Classical / Progressive

A live concert performed by the talented pianist Tullio Forlenza. 27 compositions by Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Shostakovich

15 Inventions adapted for two electric basses

The left hand lines were played  employing fretless basses: Fender precision "custom", Music Man "Sting Ray" 5 strings, handcrafted Luis Arban 5 strings.

On the right hand lines I used a fretted 4 string "Junior" N.M. bass
 

1. Clandestino Songs - Ritmico e scorrevole
2. Clandestino Songs - Allegro e deciso
3. Clandestino Songs - Andante
4. Clandestino Songs - Allegro brillante
5. Water Circles
6. Concerto n. 2 for marimba and orchestra - Running in High Mountain   
7. Concerto n. 2 for marimba and orchestra - Reflections and Dreams
8. Concerto n. 2 for marimba and orchestra - Walking on Clouds
9. Chega de Saudade
10. CLear

Federico Poli, Marimba e Vibrafono
Riccardo Foti, Pianoforte
Stefano Bartolucci, Pianoforte

The Insieme Vocale Vox Cordis was founded in 1997 by a group of singers with broad musical experience. The choir bases its deep commitment and artistic qualities on the pleasure of making music together. The group has given many concerts both in Italy and abroad, participating in festivals and international competitions.
The choir has recorded both antique and contemporary music and has collaborated with many Italian cultural institutions and international artists (J. Busto, R. Fabbriciani, D. Fasolis, R. Gabbiani, G. Graden, S. Kuret, C. Høgset, F. Luisi, E. Mei, V. Myskinis, K. Ricciarelli, K. Suttner, P. White).

Visions from Tolkien`s world - featuring: STEVE HACKETT, PAR LINDH, JOHN HACKETT.

Terry Riley:
1) In C - for saxophones, digital sample and live electronics
(© T. Riley – Celestial Harmonies)
Massimiliano Messieri: “Jack in the box” Suite *
for soprano/alto saxophone and live electronics
(© M. Messieri – Drycastle records)
2) Le pieghe del tempo
3) Prigioniero di un sogno
4) Illusione di un momento
5) La città nuda   
6) Via Crucis
7) All’interno dell’anima

Francesco Attesti`s piano playing is unusual. Everything that happens in the sound, in the phrasing and in the musical conception starts from an aesthetic and musical conviction and it brings the performance out of every formal and consumistic prevision.

FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN

1. Ballade Op. 23 No. 1 in G minor – g-moll - sol minore
2. Scherzo Op. 39 No. 3 in C sharp minor – cis-moll - do diesis minore
3. Nocturne Op. 48 No. 1 in C minor – c-moll - do minore
4. Waltz Op. 34 No. 2 in A minor – a-moll - la minore
5. Waltz Op. 69 No. 1 in A flat major – As-Dur - la bemolle maggiore
6. Mazurka Op. 17 No. 4 in A minor – a-moll - la minore
Piano Sonata Op. 35 No. 2 in B flat minor - b-moll - si bemolle minore
7. Grave – Doppio movimento
8. Scherzo
9. Marche funébre
10. Presto.

Credits:
Recorded at the Steinway Hall – Detroit MI (USA) 31st October & 1st November 2006
Piano: Steinway & Sons
Sound technician: Cliff Monear

This musical project comes from my passion for music Progressive of the late 60`s and early 70`s. In my opinion Progressive Rock is a highly creative and important movement in contemporary music. It blends rock with classical music - notably with Strawinsky, Bartok, Debussy, Bach and Beethoven - with Blues and with Jazz. The core of my creative idea is to make transcriptions of selected Progressive Rock compositions adapting them for Pipe Organ and Steinway 9` Grand Piano, to enhance the musical qualities of the compositions and to give them a deeper acoustic feeling, closer to Classical Music, with the breath-taking beauty of these magnificent music instruments - the D274 9` Steinway Grand Piano and the Ruffati Pipe Organ of the Canadian Church in Rome. This album is a tribute to Steve Hackett, composer and guitarist, born in 1950 in London.
 

24 Preludi Op. 34 (Leningrad/Moscow, December 1932 - March 1933)
Dances of the Dolls (Moscow, 1952)
Children’s Notebook Op.69 (Moscow, December 1944)

Anthony Phillips: Lutes` Chorus 1.49
Steve Hackett: Set Your Heart at Rest 3.32
Marco Lo Muscio: Gymnopédie n.0 4.30
Marco Lo Muscio: Night Song 4.26
Marco Lo Muscio: Blue Prelude 2.44
Marco Lo Muscio: Meditation on Horizons 4.38
Arturo Stàlteri: Verso Lórien 4.14
Marco Lo Muscio: Dark and Light 14.36
Steve Hackett: All is mended 4.17
Rick Wakeman: Jane Seymour 5.44
Marco Lo Muscio: Choral and Prog Dance 6.49
Steve Hackett: Second Chance 2.18
Marco Lo Muscio: New Litanies 7.26
Marco Lo Muscio: Mystic Pieces n.4 3.31
Keith Emerson: Fanfare for the Common Man 8.25

Marco Lo Muscio`s video from Dark and Light Suite