"Mother Russia" is the closing song on Renaissance's 1974 album Turn of the Cards. It also appears on the 1976 live album Live at Carnegie Hall, the compilation Tales of 1001 Nights, Vol. 1, and several other Renaissance concert albums. The last five minutes of the full song consist of a three-minute instrumental interlude with the full band performing over wordless vocals by Haslam, followed by a repeat of the last two verses to finish. Recording engineer and co-producer Dick Plant stated:
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| - "Mother Russia" is the closing song on Renaissance's 1974 album Turn of the Cards. It also appears on the 1976 live album Live at Carnegie Hall, the compilation Tales of 1001 Nights, Vol. 1, and several other Renaissance concert albums. The last five minutes of the full song consist of a three-minute instrumental interlude with the full band performing over wordless vocals by Haslam, followed by a repeat of the last two verses to finish. Recording engineer and co-producer Dick Plant stated: (en)
- Mother Russia is een lied van de Britse muziekgroep Renaissance. Het verscheen als laatste track op het muziekalbum Turn of the Cards en sommige livealbums die daarna verschenen. Zoals destijds gebruikelijk is de muziek gecomponeerd door Michael Dunford en is de tekst van . Het is het enige protestlied van de band en dat bleef vreemd voor de fans, zodat Haslam iedere keer moest herhalen dat het toch wel degelijk zo is. (nl)
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| - "Mother Russia" is the closing song on Renaissance's 1974 album Turn of the Cards. It also appears on the 1976 live album Live at Carnegie Hall, the compilation Tales of 1001 Nights, Vol. 1, and several other Renaissance concert albums. The song is a tribute to Russian writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, who had been forced by the Communist regime to leave the Soviet Union earlier in 1974. Written as usual by poet Betty Thatcher, the lyrics are based on Solzhenitsyn's famous novel about Soviet repression, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. Because fans of the band were surprised at the move into topical songwriting, singer Annie Haslam has had often to point out to interviewers that "Mother Russia" really refers to Solzhenitsyn. Musically, the full version of "Mother Russia" begins with a sparse, string-driven introduction marked by occasional piano crescendos. Around two minutes into the song, Haslam's voice enters, and the next three minutes of the song contain six verses in three pairs describing Solzhenitsyn's plight, in between which are short interludes of strings and acoustic guitar. The last five minutes of the full song consist of a three-minute instrumental interlude with the full band performing over wordless vocals by Haslam, followed by a repeat of the last two verses to finish. Recording engineer and co-producer Dick Plant stated: I think that the real thrust of the music came from John Tout's piano. I don't think Renaissance ever wanted to do anything that they couldn't reproduce on stage. The music to "Mother Russia" is credited to Michael Dunford, but the song is cited by Renaissance bassist Jon Camp as being a case where he made major compositional contributions without being credited for them. (en)
- Mother Russia is een lied van de Britse muziekgroep Renaissance. Het verscheen als laatste track op het muziekalbum Turn of the Cards en sommige livealbums die daarna verschenen. Zoals destijds gebruikelijk is de muziek gecomponeerd door Michael Dunford en is de tekst van . Het is het enige protestlied van de band en dat bleef vreemd voor de fans, zodat Haslam iedere keer moest herhalen dat het toch wel degelijk zo is. Het lied is een hommage aan Aleksandr Solzjenitsyn, een Sovjet-dissident, die eerst opgesloten was in de Goelags in Siberië en later bij zijn vrijlating gedwongen werd in 1974 te vluchten (naar Zwitserland). De tekst is losjes gebaseerd op Solzhenitsyns boek Een dag uit het leven van Ivan Denisovitsj. (nl)
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