Sky of Avalon - Prologue to the Symphonic Legends
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Sky of Avalon – Prologue to the Symphonic Legends , a music project by Uli Jon Roth, was produced at Sky Studios, Earl's Farm - Autumn 1995. "Starlight" and "Winds of War" - 1992 produced at Sky Studios, Seaford. Released in 1996 in Japan
and Europe
, finally reaching the U.S. in 1998.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
and Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, finally reaching the U.S. in 1998.
Track listing
- All music, lyrics and concept by Sky of Avalon/Uli Jon Roth except where indicated
- "Bridge to Heaven" (PucciniGiacomo PucciniGiacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini was an Italian composer whose operas, including La bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, and Turandot, are among the most frequently performed in the standard repertoire...
/Roth) — 4:43 - "Thunder Bay" — 2:05
- "Pegasus" — 2:32
- "Starships of Dawn" — 2:12
- "Winds of War" — 5:55
- "Sky Valley" — 1:09
- "The Wings of AvalonAvalonAvalon is a legendary island featured in the Arthurian legend. It first appears in Geoffrey of Monmouth's 1136 pseudohistorical account Historia Regum Britanniae as the place where King Arthur's sword Excalibur was forged and later where Arthur was...
" — 2:55 - "Until the End of Time" — 2:14
- "Tod Und Zerstörung" — 1:10
- "E Lucevan Le Stelle" (Puccini/Arr. Roth) — 1:39
- "Starlight" — 4:46
Performances
- Tommy HeartTommy HeartTommy Heart is a German heavy metal and hard rock vocalist. He is a founding member of the bands V2, Fair Warning, and Soul Doctor, and has contributed vocals to albums by the artists Uli Jon Roth and Zeno....
: lead vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
on 1, 5, 8 - harmonyHarmonyIn music, harmony is the use of simultaneous pitches , or chords. The study of harmony involves chords and their construction and chord progressions and the principles of connection that govern them. Harmony is often said to refer to the "vertical" aspect of music, as distinguished from melodic...
on 4, 5, 9 - Michael Flexig (:de:Michael Flexig): lead vocals on 4, 9, 11 - harmony on 4, 11
- Uli Jon Roth: all guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
s, keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, computerComputerA computer is a programmable machine designed to sequentially and automatically carry out a sequence of arithmetic or logical operations. The particular sequence of operations can be changed readily, allowing the computer to solve more than one kind of problem...
work - Leonora Gold: lead sopranoSopranoA soprano is a voice type with a vocal range from approximately middle C to "high A" in choral music, or to "soprano C" or higher in operatic music. In four-part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, which usually encompasses the melody...
on 2 - harmony on 1, 9 - Sky Orchestra: Director: Uli Jon Roth
- Principal violin: Steve Bentley-Klein
- Principal cello: Roger Smith
- Produced by Uli Jon Roth for Sky Productions