Various composers: Landscape
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Released: 1983 Atmosphere ATMOS 005 The second Atmosphere LP release to feature some of Ant's library pieces was Landscape, which drew once again on tracks previously recorded for earlier productions.
The first side featured pieces
from the small orchestral project from May 1981, whilst the second side
included two tracks from the 1976 and 1979 projects respectively. |
Side A - Classical Orchestral
1. Soft Landscape (3:06)
2. Soft Landscape (Theme) (0:30)
3. Soft Landscape (Theme - string quartet only) (0:30)
4. Animal Life (2:19)
5. Malvern Hills (3:57)
6. Autumn Woods (3:37)
7. Moorlands (3:16)
Performed by various musicians featuring the Gabrieli String Quartet, conducted by Jeremy Gilbert
Recorded May 1981 at Atmosphere Studios, London
Produced by John Lee for Atmosphere Music
Side B - Modern Pastoral
Includes
12. Bright Guitar Theme (0:30)
13. Highland Melody (0:30)
Bright Guitar Theme recorded Summer 1976 at Send Barns and first issued by Himan Music as AP3013
Highland Melody recorded Summer 1979 at Atmosphere Studios, London
All tracks composed by Anthony Phillips
Album Information
An edited version of Soft Landscape (dur 2:03) was released as Boulevard of Fallen Leaves on Finger Painting
Malvern Hills was originally written and recorded for the ATV series
Rule Britannia, where it was heard in a synth-based version.
It was given a commercial release on For Ever For Every One in 2005 (where it was credited erroneously to the 'Anthony Phillips Orchestra') and on Extra Missing Links in 2020.
The version of Highland Melody included on this release was recorded specifically as a 30 second version. A longer version of the track (1:34) was released as Highland Fling on Archive Collection Volume 2
Highland Melody was originally written in 1978 as a potential track for Sides
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