Jon Lord's early experiments at bringing together rock and classical music are at last becoming to be appreciated for the pioneering works they are, and his latest albums The Durham Concerto and Boom Of The Tingling Strings have garnered excellent reviews and much airplay on Classic FM. Windows takes the story back to the early seventies. It was Jon Lord's third solo album, following the famous Concerto For Group & Orchestra in 1969, and Gemini Suite in 1971. As a result of these albums, Lord had been invited to perform a special concert in Munich in June 1974, and got together with conductor Eberhard Schoener to compose two new pieces.
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