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SCHEHERAZADE AND OTHER STORIES

Renaissance

 

Symphonic Prog

4.32 | 1405 ratings

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Warthur
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5 stars Jim McCarty's compositions are finally gone, as are the quotations from pre-existing classical works, but beyond this Scheherazade and Other Stories is simply one more Renaissance album in the much-loved style they hit upon on Ashes are Burning. How highly you value it probably depends on just how many albums in that particular mode you really want.

For my part, this is an album which I've warmed on more now that I've had the chance to hear the Esoteric remaster, which (as with their other remasters of Renaissance's material) really adds a new level of clarity to proceedings.

The big news here is the title track - the one time that Renaissance tried a side-long composition on their studio albums. I think my previous stumbling block preventing full enjoyment of this is that the use of the orchestra is very much like an old-fashioned Hollywood epic, but I think that sort of approach actually fits Renaissance's approach rather well. And on better-quality releases Annie Haslam's vocals really soar.

Warthur | 5/5 |

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