Saracen - Vox In Excelso - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Lifelong friends Richard Lowe and Rob Bendelow formed their first band InchLammergierInch during the mid 1970's together with bassist Barry Yates. Following their first love performance in 1977 the band gigged extensively across the British midlands. The standard of these performances combined with their unique brand of symphonic rock saw InchLammergierInch amass a large and loyal following. Then a new decade arrived changes were made, the music remained the same, but they called themselves InchSaracenInch. After several months on the road Saracen decided it was time to record an album, and in October 1981 they released InchHeroes, Saints and FoolsInch to critical acclaim. Saracen tracks received regular airplay on Tommy Vance's Friday night rock show and the single InchWe have arrivedInch was recorded. In 1983 line-up changes occurred and the band eventually stopped touring in 1985. Two decades later and the band re-appear with a vengeance and the of InchRed SkyInch in March 2003 put the band firmly back on the map, and it was a rework of some of the old classics with new tracks added. The band regained it's popularity, and a further three albums have emerged to critical acclaim, namely InchVox in ExcelsoInch, InchMarilynInch and InchRedemptionInch. Album Tracks 1. We Have Arrived 2. Red Sky 3. Angel Eyes 4. Follow the Piper 5. Menage a Trois 6. Ride Shotgun with the Wind 7. Flame of Youth 8. Jekyll and Hyde 9. Castles in the Sand 10. Heroes, Saints and Fools 11. Faith 12. Horsemen of the Apocalypse

The music of the Yorkshire-born Arnold Cooke (1906-2005) - solidly constructed, inventively contrapuntal, lyrical and energetic in turns - does not deserve the neglect it suffered even in it's composer's lifetime. This first album, of two presenting all five of Cooke's string quartets, underlines his reputation for resourceful craftsmanship, presented in a style which sits downstream from Paul Hindemith, with whom he studied in Berlin, and from Béla Bartók. Album Tracks 1. String Quartet No. 3 (1967) 2. String Quartet No. 5 (1978) 3. String Quartet No. 1 (1933)

Album Tracks 1. Lament 2. Meet at Midnight 3. Excile 4. The Order 5. Militum Christ 6. Mary 7. Vive Dieu.. Saint Amour 8. The Power and the Glory 9. Chain Reaction 10. Vox in Excelso 11. Where Was Their God 12. Priory of Zion