乐评：Renaissance《Scheherazade And Other Stories》
乐评：Renaissance《Scheherazade And Other Stories》
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'Scheherazade And Other Stories' is the sixth studio album of Renaissance and was released in 1975. It has often been considered their best studio album and represents probably the highest point of their fantastic musical career.熊猫哥哥：Renaissance《Scheherazade & Other Stories》'Scheherazade And Other Stories' is the sixth studio album of Renaissance and was released in 1975. It has often been considered their best studio album and represents probably the highest point of their fantastic musical career.
《Scheherazade And Other Stories》是Renaissance的第六张录音室专辑，于1975年发行。它经常被认为是他们最好的录音室专辑，可能代表了他们美妙的音乐生涯的最高点。
'Scheherazade And Other Stories' has four tracks. We can say that it's divided into two parts, the suite and other three tracks. The first track 'Trip To The Fair' written by Betty Thatcher, John Tout and Michael Dunford is a brilliant song and a perfect way to open this extraordinary album. This is one of the best and most triumphant songs of the band with a fantastic and amazing grand piano work by John Tout and a great vocal performance by Annie Haslam, as always. The story is a dark tale of strange happenings at the fairground and the music written by John Tout and Michel Dunford provides the perfect atmospheric musical picture to the song. This is really a great opener that can gives us a perfect idea of what is about to come.
《Scheherazade And Other Stories》有四首歌。我们可以说这张专辑分为两部分，一个组曲和其他三首歌。第一首歌'Trip To The Fair'由Betty Thatcher, John Tout 和 Michael Dunford创作，是一首辉煌的歌，一个完美打开这张非凡专辑的方式。这是乐队最优秀和最成功的歌曲之一，John Tout带来了奇妙而惊人的大钢琴作品，Annie Haslam的伟大人声一如既往。这个故事是一个黑暗的故事，在游乐场发生了奇怪的事情，John Tout 和 Michel Dunford创作的音乐提供了完美大气音乐画面。这真的是一个伟大的开场白，可以给我们一个完美的想法，关于还有什么即将到来。
The second track 'The Vultures Fly High' written by Betty Thatcher and Michael Dunford is the shortest song on the album and is an energetic rock song built upon a beautiful vocal harmony. It's the weakest song on the album but we can say that it maintains perfectly the high musical quality of the album and the typical Renaissance's sound. It's a song with a beautiful melody and the vocal performance of the chorus is absolutely brilliant. I know this isn't a much loved song for many of you, but, for me, it has enough quality, so I can enjoy it very much.
第二首歌'The Vultures Fly High'是由Betty Thatcher 和 Michael Dunford创作的，是专辑中最短的歌，是一首充满活力的摇滚歌曲，建立在优美的声乐和声之上。这是专辑里最弱的一首歌，但我们可以说，它完美地保持了专辑的高音乐质量以及Renaissance的典型声音。这是一首旋律优美的歌，合唱团的声乐表演也绝对精彩。我知道这首歌对你们中的很多人来说并不是一首很受欢迎的歌，但是，对我来说，它有足够的质量，所以我可以非常喜欢它。
The third track 'Ocean Gypsy' written by Betty Thatcher and Michael Dunford is a perfect track and is also one of the classic songs in the Renaissance's musical catalogue. This is a romantic and melancholic ballad that fits perfectly well with Annie Haslam's voice. It has also a great piano work, nice acoustic guitar performance, a wonderful vocal performance and a great work of the chorus. This is a song with an excellent melody line and a very emotional musical atmosphere, and the final result of that is a terrific Renaissance's song. It's one of the best songs of the band.
第三首歌'Ocean Gypsy'是由Betty Thatcher 和 Michael Dunford创作的，是一首完美的曲目，也是Renaissance音乐目录中的经典歌曲之一。这是一首浪漫而忧郁的民谣，完全适合Annie Haslam的声音。它也有伟大的钢琴作品，良好的吉他表演，精彩的声乐表演和伟大的作品合唱。这是一首旋律优美的歌曲，一种非常感人的音乐氛围，这首歌的最终结果是一首伟大的Renaissance的歌曲。这是乐队最好的歌曲之一。
The fourth track is the suite 'Song Of Scheherazade'. It's divided into nine parts: 'Fanfare' written by John Tout, 'The Betrayal' written by John Tout, Michael Dunford and Jon Camp, 'The Sultan' written by Betty Thatcher and Michael Dunford, 'Love Theme' written by Jon Camp, 'The Young Prince And Princess As Told By Scheherazade' written by Betty Thatcher and Michael Dunford, 'Festival Preparations' written by John Tout, Michael Dunford and Jon Camp, 'Fugue For The Sultan' written by John Tout, 'The Festival' written by Betty Thatcher and Michael Dunford and 'Finale' written by John Tout, Michael Dunford and Jon Camp.
