"SO MANY COLOURS"

A MOST EXCELLENT CLASSICAL SYNTHESIZER CONCERT
BY RICHARD DECOSTA

"So Many Colours" (WhaleSound Records, release TBD), which contains synthesizer arrangements of some of my favourite Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Impressionist and modern compositions (as well as some of my own). They include:

Early/Baroque
"la Coucou" by Daquin
"Organ Concerto in A minor" by Bach/Handel
"Quia Fecit" from "Magnificat" by Bach
"Three Part Invention No. 3" by Bach
"Largo" from "Xerxes" by Handel

Classical
"Symphony No. 3, 3rd Mvt." by Brahms

Romantic/Impressionistic
"Mars", "Mercury" and "Neptune" from "The Planets" by Gustav Holst
"Bachianas Brasileiras" by Villa-Lobos

TV/Movie Themes "Beetle Juice" Theme
"Fawlty Towers" Theme
"BlackAdder" Theme
"Keeping Up Appearances" Theme

Organ Music "Noel X" by Daquin
"Prelude and Fugue Op. 18" by Franck
"Prelude No.3 in G minor" by Dupre
"Fantasy" by Richard deCosta

Motivation for this Album

As far back as I can remember, I've listened to and loved the music of Wendy Carlos, Isao Tomita and the like. Let's call it "classical synthesizer music" for lack of an actual genre.

While I am heavily influenced by them, I have tried with these pieces to infuse my own style of orchestration and my own methods of synthesis. Most of the music for this album was created using software synthesizers, including the Pentagon I, Moog Modular V, MiniMonsta, Minimogue, Audjoo Helix, Quantum 64 and a couple of my own SynthEdit creations.

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