The Picture of Dorian Gray

by Ian Rutherford

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In June 2023 after reading a Rick Wakeman article on his concept album The Six Wives Of Henry The Eighth I got inspired to do (another) one myself and picked the Oscar Wilde novel The Picture of Dorian Gray.

I powered through a lot of research and concepts for how to execute the album (no singing, minimal narrative) and by mid November I had most of the material you hear on this release. But in my mind it didn't live up to the initial concept and I frankly didn't know how to fix it. So here it is, warts and all. The audio is a single 26 minute track and the notes below may or may not guide you through it.

I'd welcome any feedback, good or otherwise, it was still fun.

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Title
Characters
Narrator
Epigrams on Art & Beauty
Basil (theme & quote)
Henry (theme & quote)
Beauty
Senses
Portrait
Entritt (Dorian)
Dorian 1
Youth
Henry
Dorian (quote)
Dorian - My Soul
Dorian (quotes)
Sibyl (quotes & theme)
Dorian 2
Henry re Sibyl
Sibyl 2
James (brother of Sibyl)
Lady Victoria
Beauty 2
Sibyl 3 - Sibyl dead
Basil 3
Dorian 3
Basil 4
Dorian 4 (guitar by John MItting)
Dorian - Mirror, Mirror
Cacophony
Murder
Alan
Opium
Prostitute (quote)
James 2
Nocturne (Dorian)
Lady Narborough's Bonnett
Don Quixote
James 3
Dorian 5
Henry

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released April 13, 2024

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Ian Rutherford Melbourne, Australia

Ian is a Melbourne keyboard player and songwriter.

The Plus Five band is a range of mainly vocalists, drummers and guitarists that perform my compositions and augment my keyboards.

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