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At a time when Schoenberg and Stravinsky were thought of as opposite poles, Roberto Gerhard was combining the density of the one with the dynamism of the other in a wholly personal synthesis. You can hear this in the Piano Concerto's mood swings from the dark and brooding to, in the finale, a Spanish take-off that Chabrier would have thought off the wall. Gerhard's 1960s music is in-your-face modernism that holds you in its grasp, embracing sound with an enthusiasm that remains inspirational today. Listen to the tape part of the Third Symphony–a cut-and-paste job that trounces most of the computer-music generation in its imagination and feeling for what's possible. Epithalamion features material originally intended for, of all things, Lindsay Anderson's film This Sporting Life. Not that its impact is any less than coherent; the percussion writing alone has a fantasy that will keep you entranced. Well prepared performances, superbly recorded. This is still music of the future.

May Blitz - The 2nd Of May (1971) {Universal Japan Mini LP SHM-CD, UICY-94683 rel 2010}
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© 1971, 2010 Vertigo / Mercury / Universal Japan | UICY-94683
Rock / Psychedelic / Hard Rock / Prog-Rock / Acid Rock

Cardboard sleeve (mini LP) reissue from May Blitz featuring the high-fidelity SHM-CD format (compatible with standard CD players) an the latest remastering (subject to change). Part of a two-album May Blitz SHM-CD cardboard sleeve reissue series featuring albums "May Blitz" and "The 2nd Of May." Also features the cardboard sleeve and the serial-numbered card which replicate the UK first pressing LP artwork.