Purple Records have announced the release of Jon Lord’s Gemini Suite original studio album on CD.
In addition to a regular jewel case version, there will be a limited edition in a gatefold digipak case, with a selection of three different covers reproducing the rare American covers.
The CD is scheduled for release in late May and can be pre-ordered from DPAS mail order.
Jon Lord’s new CD, Boom of the Tingling Strings, has now hit the streets. In the film Jon Lord explains the background to his new album:
You can also listen to EMI’ Classic’s 19-minute podcast-special on the album.
Adelaide Now reviews Jon Lord’s first performance with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra (March 27):
‘The concerto, lost for almost 30 years, occupied the first half of the program and truly set a new benchmark for the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra’s rock crossover programming.
While it bears a few quirky hallmarks of its era, for the most part Lord’s epic three-movement composition not only stands the test of time, but shines as a successful – and ground-breaking – fusion of rock and symphony.’
The Australian talks to Jon Lord about how he created a new sound for the Hammond organ when he plugged it into a stack of Marshall amps:
- I suppose I felt I had to compete with the guitarists. What I discovered was that the Hammond organ, when treated like that, makes a heck of a noise.
The interview also focuses on the Concerto for Group and Orchestra and how the musical climate was different in 1969. Lord says many classical and rock purists missed the point:
- The piece was written with a sense of love and to enjoy the experience of playing with an orchestra as much as to enjoy the experience of playing with a rock band.
- It was written by a guy who was, and still is, massively in love with both ends of the musical spectrum.
In an interview with Giessener Allgemeine, Jon Lord talks about 40 years of the Concerto, the open rehearsal at Hagen, his new Boom of the Tingling Strings and more.
Listen to the interview segments here:
The April issue of Classic FM Magazine features an interview with Jon Lord on the Durham Concerto. You can now read the article here by clicking the thumbnails. You can also read a brief review of the album - originally published in the UK edition of Metro on February 8.
Jon Lord’s “Boom of the Tingling Strings” will be released on CD on March 24.
Below is the press release:
EMI Classics are pleased to release two symphonic works by Jon Lord, better known as a founder member of one of the all-time great rock groups, Deep Purple. Lord’s new Piano Concerto, ‘Boom of the Tingling Strings,’ is performed by Nelson Goerner with the Odense Symfoniorkester under conductor Paul Mann, the concerto’s dedicatee. Lord’s Suite for String Orchestra, entitled ‘Disguises,’ completes the programme.
Updated: January 27, 2008
Monday January 28 is the release date for Jon Lord’s evocative Durham Concerto on CD by Avie Records.
Listen to selected excerpts of the CD here:
- Durham Awakes (4:05 mp3 4Mb)
- Rags & Galas (2:41 mp3 3Mb)
- Road from Lindisfame (5:57 mp3 5Mb)
- From Prebends Bridge (6.19 mp3 6Mb) NEW
Jon Lord and the Durham Concerto are featured in the March/April issue of American Fanfare magazine.
Updated: January 12, 2008At the end of January, Jon Lord’s evocative Durham Concerto is released on CD by Avie Records.
The extensive sleeve notes include Jon Lord’s thoughts on the different sections of the concerto as well as presentations of the key musicians.
The CD features the studio reording of the Durham Concerto, and you can listen to selected excerpts here:
- Durham Awakes (4:05 mp3 4Mb)
- Rags & Galas (2:41 mp3 3Mb)
- Road from Lindisfame (5:57 mp3 5Mb) NEW
More to be added …