第四首歌是组曲'Song Of Scheherazade'。它分为九个部分：'Fanfare'由John Tout创作，'The Betrayal'由John Tout, Michael Dunford 和 Jon Camp创作，'The Sultan'由Betty Thatcher 和 Michael Dunford创作，'Love Theme'由Jon Camp创作，'The Young Prince And Princess As Told By Scheherazade'由Betty Thatcher 和 Michael Dunford创作，'Festival Preparations'由John Tout, Michael Dunford 和 Jon Camp创作，'Fugue For The Sultan'由John Tout创作，'The Festival'由Betty Thatcher 和 Michael Dunford创作，'Finale'由John Tout, Michael Dunford 和 Jon Camp创作。
This is the great epic on the album. It's the most ambitious song made by the group and is so impressive that most of the listeners are tempted to forget the rest of the album, which as we have seen, would be completely unfair. Lyrically, the suite is based on the '1001 Nights', a collection of Middle Eastern and South Asian tales compiled in Arabic, during the Islamic Golden Age History, which became a classic of the world literature. The tales are organized as a series of stories narrated by Scheherazade, the wife of king Shahryar. This king, crazy for have been betrayed by his first wife, marries a different bride every night, sending them to kill in the next morning.
这是专辑中伟大的史诗。这是乐队最雄心勃勃的歌，令人印象如此深刻，以至于大多数听众都很想忘记专辑的其余部分，但正如我们所看到的，这是完全不公平的。歌词上，这套组曲是以“1001夜”为基础的，“1001之夜”是一部在伊斯兰黄金时代历史时期用阿拉伯语编纂的中东和南亚故事集，成为世界文学的经典。这些故事被组织成一系列由谢赫拉扎德讲述的故事，她是沙里亚尔国王的妻子。这位国王，因为被他的第一任妻子背叛而疯狂，每天晚上都娶一个不同的新娘，第二天早上就派他们去杀掉她。
Scheherazade escapes of this fatal fate telling wonderful stories about various topics that capture the curiosity and attention of the king. At dawn, Scheherazade stops each story to continue in the next night, which keeps her alive over many nights, 1001. At the end, the king regrets for his behavior and gives up executing her. Musically, this is the type of songs that makes of Renaissance a transcendental band and stands as one of the best prog bands ever, and probably, put them as the epitome of the symphonic prog rock. This is a song that has everything that must have. It has perfect performances, good orchestral work, beautiful and fantastic chorus, excellent and amazing vocal performances and finally it has the perfect Arabic ambience needed to respect the lyrics of the song.
谢赫拉扎德逃脱了这一致命的命运，讲述了关于各种话题的精彩故事，这些故事吸引了国王的好奇心和注意力。在黎明时分，谢赫拉扎德停止讲述每个故事，直到第二天晚上，这使她活过了1001个夜晚。最后，国王为自己的行为感到懊悔，放弃了处决她。从音乐上讲，这是那种使得Renaissance成为一支超凡乐队和有史以来最好的前卫摇滚乐队的歌曲，并很可能，让他们成为了交响前卫摇滚的典型缩影。这是一首拥有所有必备内容的歌曲。它有完美的表演，良好的管弦乐作品，美丽而奇妙的合唱，出色而精彩的声乐表演，最后，它有一个完美的阿拉伯氛围，这有赖于这首歌的歌词。
Conclusion: I have a vinyl copy of this album since it was released, and during many years, it was the only album from the band that I possessed. Still, it's nevertheless true that this wasn't the only album that I knew from them in those times. In reality, I also knew very well their third and fourth studio albums 'Prologue' and 'Ashes Are Burning'. However, 'Scheherazade And Other Stories' always was my favourite work from the band, and it always had a very special place into my heart. Even now, that I own almost all of their musical work, it still remains so. Sincerely, I'm perfectly convinced that 'Scheherazade And Other Stories' is, in reality, an extraordinary album and one of the most representative progressive rock albums from the 70's. I'm even also convinced that Renaissance is probably the most symphonic classic progressive band that ever existed and one of their best representatives. I think it has a very special place into the prog rock music really. 'Scheherazade And Other Stories' is, for sure, one of the best prog rock albums ever released and 'Song Of Scheherazade' is certainly one of the best classic progressive rock suites ever recorded.
结论：自从这张专辑发行以来，我有一张黑胶唱片，而且在很多年里，它是我所拥有的乐队中唯一的一张专辑。尽管如此，这并不是我当时唯一从他们那里了解到的他们的专辑。事实上，我也非常熟悉他们的第三和第四张录音室专辑'Prologue' 和 'Ashes Are Burning'。然而，'Scheherazade And Other Stories'一直是我最喜欢的乐队作品，它一直在我心里有一个非常特别的位置。即使现在，我拥有他们几乎所有的音乐作品，它仍然如此。真诚地说，我完全相信'Scheherazade And Other Stories'实际上是一张非凡的专辑，也是70年代最具代表性的前卫摇滚专辑之一。我甚至相信Renaissance是有史以来最著名的交响经典前卫摇滚乐队，是这一流派最好的代笔之一。我认为它在前卫摇滚乐中占据一个非常特殊的位置。'Scheherazade And Other Stories'无疑是有史以来最棒的前卫摇滚专辑之一，'Scheherazade And Other Stories'无疑是有史以来最经典的前卫摇滚组曲之一。
