En comparant ces deux piliers du symphonique à connotation de musique classique, tous deux anglais, des années 70, Renaissance, le plus connu et The Enid, on montre les similarités et surtout les différences. Au programme:
The Enid: In The Region of The Summer Stars [6‘19"; from "In The Region of The Summer Stars" ; 1976]
Renaissance: Island [5‘57"; from "Renaissance" ; 1969]
The Enid: Ondine [4‘1"; from "Aerie Faerie Nonsense" ; 1977]
Renaissance: Kiev [7‘40"; from "Prologue" ; 1972]
The Enid: Mayday Galliard [6‘37"; from "Aerie Faerie Nonsense" ; 1977]
Renaissance: Ashes are burning [11‘24"; from "Ashes are burning" ; 1973]
The Enid: Gallavant [7‘14"; from "Touch me" ; 1979]
Renaissance: Mother Russia [9‘19"; from "Turn out the cards" ; 1974]
The Enid: Once She Was...(Scarborough Fayre) [6‘43"; from "Six pieces" ; 1979]
Renaissance: Touching Once [9‘25"; from "Novella" ; 1977]
The Enid: Heaven's gate (extract) [3‘30"; from "Invicta" ; 2012]