Newclassic-explores lines of intersection between classical, jazz, pop and rock.

5 MP3 Songs
CLASSICAL: Orchestral, CLASSICAL: Contemporary



Details:
MIXED DRINKS is the second CD by NEWCLASSIC musician Richard Bellak. (The first is Fugal Dreams-12 jazz preludes and fugues for piano) The five songs entitled FUNGI FROM YUGGOTH are based on poems by the great fantasy writer, H.P. Lovecraft, author of the epic FUNGI FROM YUGGOTH cycle. The dark, Lovecraftian world depicted in these poems has a gothic, interplanetary atmosphere. The FUNGI songs present Lovecraft's incomparable word pictures with music that is appropriate to his true stature. Fantasy (Brass & Organ) and Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue (Strings) are purely instrumental pieces, but they, too, share the Dreamquest ethos that permeates Lovecraft's writing. Jazz Prelude & Fugue (Piano) adds blues/rock contrast, while the complex, brass-accented Finale to Bruckner's Nullte Symphony creates an exciting conclusion that balances the opening Fantasy. This is an intense, wide-ranging array of musical MIXED DRINKS!

An RCB NEWCLASSIC/Mindambience release