In
1992 the Moscow Circus tracked Previte down on tour and commissioned
him to create all the music for their new season, which opened on Broadway
at the Gershwin Theater. This music became the fourth Gramavision release,
“Music of the Moscow Circus.” Written to accompany the various
circus acts, this CD reads like a soundtrack for an aerial ballet, with
everything from a classically inspired piano piece to a shredding electronic
noisefest.
"The most unreal circus you will ever see, partly because of Previte’s
haunting and audaciously impressionistic score.”
—New York Newsday
“The music is altogether extraordinary, from its opening conflagration
of chattering brass to the suspended animation of its piano etudes.”
— Buffalo News
A completely different and fresh offering from Previte, and out of print.
"Music From The Moscow Circus"
- Overture (4:11)
- The Russian Bar (6:04)
- Crazy Clown (0:28)
- One Hand on the Wheel (4:55)
- Confused Clown (0:50)
- Spring, Beauty, and the Muse (9:44)
- March Clown (1:00)
- Spring Steps Out (5:34)
- Comic Clown (0:32)
- The melody. And the melody inside that (5:04)
- Congo Clown (0:41)
- Rattango (3:50)
- More Confused Clown (1:11)
- Seven Alarm (5:20)
- Finale (1:53)
- Thunder and Blazes(2:55)
Mark Helias :: acoustic and electric bass, vocals
Steve Gaboury :: piano, hammond organ, keyboards
Carol Emanuel :: harp
Mark Feldman :: violin
Herb Robertson :: trumpet, pocket trumpet, cornet
Roger Squitero :: percussion
Bobby Previte :: drums
Recorded at RPM Studios, New York, NY, August 1991
Recorded and mixed by Alec Head
Produced by Bobby Previte
Special thanks to Marina Golovchenko
All compositions by Bobby Previte except "Thunder and Blazes" by Julius Fucik
1991 - Gramavision, R2 79466 (CD) 1995 - Gramavision, GCD 79466 (CD)
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