EKSEPTIONAL CLASSICS - THE BEST OF EKSEPTION

As we know, Ekseption was a band leadered by keyboardiste and great duch musician Rick van der Linden, and as we know, Ekseption was a band which made instrumental songs, all based in Classical Music, classical pieces converted into rock.

After 5 sutdio albums, in 1973 they released their first "Th Best of", compillation called "Ekseptional Classics", which has the most well known clasical pieces converted by them into rock, jazz, and symphonic, here , you can find songs originally done bye Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Gershwin and Albinoni, all very well known songs, like Beethoven`s 5th symphony, Albinoni`s Adagio or Bach`s Toccata, if you are fan of classic music, you should try this music, maybe you will find it strange, because of course it has a faster rythm, electronic atmosphere, and a mix of various instruments which make this music great and special, in some songs you can listen clearly a symphonic progressive, but in others, because of saxophones, flutes, trompets and piano, you can imagine some VdGG tones or jazzy passages.

All the songs were very well arranged, the first thing which could catch your attention is of course, keyboard sound, because the most of the songs have it, and it is the main instrument, also it has a nice guitar sound, maybe reminicent of Focus`Hamburger Concerto, but anyway, it is a different way to enjoy to classical music.

It is a nice compillation, over 1 hour of great classic themes, it is not the best for me, but it`s very enjoyable sometimes, (it could be also a nice album for bussiness hours) , so for that reasons, i think the correct number of stars for this album is 3, good, but non essential, anyway, if you want, try it (not only this "The Best", but the whole Ekseption music). My favorite song: Italian Concerto (Bach).