After the success of the four album of the SEASONSCYCLE SUITE, Fabio Zuffanti and HÖSTSONATEN returns with a new great project!
THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER
A new saga in 2 chapters, one for now, the other in 2013
Fabio Zuffanti conceives the idea to work on a musical version of the Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER in 1995. The first two parts are in fact in the first two Hostsonaten albums ('Hostsonaten', 1996 and 'Mirrorgames', 1998) but the realization of these never fully satisfied the composer who decides to suspend the project.
In 2011, at the end of the successfull tetralogy 'Seasoncycle suite', Fabio decided to take up work on 'The rime ...' and bring it to a conclusion. The project are divided into two cds: The first, release on April 8, 2012 on AMS records, will feature the first four parts of the poem, the second in 2013 with the remaining three parts. The two parts that have already published has been completely re-recorded. The vocals has been assigned to four different singers who explore, interpret and return to the listeners the emotions of the dark and dreamy Coleridge's poem.
The musicians who joined Fabio in this new adventure are Maurizio Di Tollo (drums), Luca Scherani (mellotron, minimoog, hammond, etc...), Matteo Nahum (guitars), Edmondo Romano (Sax, Bagpipe), Syvia Trabucco (violin), Joanne Roan (flute).
The singers that interpret the four parts of 'The rime of the ancient mariner - Chapter one' are:
Part I: Alessandro Corvaglia (La Maschera di cera) with a cameo by Carlo Cralo Carnevali (R.u.g.h.e.), Part II: Davide Merletto (Daedalus), Part III: Marco Dogliotti, Part IV: Simona Angioloni (Aries) with a cameo of Alessandro Corvaglia
THE MUSIC IS IF POSSIBLE MORE PROG AND SYMPHONIC THAN EVER. THIS IS A GREAT PROG ALBUM WITH TOUCHES OF CELTIC MUSIC, HARD-PROG, NEW-PROG AND MANY OTHER DIFFERENT PROG-STYLES!
Here you can listen a long medley of the album: http://youtu.be/dRo3aCLeUNk
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TOGHETER WITH THE NEW HOSTSONATEN ALBUM WILL BE AVAILABLE THE REISSUE OF
MERLIN - THE ROCK OPERA
(Music by Fabio Zuffanti, Libretto by Victoria Heward)
Double CD on AMS Records with a great cast of nearly 40 musicians and singers (including Alessandro Corvaglia of Maschera Di Cera that plays the role of Merlin) for a great PROG-OPERA!
The double cd, originally published in 2000 by Iridea Records and out of prints from many years, has been totally restyled, remixed, remastered and repackaged with new a gatefold papersleeve cover, photos and sleeve notes. Plus Zuffanti add new mellotron parts with a real instrument (in the old version there was samples).
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VERY SPECIAL OFFER: IF YOU'LL BUY THE HOSTSONATEN CD + MERLIN 2CD TOGHETER YOU'LL PAY EURO 37 INSTEAD OF 42
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