We now move on to Tony's latest album 'Seven'. It is Tony's first classical album. Here is some info. on the album: Seven: A Suite for Orchestra is the first classical solo album by Tony Banks. It was released by Naxos Records in 2004. The suite is performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Mike Dixon. Tony plays piano on "Spring Tide", "The Ram" and "The Spirit of Gravity." It is his sixth studio album (and eighth album overall). Recorded at Air Studios (Lyndhurst) Ltd., England, on 3rd, 4th, 5th, 8th, and 9th July 2002. Piano: Tony Banks, recorded at The Farm Studio Orchestrated by Simon Hale Engineered by Nick Wollage and Rupert Coulson Produced by Nick Davis and Tony Banks On March 29, 2004, Tony Banks released his first orchestral album, Seven (Naxos 8.557466). It is the logical continuation of works like Firth Of Fifth (1973), Mad Man Moon (1976), One For The Vine (1977), The Wicked Lady (1983) or An Island In The Darkness (1995). So the B-side of The Wicked Lady was recorded by a symphonic orchestra, too. There are, however crucial differences. Tony enjoyed only limited artistic freedom for The Wicked Lady because the score had to fit the film. At that time he was also working on The Fugitive (1983) which kept him so busy that he had to give a lot of freedom for Christopher Palmer to arrange the music as he saw fit. A comparison of the orchestral arrangements with Tony's original keyboard recordings shows the difference. When the Seven project ...
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