PROJECT TWO - A GENESIS RHAPSODY | Marco Lo Muscio, Steve Hackett, John Hackett (Vinyl)

PROJECT TWO - A GENESIS RHAPSODY (CVLD387A)

Marco Lo Muscio, Steve Hackett, John Hackett

Supports:

• CVLD387A - VINYL

A SIDE 19:55
Entangled 4:47
S. Hackett, T. Banks
Prelude in G Major BWV1007 2:27
JSBach
Horizons 3:32
S. Hackett
Meditations On Horizons 4:10
Mr. Lo Muscio
After The Ordeal 4:59
S. Hackett,
with Steve Hackett, guitar and John Hackett, flute

B SIDE 21:03
Watcher Of The Skies 2:27
P.Collins, T.Banks, S.Hackett, M.Rutherford, P.Gabriel
Prelude on Firth of Fifth 1:13
Mr. Lo Muscio
Firth of Fifth 4:15
P.Collins, T.Banks, S.Hackett, M.Rutherford, P.Gabriel
Hairless Hearth 3:40
P.Collins, T.Banks, S.Hackett, M.Rutherford, P.Gabriel
with Steve Hackett, guitar and John Hackett, flute
The Cinema Show 9:28
P.Collins, T.Banks, S.Hackett, M.Rutherford, P.Gabriel

All arrangements by Marco Lo Muscio, except for THE CINEMA SHOW, by David Myers, Eric Johnsen and Marco Lo Muscio

Marco Lo Muscio, grandpiano
John Hackett, flute and Steve Hackett, acoustic and electric guitar

88.2kHz/24bit original live-in-studio recording made at Magister Recording Area, Preganziol (Italy),
on December 2024. Analog mixing and mastering made at VLS Studio, Naquera (Spain), on January 2025

Production: MARCO LINCETTO for VELUT LUNA
Musical producers: Marco Lo Muscio and Marco Lincetto
Recording, mixing and mastering engineer: Marco Lincetto
Design and layout: L'Image
Inside photos: Marco lo Muscio

"Project Two" : the ideal follow-up to "Project One." On the first album, we had almost a live concert recorded in a church and dedicated to contemporary music and prog in general. In "Project Two," however, we have a true concept album dedicated to the world of Genesis: "A Genesis Rhapsody."

This time, the Velut Luna recording project was entirely made in the studio and features the splendid Steynway & Sons D274 Concert Grand, housed at the Magister Recording Area studio in Preganziol. John and Steve Hackett return to the stage as featured artists with Maestro Lo Muscio on two tracks.

The focus of the album is a classically styled and entirely acoustic reinterpretation of the world of Genesis.

The album opens with "Entangled," a post-Gabriel Genesis gem, and then continues with three pieces linked by a subtle thread: the Prelude from Bach's Cello Suite (arranged for piano by Maestro Lo Muscio), which will form the basis of "Horizons." This is followed by " Meditations on Horizons ," a composition by Lo Muscio himself based on "Horizons," but set to the rhythm of Hackett's beloved Spanish habanera (e.g., "Bay" or "Kings"), and finally, the piano version of "Horizons." The first part concludes with " After the Ordeal ," a trio with the Hackett brothers!

Side B opens with the intro and coda of "Watcher of the Skies"; it continues with a fugal prelude by Lo Muscio based on the melodic part of "Firth of Fifth," which serves as the actual introduction to Genesis's classic masterpiece. It continues with the trio version of " Hairless Heart" with the Hackett brothers, before concluding in grand style with that sumptuous and refined masterpiece, " Cinema Show ."

Finally, the great quality of the Velut Luna recordings will offer an incredible sound palette when listening to all the nuances of the great Steinway piano, filmed with a brand new microphone technique developed by Marco Lincetto which guarantees a truly “symphonic” piano sound: full, detailed, imperial!

This album is dedicated to the memory of our dear friends Carlo Matteucci and Bert Mol.
A special dedication to Nadiya Mykytka.

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"Project Two": the ideal follow-up to "Project One". In the first album we had almost a live concert recorded in church and dedicated to contemporary music and Prog in general. In this "Project Two" we have a real concept dedicated to the world of Genesis: "A Genesis Rhapsody".

The Velut Luna recording project this time has been realized entirely in the studio and makes use of the splendid Steynway & Sons D274 Concert Grand resident in the Magister Recording Area of ​​Preganziol. In two tracks John and Steve Hackett return to collaborate as protagonists with M° Lo Muscio .

The focus of the album is on the classical and entirely acoustic reinterpretation of the world of Genesis.
The disc opens with Entangled a gem of Genesis post Gabriel and then continues with three pieces linked together by a thin thread: the Prelude from Bach's Cello Suite (arranged for piano by M° Lo Muscio) that will be the basis of Horizons; to follow the Meditations on Horizons a composition by Lo Muscio itself that is based on Horizons but inserted in the rhythm of the Spanish Habanera much loved by Hackett (Bay or Kings for example) and finally the piano version of Horizons. The first part ends with After the Ordeal in trio with the Hackett brothers!

The B-side opens with the introduction and the tail of Watcher of the Skies; it continues with a fuged Prelude by Lo Muscio based on the melodic part of Firth of Fifth that is the real introduction to the classic masterpiece of Genesis. We continue with the trio version with the Hackett brothers of Hairless Heart to finish in a grand way with that sumptuous and refined masterpiece of Cinema Show.

Finally, the great quality of the Velut Luna recordings will offer an incredible sound palette in listening to all the nuances of the Steinway grand piano, recorded with a brand new microphone technique elaborated by Marco Lincetto that guarantees a real piano "symphonic sound": full, detailed, imperial!

This record is dedicated in memory of dear friends Carlo Matteucci and Bert Mol.
A special dedication to Nadiya Mykytka.