Opera Prima

Artist: Paolo Rustichelli , and Carlo Bordini
Label: Bmg Int'l
Category: Music

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Format: Limited Edition
Media: Audio CD

UPC: 766489782324
EAN: 0766489782324
ASIN: B00008L3OG

Release Date: 2003-03-04

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Tracks:

Nativit
Icaro
Dolce Sorella
Cane
E Svegliarsi in un Giorno
Cammellandia

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Great prog, not-so-great vocals.......2003-09-21

Film composer Carlo Rustichelli's son, Paolo Rustichelli hooked up with future Cherry Five drummer Carlo Bordini to record this album, Opera Prima, originally released in 1973 on RCA. What's really interesting about this album is all the music is performed by Paolo Rustichelli and Carlo Bordini, with absolutely no one else helping. Rustichelli handles vocals, as well as all the great analog keyboards you come to expect from the 1970s: Hammond organ, piano, Mellotron, ARP 2600, EMS Synthi A, with of course, drums from Bordini. No guitars, no bass. And to think that this duo pulled off such a great album when Paolo was just 16 years old! The opening cut, "Nativita`" is a totally amazing instrumental cut demonstrating the talents of this guy! The Mellotron passages especially blew me away. "Icaro" reminds me a bit of Gabriel-era Genesis. There is also a jazzy passage dominated by Bordini's jazzy drumming, and Rustichelli's organ and Mellotron. "Dolce Sorella" is one of those ballads that seem to pop up on many other Italian prog albums. "Un Cane" starts off with rather laid-back piano, before the vocals and synthesizer kicks in. I just love how this song keeps its intensity throughout. "E Svegliarsi in un Giorno" reminds me most of Semiramis, but with Mellotron, Hammond organ, and ARP synth, rather than Davoli synth and Eminent. But this album also demonstrates one weak spot: the vocals. It's obvious that while Paolo Rustichelli was great at keyboards, his singing wasn't all that great, his singing seems quite strained and out of tune. Still, despite the vocals, this is truly another one of the great, unknown prog albums that's worth looking in to. If bombastic keyboard-dominated prog (such as ELP, Le Orme, even Cherry Five) is up your alley, I can highly recommend this album.

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