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(Hostsonaten) - "Autumnsymphony"

Label - Self Released
Reviewed by:

Erik Neuteboom

Progwalhalla.nl

Genre:
(Prog Rock)
Country:
Italy
Length:
NA
Release Date:
1/5/2010
Band Members: Fabio Zuffanti / bass guitar, bass pedals, acoustic & electric guitar, Fender Rhodes, mellotron, minimoog Federico Foglia / drums
  Pietro Martinelli / double bass Carlo Barreca / stick
  Giacomo Villa / cello Osvaldo Loi / viola, violin
  Marco Moro / flute, piccolo Andrea Benassi / oboe
  Michele Bernabei / trumpet Edmondo Romano / saxophone, bagpipe
  Robbo Vigo / grand piano, koto, special effects Matteo Nahum / classical & lead electric guitar
  Simona Angioloni / voice
Track Listing: 1.)-Open windows to autumn
9.)-Autumn's last breath / The gates of winter
  2.)-Leaves in the well (Including Riverbank prelude)  
  3.)-Out of water  
  4.)- Nightswan I  
  5.)-Nightswan II  
  6.)-As the night gives birth to the morning  
  7.)-Trees in November  
  8.)-Elegy  

Review:

Inside the fold out cover of this new Hostsonaten CD I read: “Autumnsymphony is the second part of the ‘SeasonCycle Suite’, a musical celebration of season’s power in four parts, part one is Summereve, part two is this Autumnsymphony, part three is Winterthrough and part four is Springsong”. So in the footsteps of famous Italian composer Vivaldi, this excellent Italian progrock formation is inspired by the four seasons. Last year we could enjoy their wonderful previous effort entitled Winterthrough, this time the focus in on the third season, the autumn. -

Led by the musical brainchild and multi-instrumentalist Fabio Zuffanti (bass guitar, bass pedals, acoustic – and electric guitar, Fender Rhodes electric piano, Mellotron and Minimoog synthesizer) Hostsonaten delivers a beautiful, very elaborate instrumental album. The sound on the 9 compositions ranges from 24-carat symphonic rock to avant-garde oriented climates, you have to be up to a lot of variety and very interesting musical ideas: a dreamy atmosphere with a trumpet solo, then a hypnotizing beat and a flute solo in the first track Open Windows To Autumn, warm classical guitar and Grand piano, followed by a howling electric guitar, culminating in a bombastic part featuring Mellotron and Minimoog and in the end wonderful flute and Japanese koto in the long and alternating Leaves In The Well (Including Riverbank Prelude), trumpet, bagpipe, Mellotron and a pumping bass in As The Night Gives Birth To The Morning and a Bolero-like build-up in the final composition Autumn's Last Breath / The Gates Of Winter (slow Grand piano runs as the basic element, then repetitive drums beats, violin, choir-Mellotron and trumpet, very compelling).

Remarkable is the more experimental side of Hostsonaten in the tracks Out Of Water and Nightswan I and the jazz climate in the first part of Trees In November (followed by a slow rhythm with moving electric guitar, bass pedals, majestic choir- Mellotron and trumpet, very special). One of the highlights on this album is Nightswan II: first prog folk like Dutch Flairck, then awesome symphonic rock with bombastic Moog, choir-Mellotron and howling electric guitar, goose bumps. - Adventure, emotion, skills, variety, a wide range of instruments, you can’t beg for more!

Rating: [4 of 5 Stars!]

Erik Neuteboom

Progwalhalla.nl

 

 

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