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Andrea Padova Plays Lo Muscio
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Andrea Padova Plays Lo Muscio

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Composer
LO MUSCIO, MARCO
Artist
Padova, Lo Muscio, Hackett
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Aug 02, 2019
Catalog #
BRI95952
UPC
5028421959528

About

Born in 1971, Marco lo Muscio is an organist, pianist and composer who has performed on the great organs of Europe and the US. His own music been performed by the likes of Christopher Herrick, Thomas Trotter and David Briggs. This album focuses on another, more intimate side of his output. There are pieces dedicated to his mother and to the memory of his late father; tributes to both Debussy and Satie; meditations on literary themes from the work of J.R.R. Tolkien in a neo-medieval style; a pair of ricercari originally composed for organ, paying homage to Renaissance-era counterpoint; and to begin with Three American Preludes. Composed in 2001, the first two of the preludes were also Lo Muscio’s first works intended for the piano. Their bluesy harmonies and ostinato bass lines are inspired by the playing of Bill Evans and Keith Jarrett. The third of them (from 2009) is a homage to Jarrett, but composed in the style of prog rock – an idiom that the organist adopted with such success that he began to work with the guitarist Steve Hackett, founder member of Genesis. Since first meeting Hackett in 2008, Lo Muscio has made many transcriptions of prog rock classics (by Genesis and others) in a parallel career to his own compositions. The two careers intersect here with Horizons, written by Hackett in 1972 for the Genesis album Foxtrot, and itself derived from the Prelude to Bach’s G major Cello Suite. In 2009 Lo Muscio composed his own Meditations on Horizons, which transforms elements of Hackett’s piece with a habanera rhythm Having established a career as a pianist with a speciality in the music of Bach (as winner of the 1995 J.S.Bach International Piano Competition), Andrea Padova has attracted international praise for his performances and recordings. His performance of the Goldberg Variation has won glowing encomia: The Washington Post wrote that he ‘conveys the sense of successfully exceeding the limits of human possibility.’ This is his debut recording on Brilliant Classics.

Tracklist 15 tracks

  1. 1 Blue Prelude 02:14
    Track
    1
    Title
    Blue Prelude
    Duration
    02:14
    Composer
    Marco Lo Muscio
    Performer
    Andrea Padova
  2. 2 Night Song 05:30
    Track
    2
    Title
    Night Song
    Duration
    05:30
    Composer
    Marco Lo Muscio
    Performer
    Andrea Padova
  3. 3 Blue Ostinato 05:38
    Track
    3
    Title
    Blue Ostinato
    Duration
    05:38
    Composer
    Marco Lo Muscio
    Performer
    Andrea Padova
  4. 4 Ricercare, "Pienza Cathedral" 03:19
    Track
    4
    Title
    Ricercare, "Pienza Cathedral"
    Duration
    03:19
    Composer
    Marco Lo Muscio
    Performer
    Andrea Padova
  5. 5 Homage to Orvieto: II. Ricercare cromatico, "Orvieto Cathedral" 03:14
    Track
    5
    Title
    Homage to Orvieto: II. Ricercare cromatico, "Orvieto Cathedral"
    Duration
    03:14
    Composer
    Marco Lo Muscio
    Performer
    Andrea Padova
  6. 6 In Memoriam 04:02
    Track
    6
    Title
    In Memoriam
    Duration
    04:02
    Composer
    Marco Lo Muscio
    Performer
    Andrea Padova
  7. 7 Gymnopédie No. 0 06:06
    Track
    7
    Title
    Gymnopédie No. 0
    Duration
    06:06
    Composer
    Marco Lo Muscio
    Performer
    Andrea Padova
  8. 8 La Lune Blanche 05:53
    Track
    8
    Title
    La Lune Blanche
    Duration
    05:53
    Composer
    Marco Lo Muscio
    Performer
    Andrea Padova
  9. 9 Horizons (arr. M.L. Muscio for piano) 02:27
    Track
    9
    Title
    Horizons (arr. M.L. Muscio for piano)
    Duration
    02:27
    Composer
    Steve Hackett
    Performer
    Andrea Padova
  10. 10 Meditation on Horizons 04:18
    Track
    10
    Title
    Meditation on Horizons
    Duration
    04:18
    Composer
    Marco Lo Muscio
    Performer
    Andrea Padova
  11. 11 No. 1. Theoden's Meditation 01:45
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 1. Theoden's Meditation
    Duration
    01:45
    Composer
    Marco Lo Muscio
    Performer
    Andrea Padova
  12. 12 No. 2. The Knight of Rohan 02:50
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 2. The Knight of Rohan
    Duration
    02:50
    Composer
    Marco Lo Muscio
    Performer
    Andrea Padova
  13. 13 Gandalf and Galadriel 05:10
    Track
    13
    Title
    Gandalf and Galadriel
    Duration
    05:10
    Composer
    Marco Lo Muscio
    Performer
    Steve Hackett, Marco Lo Muscio, Andrea Padova
  14. 14 The Book of a Vampire 06:00
    Track
    14
    Title
    The Book of a Vampire
    Duration
    06:00
    Composer
    Marco Lo Muscio
    Performer
    Andrea Padova, Marco Lo Muscio
  15. 15 Vocalise No. 1, "To My Mother" 02:51
    Track
    15
    Title
    Vocalise No. 1, "To My Mother"
    Duration
    02:51
    Composer
    Marco Lo Muscio
    Performer
    Andrea Padova, Steve Hackett