Guildenstern were founded in the Hessian town of Russelsheim in the spring of 1976. They played keyboard-dominated progressive rock in the style of f.i. early Genesis, early Yes, Camel, or Eloy. The band didn't release anything, but some recordings with a satisfactory sound quality have been preserved. So here you get eight tracks recorded in the rehearsal room, as well as three pieces from their rock opera 'Life's A Stage', recorded live in Florsheim on September 29th, 1979. These can now be heard on the 'Guildenstern' CD. All tracks -most of them instrumental- were written by the artists themselves. Some are played on a doubleneck 12-string guitar. Guildenstern keyboarder Bernd Scholl has meanwhile released a lot of LP's and CD's with electronic music and has become one of the leading planetarium musicians in Germany.
01 Murder Of Gonzago (part 1) 4:50 02 Morning Dew 4:02 03 After The Inquisition 4:51 04 Away 4:03 05 Hamlet And Ophelia 4:14 06 Thoughts (instrumental) 4:13 07 Murder Of Gonzago (part 2) 2:54 08 The End 6:58 09 Day By Day 8:15 10 Thoughts 4:24 11 Mask Of The Red Death 10:18