A Grimm Fantasy For Orchestra (demo)

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‘A Grimm Fantasy For Orchestra’ the complete 25 minute composition. It's my ‘Tubular Bells’ on which I played all the instruments. I am not one to blow my own trumpet, but I have to say this is one of the most beautiful pieces I have created.
[The following is an extract from 'Meet The Artist' on the cross-eyed pianist.com]
Of which works are you most proud?
Paul: The ‘Nosferatu’ ballet and the ‘Grimm Fantasy For Orchestra’. The latter was really an act of blind faith. I had a compulsion to compose something ambitious but at the same time small scale and intimate – a dark fantasy for a chamber ensemble – and when my Italian label asked if I would like to record some of my songs with an orchestra, I immediately offered to write a piece specially for the orchestra instead. It was like committing myself to enter a marathon or climb a mountain without any specific skills but a lot of self-belief and the baseless conviction that I could pull it off. Sometimes I just trusted my fingers to find the right keys and incredibly more often than not they did!

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released February 5, 2024

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Paul Roland England, UK

Formerly managed by June Bolan, Paul has been spinning supernatural and historical-themed tales against a backdrop of gothic rock, psych-pop and baroque strings, earning him the sobriquet, ‘The Male Kate Bush' (attributed to former label mate Robyn Hitchcock) ... more

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