Title: Not nearly "Renaissance" enough!
Product review: I did have high hopes for this disc, but alas, the notices I'd read of it supposedly being some kind of purist/full-on Medievalist work are far from the truth. Most of the disc sounds like typical MOR balladry with slight Olde Musick touches, and is not dissimilar to what any MOR band might do whilst in a ballad mood. Perhaps years of cranking out mediocre FM rock with Rainbow and the reformed Deep Purple has dulled Mr. Blackmore's sensibilities as to what constitutes moving early music - I have no doubt that if he had attempted something like this immediatley after leaving Deep Purple the first time 25 years ago, the end result would have been much better. As it is, for renaissance-tinged popular music, old Jethro Tull, Ms. McKinnett, or especially the unjustly ignored Gryphon, will stand you in much better stead.
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