Description
Caravan - The Ultimate Silk Road Album / Deutsche Grammophon Audio CD 2002
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Caravan are an English rock band from the Canterbury area, founded by former Wilde Flowers members David Sinclair, Richard Sinclair, Pye Hastings, and Richard Coughlan in 1968. The band have never achieved the great commercial success that was widely predicted for them at the beginning of their career, but are nevertheless considered a key part of the Canterbury scene of progressive rock acts, blending psychedelic rock, jazz, and classical influences to create a distinctive sound.
The band were originally based in Whitstable, Kent, near Canterbury, but moved to London when briefly signed to Verve Records. After being dropped by Verve, the band signed to Decca Records, where they released their most critically acclaimed album, In the Land of Grey and Pink, in 1971. Dave Sinclair left after the album's release and the group split up the following year. Hastings and Coughlan added new members, notably viola player Geoffrey Richardson, continuing on before splitting in 1978.
The band reformed several times in the following decades, and Caravan still remain active as a live band in the 21st century, despite Coughlan's death in December, 2013.
| Label: | Deutsche Grammophon – 289 472 398-2 |
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| Format: |
CD, Compilation
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| Country: | US |
| Released: | 2002 |
| Genre: | Classical |
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Tracklist:
| 1 |
Alexander Borodin– | In The Steppes Of Central Asia |
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7:59
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| 2 | Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov– | In the Village (from Caucasian Sketches Suite No. 1, Op. 10) |
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4:56
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| 3 | Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov– | Procession Of The Sardar (from Caucasian Sketches Suite No. 1, Op. 10) |
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3:37
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| 4 | Modest Mussorgsky– | Dances Of The Persian Slaves (from Khovanshchina) |
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6:34
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| 5 | Alexander Borodin– | Polovtsian Dances With Chorus (from Prince Igor) |
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11:24
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| 6 | Aram Khatchaturian– | Sabre Dance (from Gayne) |
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2:27
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| 7 | Aram Khatchaturian– | Dance Of The Kurds (from Gayne) |
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1:55
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| 8 | Carl Nielsen– | The Marketplace In Ispahan (from Aladdin Suite, FS 89) |
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4:45
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| 9 | Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov– | Tale Of Prince Kalendar (from Scheherezade, Op. 35) |
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12:48
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| 10 | Mily Balakirev– | Islamey (Oriental Fantasy) |
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9:15
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| 11 | Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov– | Song Of India (from Sadko) |
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4:29
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| 12 | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky– | Danse Arabe (from The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a) |
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2:46
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| 13 | Ludwig van Beethoven– | Turkish March (from The Ruins Of Athens, Op. 113) |
| 1:47 |
- Art Direction, Design – Carla Leighton
- Concept By – Joseph S. Szurly
- Coordinator [Package] – Rafaela Hernández, Thanne Tangel
- Coordinator [Release] – Charles T. Gould
- Creative Director – Penny Bennett
