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Horizont (not to be confused with a Swedish band of the same name) began in the 70's as a school band 
in the Russian city of Gorky (now called Nizhny Novogrod). From straight rock, they moved on to baroque 
classical music and by the late 70's, they were clearly into RIO. After the release of their second album in 
1989, they simply vanished and no one, not even their record company, knows what became of them.
Their first album, "Summer in Town", is a little gem of 70's symphonic rock with strong classical tinges 
(Prokofiev comes to mind). It features carpets of keyboards, atmospheric voices (no vocals), harmonic 
melodies, soft guitars à la Steve Hackett, disquieting passages à la ELP plus mellotrons and flute galore. 
The more complex "Portrait of a Boy" is an entirely different album, abandoning most of the sympho-prog 
roots of the first for straight RIO. As opposed to the rather lively "Summer in Town", this one is gloomy, 
hard edged, full of dissonance and outrageous sounds, very close in style to UNIVERS ZERO. The musicianship 
on both albums is excellent, just as the sound quality which is on par with anything coming out of the UK or 
US of that era. Both albums are recommended to all vintage symphonic prog fans.

1985 - Summer In Town
01. Snowballs 8:34
02. Chaconne 10:37
03. Summer In Town 18:46
Musicians
Sergey Kornilov - keyboards,  Alexey Eremenko - bass guitar, Valentin Sinitsin - drums
Vladimir Lutoshkin - guitar, flute, Andrey Krivilev  vocal, keyboards
Igor Pokrovsky, Yuri Beliakov, Sergey Alekseev - vocal

1989 - The Portrait Of A Boy
01. The Portrait Of A Boy, Suite In 3 Movements 19:50
02. Prelude Fis Moll 4:06
03. Guy's Solo (The Fragment Of The Ballet "Fahrenheit 451") 3:36
04. The Final Of The Ballet "Fahrenheit 451" 8:21
05. Vocalise 3:49
Musicians
Sergey Kornilov - keyboards, Vladimir Lutoshkin - guitar, flute
Andrey Krivilev - vocal, keyboards, Igor Pokrovsky - vocal, guitar
Alexey Eremenko - bass guitar, A Pavlenko - drums