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Six Pieces for Orchestra

2012 studio album by Tony Banks


Six Pieces for Orchestra is the fifth studio album by English keyboardist and songwriter Tony Banks. It was released on 26 March 2012 on Naxos Records as his second album of classical music, following Seven: A Suite for Orchestra in 2004. The suite is performed by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Paul Englishby. Two of the pieces feature soloists: Martin Robertson plays alto saxophone on "Siren", and Charlie Siem plays violin on "Blade".[1]

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Background

Six Pieces for Orchestra is Banks's second album of classical music following his first, Seven: A Suite for Orchestra (2004). The idea to produce a follow-up originated when he had finished Seven as he had learned a lot from the project and felt he could produce "a more complete piece."[2]

The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra was chosen for the project as its cheaper performance fee allowed for greater studio time than an orchestra based in England. Banks recorded Seven with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and felt a lack of excitement from the musicians and was faced with less rehearsal time, two things he saw little point to repeat for Six.[2]

Track listing

All tracks written by Tony Banks.

  1. "Siren"
  2. "Still Waters"
  3. "Blade"
  4. "Wild Pilgrimage"
  5. "The Oracle"
  6. "City of Gold"

Personnel


References

  1. "BANKS, T.: SIX Pieces for Orchestra (City of Prague Philharmonic, Englishby) - 8.572986".

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