COLETÂNEA II - INSTRUMENTAL

This album give us a very good collection of instrumental songs from the first six studio albums of the band. Sagrado Coração da Terra is a great representant of brazilian simphonic prog rock. Beatiful arrangements and rich orchestration. You can note strong influences in their music like classics, jazz-fusion, and so on, but in my opinion the band shows an original and harmonic combination. You will find violins (remembering, in some passages, Jean Luc Ponty), flautes (like old Camel?), fretless basses, sitars, sinthetizers, cellos, variated percussions...and wonderful melodies. The firs track "Planeta Minas" is short but incredible along with the 6th track called "Human Beans" are comparable with Anglagard. "Toccata" is more classic. "Solidariedade" is my favorite, really great.

Highly recomendable for those without preconceipts with southamerican bands and for all lovers of instrumental prog rock.