Item Description
Neil Ardley A symphony of Amaranths Super rare Original 1st pressing UK LP released in 1972 on the Red Silver Regal Zonophone Label.
Cat: SLRZ 1028.
matrix numbers are YCARX 89-1U/ YCARX 90 - 1U.
Over the next several months we have the pleasure of listing a spectacular vinyl collection of over 6000 LP s.
This collection consisting of mostly Jazz but also Blues, Folk ,Rock, Soundtracks and Classical was kept in amazing condition.
Most of the records were played once, transferred to tape for listening and then stored away in cliplock sealed bags in specially made cupboards.
The overall condition of this collection is sublime to say the least and whatever items I list as Near Mint you can be assured that it was probaly only ever played once Over the last few weeks you may have noticed some of the lovely jazz rock titles I have listed, these are just the tip of the iceberg here.
I hope you enjoy seeing these listings as much as I have in offering them.
Amaranths are everlasting flowers, and A Symphony of Amaranths is dedicated to two immortals who produced the greatest orchestral jazz music - Duke Ellington and Gil Evans.
The whole work is based on their initials - the notes DE and GE - and A Symphony of Amaranths is the second in a trilogy of works begun with The Greek Variations and followed by Kaleidoscope of Rainbows that all use a sequence of notes to provide the foundation for composition and improvisation.
The album, recorded in 1971, was the first recording ever to receive an Arts Council award.
Scored for a large jazz orchestra effectively the New Jazz Orchestra, which Neil Ardley had directed in the 1960s with added woodwind, harp and strings, A Symphony of Amaranths is the most romantic and harmonically dense piece of music that Neil Ardley ever composed.
This album also contains two vocal settings by Neil Ardley, the earliest example of his vocal music.
The first is a setting of Edward Lear s famous nonsense poem The Dong with a Luminous Nose wonderfully and uniquely told by Ivor Cutler backed by an unusual chamber orchestra containing keyboards, vibraphone, harp, violin and cello that provides an atmospheric setting for the poem.
The second setting is of three poems by W.B.
Yeats, James Joyce and Lewis Carroll, beautifully sung by Norma Winstone with the large jazz orchestra minus the strings.
Features g Don Rendell, Stan Tracey, Henry Lowther, Harry Beckett, Jeff Clyne Jon Hiseman.
Tracks: A symphony of Amaranths a Carillon b Nocturne c Entracte d Impromptu/ The dong with a luminous nose/ Three poems - After long silence - She weeps over rahoon/ Will you walk a little faster?There are no signs of spindle marks on labels, labels are lovely and clean.
Record has been played once and is in Near Mint condition.
Textured cover has a few very light marks, light ring wear on back top edge and very light scuffing on right edge corners.
Cover is in Excellent condition.Payment is accepted by Paypal.
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Wrapping method: All records are sent in stiff cardboard mailers then wrapped in brown paper and sealed around edges with brown packaging tape.
Records are taken out of sleeve to avoid seam splits and ring wear.
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