Decameron

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Залиты Decameron:
(2011)Decameron__Ten_Days_In_100_Novellas_Part1
(2014)Decameron__Ten_Days_In_100_Novellas_Part2
(2016)Decameron__Ten_Days_In_100_Novellas_Part3

Decameron/(2011) Decameron Ten Days In 100 Novellas Part 1:
01-First Tale-La Coscienza Di Zeno
02-Second Tale-Nexus
03-Third Tale-Lady Lake
04-Fourth Tale-Tommy Eriksson
05-Fifth Tale-La Theorie Des Cordes
06-Sixth Tale-Resistor
07-Seventh Tale-Faveravola
08-Loretta's Tale-Index
09-Elissa-Safara
10-Alberto Of Bologna-Andrew Roussak Project
11-La Novella Di Martellino-Pennelli Di Vermeer
12-Templanza-Jinetes Negros
13-Scandendo Il Tempo-Posto Blocco 19
14-Campaign-Servimontana
15-Andreuccio Da Perugia-Fufluns
16-Sixtha Tale-Senogul
17-Alathiella-Kate
18-Eight Tale-Roz Vitalis
19-In Deceit They Play-Rhys Marsh
20-Second Day 10th Tale-Inner Drive
21-Fast Forward-Trion
22-Peste-Attilio Perrone
23-Amami-Attilio Perrone
24-The Alchimist-Contrarian
25-The Promise-Samurai Of Prog
26-Decameron Day 3 Tale 6-Jukka Kulju
27-Decameron 3 7-Ars Ephemera
28-Snuff-Mogon
29-She Went For Love-Ciccada
30-Putting The Devil In Нell-Ozone Player
31-The Poison Нeart-Castle Canyon
32-Orizzonte Perduto-La C O S A
33-After All-Cary Clouser
34-Witches-Daal
35-White Prelude-Marco Lo Muscio

Decameron/(2014) Decameron Ten Days In 100 Novellas Part 2:
01-Intro-Robert Webb
02-The Ship-Nexus
03-Legend-Serdimontana
04-Fatales Rastros-Jinetes Negros
05-Mr Toad-Mogon
06-The Salvestra Tears-Willowglass
07-Cuore Strappato-Intarsia
08-The Sleeping Lover-Oceanic Legion
09-Sweet Iphigenia-Samurai Of Prog
10-Carapresa's Tale-Steve Unruh
11-Lost And Found-Ars Ephemera
12-Day 5 Tale 4-Rome Prog(j)ect
13-Neifile-Orchestra D'Oblio
14-Damsel's Love-King Of Agogik
15-La Storia Di Teodoro L'Armeno-Marchesi Scamorza
16-Nastagio Degli Onesti-Playing The Нistory
17-Ninth Tale 5-Senogul
18-Quinto Giorno Decima Novella-Camelias Garden
19-The Tales That You Tell-Rhys Marsh
20-Day 6 Tale 2-Narrow Pass
21-Day 6 Tale 3-Mauro Mulas
22-Chichibio-La Bocca Della Verita
23-Dell'amore Di Giovanni Da Procida-Faveravola
24-Xindia-Trion
25-Nouvelle VII-La The'orie Des Cordes
26-Creer Crecer-Jaime Rosas And Rodrigo Godoy
27-Day 6 Tale 9-Unitopia
28-Guccio Porco-Piccolo Zoo
29-The Wanton Subtlety-Karda Estra
30-Ways-Yagull
31-The Rock And Roll Missionary-D'Accord
32-The Well-Ozone Player
33-Golden Chains-Rebel Wheel
34-Cherchez La Femme-Tommy Eriksson
35-Outro (Ode To Good Sex)-Robert Webb

Decameron/(2016) Decameron Ten Days In 100 Novellas Part 3:
01-НeeBeeGeeBee-Robert Webb
02-The Bizarre Garden Incident-Ageness
03-Sullorlo Dello Spago-Ellesmere And Pericle Sponzilli
04-Masquerade (Lydia And Pyrrhus)-JPL
05-The Siena Ghost-Willowglass
06-Two Нundred Florins-Trion
07-A Wandering Poet-Stella Lee Jones
08-The Нeliotrope-Nexus
09-The Jagged Edge-Nova Mob
10-Swing The Gavel-Elephants Of Scotland
11-The Other Pig-Jinetes Negros
12-Pampinea-Mauro Mulas
13-Elitropia-Latte E Miele
14-Indictment Ever After-Oceanic Legion
15-Lady Of Sicily-Interpose Plus
16-Bleeding Нearts-Court
17-The Lombardy Convent-Ars Ephemera
18-Mercenaries-United Progressive Fraternity
19-Take Thief-Alex Grata
20-Gnaffe-Il Tempio Delle Clessidre
21-A Night With Niccolosa-Rebel Wheel
22-Il Sogno La Bestia La Ritrosa-Taproban
23-Rai Ti Tai-D'Accord
24-The Bridge Of Geese-Phoenix Again
25-Put A Tail On It-Castle Canyon
26-Ahead Of Fortune-S A L U E N A
27-Ghino E L'Abate Di Cligni-Il Castello Di Atlante
28-Neighbors-Fran Turner
29-Decamerone 10 4-Blank Manuskript
30-The Winter Garden-Ozone Player
31-Carlo D'Angio E L'Amore Perduto-Faveravola
32-The Knight's Tale-Cirrus Bay
33-De Bello Inter Fratres-Marchesi Scamorza
34-Il Ritorno Mai Sperato-Bornidol
35-Comunque Vada-Locus Amoenus
36-Nephile's Song-Castle Canyon

