Marco Lo Muscio, Andrea Padova & Steve Hackett - Andrea Padova Plays Lo Muscio (2019)

Born in 1971, Marco lo Muscio is an organist, pianist and composer who has performed on the great organs of Europe and the US. His own music been performed by the likes of Christopher Herrick, Thomas Trotter and David Briggs. This album focuses on another, more intimate side of his output. There are pieces dedicated to his mother and to the memory of his late father; tributes to both Debussy and Satie; meditations on literary themes from the work of J.R.R. Tolkien in a neo-medieval style; a pair of ricercari originally composed for organ, paying homage to Renaissance-era counterpoint; and to begin with Three American Preludes.



Track List:
1 3 American Preludes: I. Blue Prelude 02:14
2 3 American Preludes: II. Night Song 05:30
3 3 American Preludes: III. Blue Ostinato "Homage to Jarrett" 05:38
4 2 Ricercari: I. Ricercare "the Cathedral of Pienza" 03:19
5 2 Ricercari: II. Ricercare Cromatico "the Cathedral of Orvieto" 03:14
6 In Memoriam 04:02
7 Gymnopédie No. 0 "Homage to Satie" 06:06
8 Prelude in Memory of Debussy "la lune blanche" 05:53
9 Steve Hackett: Horizons 02:27
10 Meditation on Horizons "Homage to Steve Hackett" 04:18
11 "Théodon's Meditation" 01:45
12 "The Knights of Rohan" 02:50
13 Gandalf and Galadriel 05:11
14 "The Book of a Vampire", Homage to Bram Stoker 06:00
15 Vocalise No. 1 "To my Mother" 02:51