Uli Jon Roth
Metamorphosis


Tracks:

1. Prelude To The Seasons
2. Venga La Primavera
3. April Rain
4. The Triumph Of Spring
5. Tales Of The Summer Wind
6. Thunder In July
7. The Tempest - Tuona E Fulmina
8. Cheiron And Selenos
9. Teardrops In October
10. Artemis
11. Ice, Wind & Fire
12. Sleighbells At Yasnaya
13. War Of The Winds
14. Thunder Cadenza
15. Cry Of The Night
16. Summer's Breath
17. Rodeo From Hell
18. Les Adieux
19. Springtime Euphoria
20. The Heart Of Chopin
21. Dance Of The Water Spirits
22. Transfiguration
23. Venga La Vita
24. Postlude: The Morning Of Forever

Line up:

Uli Jon Roth - Guitar
Don Airey - Harpsichord
Chris Lowe - Timpani/Percussion
Sky Orchestra - Strings

Record Label / Year of Release:

Steamhammer/SPV 2003

Notes:

Ulrich Roth (born 18 December 1954), more commonly known as Uli Jon Roth, is a German guitarist and one of the earliest contributors to the neo-classical metal genre. He is also the founder of Sky Academy and inventor of the Sky Guitar. He is the older brother of fellow guitarist and artist Zeno Roth.

In the early 1970s, Roth formed a band called Dawn Road. In 1973, guitarist Michael Schenker left the Scorpions to join UFO and the group disbanded. The two remaining Scorpions members, Rudolf Schenker and Klaus Meine merged with the four members of Dawn Road, (Uli Jon Roth, Achim Kirschning, Francis Buchholz, Jürgen Rosenthal) using the name Scorpions as they were more well known than Dawn Road.

During his tenure as lead guitarist, main songwriter and occasional lead singer for the Scorpions, the band released four studio albums between 1974 and 1977. In 1978, the Scorpions released the live album Tokyo Tapes, which was recorded in Japan and sold nearly one million copies and went gold in several countries. However, Roth had left the band before the album’s release.

Roth formed his own band named Electric Sun which released three albums. The first, Earthquake (1979), was dedicated to the spirit of Jimi Hendrix. A second album released two years later, Fire Wind (1981), was dedicated to Anwar el-Sadat (the assassinated President of Egypt who had tried to make peace in the Middle East), and featured a song called "Enola Gay" about the atomic bombing of Japan.

In 1985, Roth released his third and final Electric Sun album, Beyond the Astral Skies, dedicated to Martin Luther King and to Roth's fans.

After Electric Sun, Roth entered a new phase of creative work, composing four symphonies and two concertos, and sometimes performing with symphony orchestras throughout Europe. Roth used the name 'Uli Jon Roth' for all subsequent album releases and concert appearances.

Metamorphosis contains Uli's unique interpretation of Antonio Vivaldi's timeless masterpiece The Four Seasons (Tracks 2-13) as well as a new concerto by U.J.R. - Metamorphosis (Tracks 14-24).