Hamburger Concerto Explained

Hamburger Concerto
Type:Album
Artist:Focus
Cover:Focus Hamburger Concerto.jpg
Recorded:January–March 1974
Studio:Olympic Sound Studios
Genre:Progressive rock, instrumental rock, Jazz fusion, Symphonic prog
Length:40:06
Label:Polydor, Atco
Producer:Mike Vernon
Prev Title:At the Rainbow
Prev Year:1973
Next Title:Mother Focus
Next Year:1975

Hamburger Concerto is the fourth studio album by the Dutch progressive rock band Focus, released in April 1974. It peaked at No. 20 on the UK charts.[1] The title track is based on Variations on a Theme by Haydn by Johannes Brahms. The composition also incorporates the first two verses of the Dutch Christmas carol O Kerstnacht, schoner dan de dagen at around 15 min. The first track is based on a Gaillarde of Joachim van den Hove of his work Delitae Musicae.

Track listing

CD release, 1988

Personnel

Focus

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Focus – Full Official Chart History. Official Charts Company. 21 January 2016.
  2. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 115.