/Bootlegs) Moyenne : pas de note   Prologue 1972 (Singles/EPs/Fan Club/Promo/Demo/Bootlegs) Moyenne : pas de note   Island 1970 (Singles/EPs/Fan Club/Promo/Demo/Bootlegs) Moyenne : pas de note
DVD de Renaissance
Live At The Union Chapel 2016 (Live) Moyenne : pas de note   Kings And Queens 2010 (Live) Moyenne : pas de note   Song Of Scheherazade 2008 (Live) Moyenne : 8
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