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Höstsonaten - Springsong (2002)

Posted By: v3122

Date: 17 Mar 2011 13:35:56

This is an excellent symphonic release from one of Fabio Zuffanti's many projects. An all-instrumental album (it's my understanding that earlier Hostsonaten albums had vocals), it strongly resembles later Camel works, albeit with the addition of lots of beautiful string parts. If you like violin in your prog, this CD is for you. Complexity is not the order of the day here, as each piece is melodic and soft- even the crescendos are muted, although there is a good amount of fiery lead guitar playing, particularly on the album closer "Toward the Sea". You'd never know this was an Italian group, since the compositions have a definite Celtic bent to them, reminding me strongly of Camel's "Harbour of Tears" or Colin Bass's "Outcast of the Islands". If you like those albums, you'll love this one. A very nice album for a weekend afternoon at the start of spring.

~ Heptade, Progarchives

Höstsonaten:

FINISTERRE's bass player Fabio Zuffanti released three albums of his own compositions under the name of "HOSTSONATEN". Symphonic band with the participation of FINISTERRE members. The music is pretty much on that band's style, a little less classic prog driven. Good flute passages feature on their symphonic music as well.

After founding Finisterre, contributing as a major composer to the their best works, writing and recording the complex and very welcomed "Merlin - The Rock Opera", Fabio Zuffanti gives new life to the Hostsonaten project. This band is an 'open' group named after a very famous movie by Ingmar Bergman. Even if the most of the musicians he got around for the three CDs recorded under this cinema related name are the same, everything apart from Fabio can change. Hostsonaten represents Fabio's deepest love for progressive rock, jazz, folk and ethnic music. In these last years Hostsonaten is working on the 'Seasoncycle Suite' project, an ambitious concept in four parts and four cds dedicated to the four seasons. For now the third and fourth chapters ('Winterthrough' and 'Springsong') are available. The second chapter ('Autumnsymphony') is out by September 21, 2009.

~ Progarchives

Höstsonaten - Springsong (2002):

Tracklist:

1. In The Open Fields (4:57)
2. Kemper / Springtheme (5:36)
3. Living Stone and 1st Reprise (3:30)
4. She Sat Writing Letters On The Riverbank (3:47)
5. The Underwater And 2nd Reprise (3:28)
6. Lowtide (3:20)
7. The Wood Is Alive With The Smell Of The Rain (4:20)
8. Evocation Of Spring In A Fastdance (2:40)
9. Toward The Sea (13:18)
a) Black Mountains
b) 3rd Reprise
c) Springland

Personnel:

Fabio Zuffanti - composer, acoustic guitars and bass
Francesca Biagini - flute
Sergio Caputo - violin
Edmondo Romano - whistles, recorders, bagpipes, sax
Agostino Macor - keyboards
Boris Valle - piano
Robbo Vigo - piano
Stefano Marelli - guitars
Federico Foglia - drums

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