This is my own review prepared for itunes:
This album is a work of genius. Not to everyone's taste, yet for the aficianado of progressive rock it rarely gets as good as this. We begin with a beautiful arrangement of a Dowland piece with lute, orchestra and rhythm section. This is followed by the first two of some six well delivered solo lute pieces that punctuate the album. Then it is back to the orchestra and rhythm section for a very fast version of the Focus hit House of the King. More lute follows broken up only by Javeh, a very carefully constructed dark mood piece featuring acoustic guitar and orchestra. The final lengthy piece, Lammy, is again carefully constructed. It is breathtakingly beautiful in places. It features orchestra, choir, bass and drum breaks, Akkerman on electric sitar and guitar and lute again (playing another Holborne piece). The whole ends with an incredibly satisfying Amen, way way over the top and yet full of integrity. Masterful! Recorded in New York in the seventies this album has it all and must be the best of the Akkerman albums to date.