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Marco Lo Muscio : New Horizons-Trascriptions of Steve Hackett music (Genesis)
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The core of this CD is to feature transcriptions of selected progressive rock compositions for Pipe Organ and Steinway 9\' Grand Piano.
Genre: Classical: Contemporary
Release Date: 2008
New Horizons-Trascriptions of Steve Hackett music (Genesis)
Marco Lo Muscio
Record Label: Drycastle records
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Preview Song Name Time Buy
1. Horizons 3:21 + MP3 $0.99
2. Bay of Kings 5:03 + MP3 $0.99
3. Skye Boat Song 2:00 + MP3 $0.99
4. Petropolis 3:20 + MP3 $0.99
5. Kim 2:48 + MP3 $0.99
6. Cast Adrift 2:39 + MP3 $0.99
7. Walking Away From Rainbows 4:51 + MP3 $0.99
8. Hands of Priestess Part I 5:16 + MP3 $0.99
9. The Lovers 1:37 + MP3 $0.99
10. The Sleeping Sea 3:38 + MP3 $0.99
11. Variations on a Theme by Chopin 6:02 + MP3 $0.99
12. A Bed, a Chair and a Guitar 3:26 + MP3 $0.99
13. Cavalcanti 8:12 + MP3 $0.99
14. J.S. Bach - Bourée in e minor BWV 996 2:30 + MP3 $0.99
15. J.S. Bach - Prelude in G Major BWV 1007 2:41 + MP3 $0.99
16. Horizons 4:03 + MP3 $0.99
17. Kim 2:35 + MP3 $0.99
18. Firth of Fifth Solo 4:18 + MP3 $0.99
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Album Notes

Marco Lo Muscio was born in Rome on October 23 1971. He graduated in Piano with full honours (“Cum Laude”) at \"L. Refice\" academy of music guided by Maestro Tonino Maiorani. He then perfected himself (in three years) with the great pianist Sergio Fiorentino (1927-1998) attaining the Diploma of Advanced Studies at the academy \"B. Cristofori\". He graduated in Pedagogy (\"Cum Laude\") to the University of \"Rome Tre\" (degree thesis on K. Jarrett), and he perfected in organ with Prof. James E. Goettsche (Main Organist of St. Peter’s in Vatican). Marco is specialized in the French, English and American repertoire of the 1900s, in Bach\'s repertoire and in the adaptations and transcriptions of ancient and modern music (K. Jarrett, A. Pärt, V. Williams, K. Emerson, R. Wakeman, J. Garbarek, St. Hackett, , T. Banks, etc…).
He has held more than 500 concerts for world best festivals in important cathedrals and concert halls like: Oxford “Exeter College”; Russia: “Great Philharmonic Concert Hall Shostakovic” in St. Petersburg; Cathedral, Gnessin Academy and Baptist church in Moscow; Chelyabinsk: “First International Festival Jazz & Pipe organ in Organ Hall 2004” and “International Organ Festival 2005 and 2006”; Vilnius (Lithuania) “Christopher Summer Festival 2004 and 2007”; Tallinn (Estonia)“XVII International Organ Festival”. Finland: Organ summer festivals in Åbo/Turku, Lahti and Mikkeli; Åland XXXI International organ festival; Iceland, Belgium, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Norway (Bergen Organ summer festivals), Sweden (Götheborg Cathedral) , Germany (Munich), Switzerland (Zurich), Poland: “Gdansk(Oliwa) and Frombork Festivals”; Sorø International Music Festival (Denmark), France (Strasburg, S. Räphael, Obernai Cathedral); England (Westminster Cathedral in London, Chester Cathedral, Lichfield Cathedral, Blackburne Cathedral, Hull City Hall, Swansea,…);Riga Cathedral (Latvia) “Riga Dom Festival 2006 and 2007”; I.U.C. “Great Hall of Sapienza” in Rome; Festival Pontino and Festival Euro Mediterraneo; in Vatican in the presence of Pope Giovanni Paolo II; Florence (S. Maria of Ricci), La Verna International Organ Festival, Festival of historical organs in Valsesia, Cantù Organ festival, Pienza Cathedral, etc…
He has worked with and for international artists such as: Goffredo Petrassi, Mario Luzi, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Giulio Sforza, ecc…
Has recorded for the Vatican Radio, RAITV, SAT2000TV, ROMAUNO. Marco has published six CDs of piano and organ music for \"Studio Amadeus\" records, with very critical and public success. Marco is the organist of National Canadian and St. Alexander churches in Rome. Is also Artistic Director of the “International Organ Summer Festival in Rome” and “Manziana International Organ Festival”.
Marco is much active also like composer, and these compositions for organ and piano are published from Erreffe Musical Edition. The next plans of Marco preview the collaboration with Keith Emerson and Steve Hackett for two CDs dedicates to their transcriptions (article appeared also on Classic Rock Magazine in London), and for 2008/09 has already been invited to play in Scotland (Edinburgh) in the Cathedral of St. Giles, in Zurich in the Cathedral of S. Peter and Paul, in Copenhagen in the Holmens Kirke (the church Queen of Denmark),in St. Petersburg Maltesian Kapella, in the church of St. Nichola in Prague, in the church of La Madeleine and Le Saint-Esprit in Paris, at Queen College in Oxford and Kings College in Cambridge, etc…

