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Release Date: 11-07-2000
Label: Multi Mediaquest
Catalog Number: AW005
Barcode: 1230055
Musical Style: New Instrumental
Track Listing:
| Disc 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Opening  | 10 | Suffer the Children |
| 2 | Et in Arcadia Ego | 11 | Through the Open Door |
| 3 | Crucifiction | 12 | The Waste Land |
| 4 | Golgotha | 13 | Into the Forest |
| 5 | Underground Stream | 14 | The Holy City |
| 6 | Joseph of Arimathea | 15 | The Vision |
| 7 | Mary Magdalene | 16 | The Temple of the Chalice |
| 8 | Grailflight | 17 | Bloodline of the Holy Grail |
| 9 | The Cup | ||
Reviews:
'One of the most intriguing and powerful albums to come out of Wales for a very long time. Adrian's mystical, enigmatic and deeply orchestral exploration of the Grail legend is at once irresistibly meditative yet positively dripping with energy.' - Country Quest Magazine.
'Truly remarkable beautiful work.' - Chalice Magazine.
'Wagner's album is a mystical, inspirational trip into the intriguing realms of the Grail mystery and captures the depth of humanity's search for meaning. And it just might help to change your perspective on history.' - Nexus Magazine.
Description:
In 1982, I started research into the Grail Tradition. My quest started with a fresh, new look at the work of my great, great grandfather Richard Wagner's opera 'Parsifal'. My research has always been concerned with the characters involved in the 'Quest for the Holy Grail', who are the archetypes which are contained in mankind's innermost spirit. After reading the book called 'Bloodline of the Holy Grail', written by the Chevalier Labhràn de St Germain, Sir Laurence Gardner, I sent him the Album and he wrote back to me saying, 'If ever I imagined the Music of the Grail (which of course I have) then this is it - and the headphone definition is incredible. When I plugged in and settled back it was like waking to discover that the haunting music I had dreamed for so long was magically all done, and suddenly there, waiting.' We met soon after and recognised the Destiny and convergence of our Paths. There are many symbolic leitmotifs portrayed in this Music. Some clues are immediate, whilst others require further listening.
Biography:
The composer, artist, media consultant and music producer, Adrian Wagner is the great-great grandson of the famous nineteenth-century Grail opera composer, Richard Wagner, whose popular master works include Lohengrin, Parsifal, Tannhauser and The Ring of the Nibelung. Adrian was born in Kent, England, in 1952, and educated at the Choir School, Canterbury and Kings School, Canterbury. From the age of 15, Adrian also studied art and painting at the very well equipped art school at Kings as well as setting up the new photographic society. He studied musical composition and orchestration with his father, who was Director of the R.A.F. music division, and others such as Alan Ridout, Allan Wicks and Paul Patterson at the Royal Academy of Music in London. His professional career began at the age of twenty, subsequent to which he worked with rock musicians and bands including Steamhammer, The Other Side, The Coming, Arthur Brown, Robert Calvert of Hawkwind, Alexis Korner, etc., performing at the Royal Albert Hall and other notable venues. He also worked alongside many artists, poets and actors; putting on exhibitions, festivals and theatre events involving the, so called, underground arts and cultural movement of the early '70s. This was a remarkable period for Adrian and created the seeds for the projects he is so passionately involved with today. A term he coins for this 21st Century movement is 'New Renaissance'!
