Sunday, October 23, 2022

Quaterna Requiem - Velha Gravura (1990)

The debut album from this band from Brazil.

The band was a quintet with a lineup of drums, percussion, bass, guitars and keyboards.

I thought I had reviewed this and the other three albums years ago. That is not the case as I have only reviewed their 2012 album O Arquiteto. An album I pretty much liked.

The band also goes under the name Wierman & Vogel.... just to confuse everyone. 

The music is half-acoustic symphonic prog with a lot of chamber orchestra and pre-Josef Haydn classical music. A lot of the music here is indeed classical music.

The music is not as bombastic as The Enid and ELPs take on classical music. It is rather more pastoral, a lot more pastoral.

The music is rather good in all it's eclectic weirdness. This is indeed a weird... but also an elegant, good album.

This is an album all fans of melodic, symphonic prog should own too.

Check it out.

3 points



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