“A reminder of their singular magic that stemmed from Rick Wakeman-like piano flair along with an agile, crystalline voice”: Renaissance’s Running Hard – The Albums 1974-1976

Renaissance – Running Hard – The Albums 1974-1976.

The Moody Blues and Deep Purple’s Jon Lord might have beaten them to it, but Renaissance’s Turn Of The Cards (1974), Scheherazade And Other Stories (1975) and Live At Carnegie Hall (1976) still stand as shining examples of the symphonic approach.

Reissued as a four-CD clamshell box set, these albums are a reminder of the singular Renaissance magic that largely stemmed from John Tout’s Rick Wakeman-like piano flair along with Annie Haslam’s agile, crystalline voice.