![]() ![]() Their tonal differences are wide and distinctive, each with a unique voice making for a true aural treat. What becomes so apparent as one listens to the album is the unique characteristics of each of the many beautiful and rare guitars in Phillips collection that are played across the 24 tracks. There are no high resolution stereo versions, indicating to me that the surround version is the preferred way Phillips intended listeners to hear the album “Strings of Light.” He has essentially provided an ambience setting for each piece of music, giving nice space around the closely miced instruments. In fact, the DVD only contains the multi-channel versions in your choice of DTS or AC3 codecs, both at 48kHz / 24-bit. Basically, the surround mix provides the ambient space for which the guitar has been placed into, providing a nice depth to the soundstage. Yet, what really can be said about a solo guitar album in surround? One may think of the similarity to taking a mono release and spreading it every which way across the surround scape. ![]() But now we can enjoy something entirely new! Certainly, a good portion of the time during his absence from issuing a new album has been spent remixing and reissuing his back catalogue, several of which have been released in surround sound and contained a wealth of bonus material. Long-time fans like myself have been waiting seven years for this next release, and here we find twenty-four compositions, spanning two CDs, undoubtably making “Strings of Light” one of his finest instrumental guitar albums of his long and acclaimed career.Īfter his lengthy absence of releasing new recorded work, “Strings of Light” is a delightful return and a well-executed album by a legendary musician. This lovely new album is released on Esoteric Antenna and contains an NTSC region free DVD with 5.1 surround mixes by Anthony Phillips and James Collins. Genesis founding member Anthony Phillips’ 2019 album “Strings of Light” features many of his beautiful and rare guitars from his collection spanning across 2 CD’s of new material. ![]()
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