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REVIEWS

New Horizons by Gary Stevens
author: Gary
                            
Excellent progressive acoustic piano music from Italy! Marco is brilliant. His transcriptions of Steve Hackett's music (guitarist of Genesis) are excellent. Few acoustic piano players record this cleanly. A must for fans of Rick Wakeman, Stefan Nilsson and the other great Euro pianists! Amazon.com: Gary Stevens "soundchaser2020" (New York, NY USA)
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"New Horizons" by Alan Hewitt
author: Alan
                            
Keeping things roughly within the Genesis camp, we have this unusual album of transcripts of music from Steve Hackett for grand piano and pipe organ! Yes, pipe organ. Put together by a talented Italian musician; Marco Lo Muscio this is an unlikely combination that actually works rather well. Tribute albums can either be a real treat or a complete nightmare, thankfully here we have a musician who is not only talented in his own right but also obviously a dedicated fan of the music he is paying tribute to. The album opens with a wonderful rendering of Horizons on grand piano and it works incredibly well. This is followed by a suite of pieces from Bay Of Kings which once again, shows how right Steve was to describe the acoustic guitar as the “small orchestra” because the piano and in particular the pipe organ on the latter tracks; Kim and Cast Adrift really give an entirely new viewpoint on these established pieces from Steve’s repertoire. The rest of the album continues to mix pipe organ and piano bringing many more of Steve’s classic pieces vividly to life in a totally unexpected way - an album which will continue to surprise you every time you listen to it - excellent stuff! Alan Hewitt (The Waiting Room, Genesis Web-Fanzine)
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"New Horizons" by Steve Hackett
author: Steve
                            
"...Brilliant CD played fantastically! It was wonderful to feel the power of the organ combined with your complete commitment to the instrument and the music of all the composers. It was a sensational experience to hear music that started out as little doodles on the guitar being given such a extraordinary treatment. I'm a big fan of the sound of the organ which is a complete world in itself, especially in dedicated hands." STEVE HACKETT
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"New Horizons" by Roberto Vanali
author: Roberto
                            
Inizierò con una affermazione scontata: “Marco Lo Muscio è maledettamente bravo!”. Marco Lo Muscio, plurilaureato con ricchezza di lodi, è un pianista e organista di formazione classica e, pur avendo masticato i classici e le loro partiture, c’è sempre stato nelle sue mire un lavoro che si potesse basare su una parte delle sue passioni musicali, quelle che vanno oltre i classici e che invece hanno solide basi nel progressive inglese. Così, per l’anomalia di un lavoro, che speriamo non rimanga tale, invece dei classici eccolo sperimentare partiture e trascrizioni con quelli che per noi progster sono “classici” e cioè brani di Steve Hackett, da quando era coi Genesis ad oggi. Trattandosi, come noto, di brani nati per chitarra sarà ben chiaro lo sforzo di trascrizione per organo a canne o pianoforte, sforzo che dovrà allontanare ogni dubbio da giudizi di semplice esecutore. Per questi brani Lo Muscio suona principalmente il D274 9’ Grand Piano Steinway e l’organo a canne Ruffati della Chiesa Canadese di Roma, entrambi con pulizia e precisione veramente rare. Non dovendo necessariamente recensire i pezzi, già ampiamente trattati nel tempo e nella carta, appare più doveroso parlare di come gli stessi prendano una forma e uno spessore essenzialmente diversi. Ovviamente le due componenti fondamentali sono la qualità musicale intrinseca di queste musiche e la sua esecuzione. Plauso quindi sia all’autore, sia all’esecutore. Particolarmente toccanti e perfettamente adattate nelle loro nuove vesti un po’ tutte le composizioni, ma non è possibile non citare “Horizons” e la sua trascrizione a tempo quasi “libero” con l’inserimento di pause particolari e con uno sviluppo da apparente metronomo impazzito, che gli da un sapore da reale “progressive classic”. Splendida la porzione degli estratti da “The Bay Of Kings”, specie l’omonima, ricca e trascinante, incredibilmente evocativa. Curiosa la trasposizione di “Kim” per organo, con le canne più corte a simulare il flauto. Sempre molto belli gli estratti da “Voyage Of The Acolyte” con “Hands Of Priestess” per organo e “The Lover” per pianoforte. Il disco si conclude con due bonus live, un’altra versione di “Kim” registrata live all’organo della Cattedrale di Westminster e un estratto da "Firth Of Fifth" registrato in Russia. Finale veramente degno. Disco consigliato a chi voglia mettere alla prova certi schemi mentali, dove ci sono delle composizioni configurate in un certo modo, ma che possono – come strappo alla regola – suonare anche un po’ diverse, senza intaccare né un ricordo, né un sentimento, ma anzi – e semmai – accrescendolo di una lieta consapevolezza: è bello pensare che un grande pianista possa piacevolmente e giustamente “coverizzare” Bach e che possa fare lo stesso anche con Hackett. (Roberto Vanali, Arlequins Web Zine)
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