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Isao Tomita's electronic covers of classical pieces may sound outdated and primordial, but his rather basic keyboard applications and simplistic approach are rather interesting, mainly because of their austerity. Overshadowed by keyboard kingpins like Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Rick Wakeman, who were making lengthy progressive rock opuses in the '70s with the same means of instrumentation (only to a greater extent and with a greater degree of pretentiousness), Tomita's material was somewhat bypassed. His Greatest Hits sums up most of his worthy accomplishments, with the exception of The Planets, an electronic adaptation of Holst's most famous work that should be heard on its own. The best track from that album is represented here in the form of Mars, while other notable pieces such as Debussy's Claire de Lune and Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition are just as interesting. Tomita's straightforward and undecorated style of keyboard playing may not harbor the whirlwind frenzy of other artists, but this is where the adoration lies. Even his version of the Star Wars theme is somewhat attractive, while Strauss' Also Sprach Zarathustra sounds charmingly conventional to say the least. Classical fans may indeed shudder, but tastes that are geared toward the rawest form of the Moog synthesizer and the like need only this album to experience Tomita's informal brand of keyboard work.
© TiVo
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Richard Strauss, Composer - Isao Tomita, Keyboards - Plasma Music, Inc., Producer
(P) 1977 BMG Music
Grand Canyon Suite (Ferde Grofe)
Plasma Symphony Orchestra, Performer - Isao Tomita, Keyboards - Plasma Music, Inc., Producer - Ferde Grofé, Composer
(P) 1981 BMG Music
Plasma Symphony Orchestra, Performer - Isao Tomita, Keyboards - Isao Tomita, Arranger - Johann Pachelbel, Composer
(P) 1984 BMG Music
Plasma Symphony Orchestra, Performer - Leroy Anderson, Composer - Isao Tomita, Keyboards - Isao Tomita, Arranger - Plasma Music, Inc., Producer
(P) 1981 BMG Music
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Isao Tomita, Synthesizer - Isao Tomita, Arranger - Plasma Music, Inc., Producer
(P) 1979 BMG Music
John Williams, Composer - Isao Tomita, Keyboards - Marian M. Conaty, Engineer - Plasma Music, Inc., Producer
(P) 1978 BMG Music
Suite Bergamasque (Claude Debussy)
Nathaniel S. Johnson, Producer - Isao Tomita, Performer - Isao Tomita, Arranger - Marian M. Conaty, Engineer - Plasma Music, Inc., Producer - Claude Debussy, Composer
(P) 1974 BMG Music
John Williams, Composer - Isao Tomita, Keyboards - Plasma Music, Inc., Producer
(P) 1978 BMG Music
Symphony No. 5 (Sergei Prokofiev)
Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Isao Tomita, Keyboards - Plasma Music, Inc., Producer
(P) 1978 BMG Music
Children's Corner (Claude Debussy)
Nathaniel S. Johnson, Producer - Isao Tomita, Keyboards - Isao Tomita, Arranger - Marian M. Conaty, Engineer - Plasma Music, Inc., Producer - Claude Debussy, Composer
(P) 1974 BMG Music
Firebird Suite (Igor Stravinsky)
Igor Stravinsky, Composer - Isao Tomita, Keyboards - Plasma Music, Inc., Producer
(P) 1975 BMG Music
Grigoras Dinicu, Composer - Isao Tomita, Keyboards - Marian M. Conaty, Engineer - Plasma Music, Inc., Producer - Jascha Heifetz, Arranger
(P) 1978 BMG Music
The Planets (Gustav Holst)
Isao Tomita, Keyboards - Gustav Holst, Composer - Plasma Music, Inc., Producer
(P) 1975 BMG Music
Pictures at an Exhibition (Modeste Moussorgski)
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer - Isao Tomita, Keyboards - Plasma Music, Inc., Producer
(P) 1974 BMG Music
Albumbeschreibung
Isao Tomita's electronic covers of classical pieces may sound outdated and primordial, but his rather basic keyboard applications and simplistic approach are rather interesting, mainly because of their austerity. Overshadowed by keyboard kingpins like Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Rick Wakeman, who were making lengthy progressive rock opuses in the '70s with the same means of instrumentation (only to a greater extent and with a greater degree of pretentiousness), Tomita's material was somewhat bypassed. His Greatest Hits sums up most of his worthy accomplishments, with the exception of The Planets, an electronic adaptation of Holst's most famous work that should be heard on its own. The best track from that album is represented here in the form of Mars, while other notable pieces such as Debussy's Claire de Lune and Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition are just as interesting. Tomita's straightforward and undecorated style of keyboard playing may not harbor the whirlwind frenzy of other artists, but this is where the adoration lies. Even his version of the Star Wars theme is somewhat attractive, while Strauss' Also Sprach Zarathustra sounds charmingly conventional to say the least. Classical fans may indeed shudder, but tastes that are geared toward the rawest form of the Moog synthesizer and the like need only this album to experience Tomita's informal brand of keyboard work.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 01:10:18
- Main artists: Isao Tomita
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: bmg music
- Genre: Klassiek
(P) 1986 BMG Music
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