A conceptual piece on the history of music, De Profundis finds After Crying, with the help of additional musicians, performing everything from plainchant to folk music, baroque to romantic styles of classical music, before ending the album with jazz and rock pieces. While none of the material could be mistaken for an original work in its particular style, the music here is both fascinating and beautiful. In some ways it is comparable to the more classically-oriented film scores, which often mimic various styles of classical music with modern touches. After Crying's classical training means the group does not come off as pretentious; they know what they are doing and have arranged most of the album to be performed as an ensemble instead of focusing on one instrument at a time, the way rock music is often done. Although the jazz and rock numbers find the group sounding awkward in their attempts to sound funky and loose, the addition of the odd spacey keyboard here and there on the more classically-styled tracks imaginatively augments those pieces. Although the lyrics are in Hungarian, most of the album is instrumental.
Geoff Orens
Tracklist
1 Bevezetés 3:39
Arranged By – Pejtsik Péter
2 Modern Idők 7:36
Written-By – Görgényi, Pejtsik
3 Az Üstökös (Rondo II) 1:43
Written-By – Pejtsik
4 Stalker 12:12
Written-By – Winkler
5 Stonehenge 4:34
Written-By – Pejtsik
6 Külvárosi Éj 3:34
Written-By – Torma
7 Manók Tánca 5:00
Written-By – Winkler
8 Kifulladásig 5:18
Written-By – Torma
9 De Profundis 11:29
Written By – After Crying
10 Jónás Imája 2:24
Written By – Babits, Latinovits
Written-By – Winkler
11 Elveszett Város 1:56
Written-By – Torma
12 Kisvasút 2:03
Written-By – Winkler
13 Esküszegők 8:13
Written By – Leon Boëlmann
Written-By – Görgényi, Pejtsik
14 40 Másodperc 0:40
Written By – After Crying
15 A Világ Végén 3:41
Written-By – Görgényi, Pejtsik
Credits
Bassoon [Guest] – Hunyadi László (tracks: 2, 7, 9, 11, 15)
Cello, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Backing Vocals – Pejtsik Péter
Clarinet, Bass Clarinet [Guest] – Reé György (tracks: 2, 10, 11, 15)
Drums, Percussion – Gacs László
Flute [Guest] – Szabó Mónika (tracks: 2, 7, 10, 11, 15)
Flute, Narrator – Egervári Gábor
French Horn [Guest] – Erdey Péter (tracks: 2, 4, 11, 13, 15)
Keyboards, Trumpet, Backing Vocals – Winkler Balázs
Lead Guitar, Synthesizer, Backing Vocals – Torma Ferenc
Music By – Pejtsik Péter, Torma Ferenc, Winkler Balázs
Oboe [Guest] – Csizmadia Ilona (tracks: 2, 4, 11)
Orchestra [String, Cello Section] – Dobos Bernadett (tracks: 2, 11), Dvorák Lajos (tracks: 2, 11), Gál Béla (tracks: 2, 11)
Orchestra [String, Viola Section] – Bolyki András (tracks: 2, 11), Fekete Zoltán (tracks: 2, 11), Juhász Barna (tracks: 2, 11)
Orchestra [String, Violin Section] – Cutor Zsolt (tracks: 2, 11), Jász Pál (tracks: 2, 11), Kuklis Gergely (tracks: 2, 11), Szefcsik Zsolt (tracks: 2, 11), Szlávik Zsuzsanna (tracks: 2, 11), Winkler Orsolya (tracks: 2, 11)
Trombone [Guest] – Dégi János (tracks: 2, 4, 13)
Trumpet [Guest] – Csatos Ferenc (tracks: 2, 4, 13)
Tuba [Guest] – Mazura János (tracks: 2, 4, 11, 13)
Viola [Guest] – Fekete Zoltán (tracks: 9, 11, 15)
Violin [Guest] – Kuklis Gergely (tracks: 9, 11, 15), Winkler Orsolya (tracks: 9, 11, 15)
Vocals, Backing Vocals [Guest] – Andrejszky Judit (tracks: 2, 15)
Vocals, Lyrics By – Görgényi Tamás
Notes
Track 1 contains a Gregorian piece 'Missa de Nativitate Jesu Christi Alleluja. Dies sanctificatus', from an earlier recording.
Track 4 contains the poem 'Reménytelenül' by József Attila, recited by Latinovits Zoltán, from an earlier recording.
Track 10 contains the poem 'Jónás imája' by Babits Mihály, recited by Latinovits Zoltán, from an earlier recording.
