Mouvements Un Drame Musical Instantane

Au moment de cet enregistrement, au début des années quatre-vingt, Sir Georg Solti était encore tout auréolé du prestige d'une précédente interprétation du Bal masqué réalisée en 33 tours. Plus encore que dans la première mouture, le chef d'origine hongroise exacerbe ici la violence du drame, poussant tous les personnages vers leur destin, dans un souffle épique d'une rare intensité. Une distribution quasiment idéale fait face au chef : un Pavarotti de la grande époque, un Bruson idiomatique et une Christa Ludwig d'une ardeur insoupçonnée.

It is always difficult to describe a new album by Le Orme: in 53 years of activity rivers of ink have been written about the activity of this group that continues its "musical dream" without allowing itself a moment of pause. "On the wings of a dream" is a musical journey through the melodies that have always characterized the artistic dimension of Le Orme. An album designed for both the numerous and loyal fans of the band and to approach a younger audience so far unrelated to the sound of the group that mixes classic and rock atmospheres. Initially Le Orme, in the triangular formation composed by Michi Dei Rossi (Drums, Percussions and Glockenspiel) with Michele Bon (Hammond Organ C3, Piano, Synth and Keyboards) and Alessio Trapella (Voice, Bass and Contrabass) entered the studio to produce a unreleased song albums. Later, the work developed around the idea of ​​celebrating a particular occasion that occurs in 2019: the seventieth birthday of Michi Dei Rossi, the historical drummer of the group. "On the wings of a dream" wants to be a musical tribute to Michi, who personally selected the songs to be included in the tracklist.

The eighteenth century is probably the most extraordinary period of transformation Europe has known since Antiquity. Political upheavals kept pace with the innumerable inventions and discoveries of the age– every sector of the arts and of intellectual and material life was turned upside down. Between the end of the reign of Louis XIV and the Revolution of 1789, music in its turn underwent a radical mutation that struck at the very heart of a well-established musical language. In this domain too, we are all children of the Age of Enlightenment: our conception of music and the way we ‘consume’ it still follow in many respects the agenda set by the eighteenth century.

Oxmo Puccino's 1998 debut, Opéra Puccino, was produced almost entirely by DJ Mars, who evidently gleans inspiration from Pete Rock and DJ Premier. His alternately sensitive and rugged beats are a fitting backdrop for the French-language MC’s low-profile yet tense flow. “Mensongeur” is a surprising dancefloor diversion, where Puccino is pitched somewhere between Notorious B.I.G. and Mase.