Один из грандиозных международных проектов организованных финской студией Colossus и фирмой грамзаписи Musea. Лучшим представителям прогрессив-рока со всего мира было предложено проиллюстрировать один из рассказов книги "Декамерон" Джованни Боккаччо. Кто-то написал специально для этого вещь, кто-то использовал уже готовую. В книге 100 новелл. Таким образом мы имеем три серии по 4 диска и 100 (на самом деле 106) композиций высокого качества. Третья серия была выпущена НЕ на лейбле "Музея", что значительно расширило список исполнителей.
ВЕСЬМА ВЕСЬМА РЕКОМЕНДУЮ!

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(c) Review by Matti, PA

In 1353 Giovanni Boccaccio completed his famous book Decamerone, in which a company of ten young Florentians have escaped the Black Death epidemic of 1348. During ten days each of them tells a daily story; thus the complete Decamerone contains full 100 short stories. It's undoubtedly the most important book in the whole history of short stories. The word 'novella' of Italian origin, used in this three-part anthology series, actually means (in today's English) a short novel, so it's a bit out of place... But anyway, the now-completed massive international project organized by the Finnish prog society Colossus and its Italian chairman Marco Bernard wasn't to make any compromises: each and every story has been given a musical interpretation on three 4-disc sets. Sadly I haven't listened to the previous parts.

In one word, it's a cornucopia! I have been listening to these approx. 70-minute CD's several days now, and I really could have continued to do so for many more days before reviewing. But now to the music. Quite a few of the artists participating in this anthology have favoured notable Medieval/Renaissance flavours (that I'm fond of) in their compositions or arrangements. That would not be the point at all, it simply wouldn't feel natural if all the dozens of prog bands/artists with their own styles tried to catch the spirit of the 1400th century. It's enough that the bands more or less share the spirit of the Golden Age of progressive rock. Downright modern stuff you won't find here. Who would want or expect to? Mellotron, Нammond, Korg, Moog, clavinet... and of course violin and flute are frequently listed on these pages.

My favourites on the first CD include instrumentals by AGENESS (Finland), WILLOWGLASS (UK), and a song by a US group ELEPНANTS OF SCOTLAND, one of the few using recorder to bring some Medieval touch. Before I forget, the best thing about this anthology has nothing to do with bygone centuries, it is the fact that it's exhaustingly full of excellent prog. The second best thing is that it introduces to me - and surely to anyone - numerous interesting prog acts I hadn't even heard of. I never would have guessed STELLA LEE JONES to be a Japanese prog group.

The most frequent countries are Italy and USA. Italian bands feature e.g. LATTE E MIELE, IL TEMPIO DELLE CLESSIDRE, TAPROBAN and IL CASTELLO DI ATLANTE. There are artists from Canada, France, Spain, Argentina, Australia (UNITED PROGRESSIVE FRATERNITY), Russia, etc.

Less than 1/3 of all artists I had earlier listened to, but I daresay everyone has taken this project with passion and high artistic goals. The existent stylistic variety naturally means that not a single listener can be impressed by all 36 tracks. Нowever, only a very few tracks I rather skip (and I am generally pretty fond of the skip button, believe me). I'm glad that the majority of the tracks are instrumentals. Sometimes the lyrics are slightly clumsy as they concentrate in telling the story. Amusingly there are a couple of tracks with a theatrical or even opera-reminding dialogue approach: 'Put a Tail On It' by CASTLE CANYON (USA) is guaranteed to raise a smile. Usually an instrumentally oriented OZONE PLAYER (Finland) has invited four vocalists.

"Intro" piece by ROBERT WEBB (of England fame) and "outro" by Castle Canyon, again (their 'Nephile's Song' is one of my favourites) aren't directly based on Decamerone stories. Nearly each of the remaining 34 tracks are accompanied with a story synopsis, which is very nice. The thick booklet designed by Ed Unitsky deserves all the praise, managing to be both informative in a user-friendly way and visually beautiful. The same way as the CD's by The Samurai Of Prog, which as a multi-national virtual band can be seen closely related to these Colossus projects. Also here there are pieces featuring musicians from various corners of the globe. In the Internet Age it's not necessary to even meet in person in order to make music that matters.

It's not often that I'm willing to give a full rating to a various artists set, but this is such occasion. If I was imprisoned for months and was allowed to have just one CD release, this might be the one.
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Инджой!
WBR, Michael Baryshnikov.

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