Uli Jon Roth
Transcendental Sky Guitar
The Story
"Transcendental Sky Guitar" may very well represent German guitarist Uli Jon Roth's finest work ever, containing over 2 hours of music - 25 songs on a 2 CD set. This nearly all-instrumental collection includes "The Phoenix", a CD featuring concert pieces, and "The Dragon", a CD with encores and improvisations, including covers of Hendrix' "Voodoo Chile", "Villanva Gem" and "Atlantis". The concert CD has a neo-classical to classical flavor, with adaptations of pieces by Mozart ("Rondo Alla Turca"), Paganini ("Paganini Paraphrases"), Mendelssohn ("Fairy Dance") and other classical greats. The improvisational CD is loaded with Roth's remarkable feats of guitar playing wizardry, and culminates with the beautiful "Air De Bach". "Transcendental Sky Guitar" is destined to inspire a generation of guitarists as a documented example of the power and glory of the electric guitar.
The Music
| === DISC 1 === | Vocal | |
| 08:51 | Sky Overture | Instrumental |
| 02:00 | Rondo Alla Turca | Instrumental |
| 04:12 | Sehnsucht | Instrumental |
| 03:06 | Tuona E Fulmina | Instrumental |
| 05:37 | The Hut Of Baba-Yaga | Instrumental |
| 07:51 | Earthquake | Instrumental |
| 04:10 | Meditation De Thais | Instrumental |
| 01:37 | Paganini Paraphrase | Instrumental |
| 03:21 | Fairy Dance | Instrumental |
| 03:20 | Beethoven Paraphrase | Instrumental |
| 02:30 | Recuerdos De La Alhambra | Instrumental |
| 03:43 | Air De Aranjuez | Instrumental |
| === DISC 2 === | Instrumental | |
| 06:44 | Hiroshima | Vocal |
| 05:05 | Villanova Gem | Instrumental |
| 09:18 | Voodoo Chile | Vocal |
| 03:18 | Stormy Passage | Instrumental |
| 03:17 | Gypsy Czardas | Instrumental |
| 05:30 | Spanish Fantasy | Instrumental |
| 07:01 | Freeflow Gem | Instrumental |
| 03:16 | Scherzo Alla Paganini | Instrumental |
| 04:58 | Atlantis | Instrumental |
| 05:13 | Turn The Time | Instrumental |
| 08:21 | Event Horizon | Instrumental |
| 05:40 | Mighty Wing Cadenza 2000 | Instrumental |
| 02:55 | Air De Bach | Instrumental |
The Artists
| Uli Jon Roth | Sky Guitar, Vocals, Production, DIrection, Additional Engineering, Mixing, Principal Art, Photography |
| Don Airey | Keyboards |
| Steven Bentley-Klein | Violin, Viola, Cello, Trumpet |
| Liz Vandall | Vocals on "Hiroshima" |
| Shane Gaalaas | Drums |
| Tonio Neuhaus | Engineering |
| Georg Feltes | Engineering |
| Carl Swann | Engineering |
| Steve Claps | Engineering |
| George Shmagranoff | Engineering, Photography |
| Petra Hoops | Photography |
| Recorded at Skylight Manor, Wales, September 17-20, 1999, Vienna, Austria, September 24, 1999, Zenith - Paris, France.
Additional recordings from December, 1999 to February, 2000. Mixed at Skylight Manor in April/May, 2000. |
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