COLLEGIUM MUSICUM: 2 LP Konvergencie, TOP SLOVAK PROG
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Collegium Musicum: „Konvergencie“ (OPUS 1971) stunning 2LP set with
superb photo featurin Marian VARGA-keyboard player extraordinaire. This
LP compare well to oferrings by RARE BIRD/NICE/ELP of the same period,
but without the lavish excesses of the latter two. Dominated by keyboards,
features some vocals by former VargaLs colleague of their previous band
PRUDY. One whole side of one record is devoted to the VargaLselectronics
called Euphony. This is an essential album of East European progressive
rock.
SUPERB ALBUM OF EARLY SEVENTIES, A MUST HAVE DOUBLE RECORD!
ORIGINAL WHITE RED OPUS LABEL! ONE OF MY FAVORITE BAND FROM
BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN ERA!LONG TRACKS, FANTASTIC SOLOS!!!
BETTER LIKE E.L.P. In 1970, the Slovakian group Collegium Musicum
released their first EP, Hommage a J.S. Bach. That same year they produced
their self titled debut LP. In 1971 came Konvergencie, a double album with
four songs of about twenty minutes in length each. Analogue keyboards and
reworkings of classical pieces can't help but remind one of Keith Emerson.
The two major differences are that Collegium Musicum tends to concentrate
on Baroque composers rather than Romantic, and they are more likely to
meander off into an extended blues jam rather than rely on thorough
composition. Here's the bad news. Firstly, if you don't like ELP, you probably
won't like this album, but you probably guessed that anyway. Secondly, the
lyrics in English are abominable, although neither of the two English tracks
here were on the original album Konvergencie. Thirdly, the album tends to
waffle on in a way that was only really acceptable in the early seventies.
Extended periods of soft muffled noises do nothing for me. The good news is
that there is some excellent music and musicianship on this album. Marian
Varga's keys are the obvious standout, though I'd probably rate him as a
couple of notches below Keith Emerson. "Suita po tisic a jednej noci", which
is a working of extracts from Rimsky-Korsakov's "Scheherezade", at times
works as well as anything like it. All in all, despite the fact that this album
has some very good moments (it would want to, in over two hours), I can't
get myself too excited about it. If you loved Pictures at an Exhibition, this
album is definitely worth a listen; otherwise, I'd recommend looking
elsewhere. Konvergencie 1971 - OPUS, 2LP PF 1972 (M. Varga - K. Peteraj)
Suita po tisic a jednej noci (N. Rimskij-Korsakov/ M. Varga, F. Frešo, D.
Hajek, F. Griglak) Piesne z kolovratku (M. Varga, F. Frešo, F. Griglak, D.
Hajek - K. Peteraj) Eufonia (M. Varga) LINE UP: Marian Varga - organ, piano,
subharchord, glockenspiel František Griglak - guitars, mandolin, vocal Fedor
Frešo - bass guitar, bass mandolin, vocal Dušan Hajek - drums Pavol
Hammel - vocal Children's chorus headed by I. Klocha? Recorded in studio
of the Czechoslovak Radio at Bratislava, September-Oktober 1971
Condition:
Cover:EX
Vinyl: MINT LABELS:Clean please read:
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