Inferno (Tangerine Dream album)

Inferno
Live album with studio elements by
Tangerine Dream
ReleasedMarch 2002 (2002-03)
Recorded
  • October 7, 2001 (live)
  • 2002 (studio overdubs)
VenueSt. Marien Church, Bernau, Germany
GenreModern classical, electronic, ambient
Length79:02
LabelTDI Music
ProducerEdgar Froese[1][2]
Tangerine Dream chronology
The Past Hundred Moons
(2001) 		Inferno
(2002) 		The Melrose Years
(2002)

Inferno is the seventy-third release and twelfth live album by German electronic group Tangerine Dream. It is the first live album to feature new compositions since 220 Volt Live (1993). The lyrical content is based on the first part of the Italian narrative poem Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.[2] Inferno is the first album to feature percussionist Iris Camaa who remained with the group until 2014.

Reception

Prog Archives described the work as "something of quite astonishing beauty".[3] The Times Literary Supplement called the work a "musical extravaganza".[4]

Tangerine Dream used the album as a modern soundtrack for the 1911 Italian silent film L'Inferno.[5] Nick Hasted in The Independent wrote that while the film was a "fascinating relic", with their soundtrack "Tangerine Dream add momentum and even melodrama, restricting themselves at times to dark, low strings."[6] Ed Potton included the album in The Times 2021 list of "The 20 best film soundtracks".[7]

Album trilogy

Inferno is the first album of a trilogy consisting of the following albums all inspired by Dante's Divine Comedy:

Track listing

All compositions are by Edgar Froese, except where indicated.

  1. "Before the Closing of the Day" - 4:50
  2. "The Spirit of Virgil" - 2:39
  3. "Minotaurae Hunt at Dawn" - 3:24
  4. "Those Once Broke the First Word" - 3:38
  5. "Dante in Despair" - 3:25
  6. "Io Non Mor" - 5:49
  7. "Vidi Tre Facce" - 4:41
  8. "At the Deepest Point in Space" - 2:38
  9. "L'omperador Del Doloroso Regno" - 4:45
  10. "Voices in the Starless Night" - 4:14
  11. "Fear and Longing" - 3:06
  12. "Fallen for Death" - 4:38
  13. "Where All Light Went Silent" - 3:39
  14. "Charon, Il Barchere" - 3:59
  15. "La Grey De Los Almas Perdidas" - 7:28
  16. "Justice of the Karma Law" - 3:02 (Jerome Froese)
  17. "As the Sun Moves Towards Heaven" - 7:57 (Edgar Froese, Jerome Froese)
  18. "Beatrice, L'Âme Infinie" - 5:10

Personnel

Tangerine Dream
Guest vocalists
  • Bianca Acquaye – alto vocals
  • Jayney Klimek – alto vocals
  • Claire Foquet – mezzo vocals
  • Barbara Kindermann – soprano vocals
  • Bry Gonzales – soprano vocals
  • Jane Monet – soprano vocals

References

  1. ^ a b Berling, Michael. "Inferno". voices-in-the-net.de. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Froese-Acquaye, Bianca. "Dante - the Electronic Opera by Tangerine Dream". Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  3. ^ "INFERNO: Tangerine Dream • Progressive Electronic". ProgArchives. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  4. ^ Thomson, Ian (4 September 2020). "Review: Force Majeure: Tangerine Dream - The Autobiography". The Times Literary Supplement. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  5. ^ Guerra, Felipe M. (27 August 2020). "Electric dreams: (almost) all the soundtracks of Tangerine Dream". Medium.com: FanFare. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Recent Reviews". LInferno.com. Archived from the original on 27 March 2004. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  7. ^ Potton, Ed (23 October 2021). "The 20 best film soundtracks". The Times. Retrieved 29 December 2021.