BY
ANGEL ROMERO
– FEBRUARY 27, 2013POSTED IN: CD
REVIEWSANGEL ROMERO
Cristiano Roversi – AntiQua
AntiQua (Galileo
Records GmbH, 2013)
Italian
progressive rock multi-instrumentalist Cristiano Roversi has released a
stunningly beautiful album titled AntiQua. Everything in this recording is just
right, from the exquisite artwork to the rich palette of musical instruments and
vocalists, and specially the state of the art progressive rock.
Cristiano
Roversi mentions the great Anthony Phillips as inspiration and the album has a
flow similar to Anthony Phillip’s albums. Roversi plays grand piano,
synthesizers, mellotron, Hammond organ, 12-string, classical and electric
guitar. He creates magnificent and delicate passages, with a mix of symphonic
sounds, cinematic ambience and superb melodies.
Although
most of the album is instrumental, there are a few vocal pieces. The vocalists
will sound familiar to fans of classic Italian progressive rock for a good
reason. Guests vocalists include Aldo Tagliapietra of Le Orme and Premiata
Forneria Marconi’s Bernardo Lanzetti. Imagine Anthony Phillips collaborating
with Premiata Forneria Marconi. Truly delightful.
Cristiano
is a founding member of progressive band Moongarden and presently composes and
plays keyboards for Mangala Vallis. This solo album was conceived
“independent of market or stylistic pressures.” AntiQua also includes
guest performances by David Cremoni, Erik Montanari, Fabio Serra, Gigi Cavalli
Cocchi, James Larcombe, Leonora and Mirko Tagliasacchi.
The
CD fantasy artwork is pure beauty. I’ve seen some interesting CD booklets out
there recently, but this piece of art by Ed Unitsky is first-class, colorful and
diverse, with eye-catching artwork throughout the booklet, tray card and the
disc itself. Eye candy for the prog fan.
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