Symphony for a Misanthrope
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Symphony for a Misanthrope is the fifth studio album
by the progressive metal
/rock
band Magellan
. The track "Pianissimo Intermission" is based upon Johann Sebastian Bach
`s "Goldberg Variation#1
" (1742).
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
by the progressive metal
Progressive metal
Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...
/rock
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
band Magellan
Magellan (band)
Magellan is a progressive metal/rock band from California, United States, formed by the two brothers Trent Gardner and Wayne Gardner in 1985. The band has had a number of well known guest musicians, such as Ian Anderson , Joey Franco , and Tony Levin...
. The track "Pianissimo Intermission" is based upon Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity...
`s "Goldberg Variation#1
Goldberg Variations
The Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, is a work for harpsichord by Johann Sebastian Bach, consisting of an aria and a set of 30 variations. First published in 1741, the work is considered to be one of the most important examples of variation form...
" (1742).
Track listing
- "Symphonette" (instrumental) - 2:51
- "Why Water Weeds?" - 8:31
- "Wisdom" - 4:24
- "Cranium Reef Suite" - 18:05
- Pt.1: "Youthful Enthusiasm" (instrumental)
- Pt.2: "Psych 101"
- Pt.3: "Primal Defense"
- "Pianissimo Intermission" (instrumental) - 2:08
- "Doctor Concoctor" - 4:13
- "Every Bullet Needs Blood" - 6:42
- "Deconstruction Zone" (instrumental bonus track)
Credits
- Trent GardnerTrent Gardner-Magellan albums:*Hour of Restoration *Impending Ascension *Test of Wills *Hundred Year Flood *Impossible Figures *Symphony for a Misanthrope *Innocent God -Trent's projects:...
- lead vocals, 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... - Wayne Gardner - guitars, bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, backing vocals