The program of this cd aims at proposing a walk off the beaten path: it wants to show, under the form of a “classical concert”, some meaningful tracks of that musical genre, known as “progressive rock”, that in the 70s came to the limelight with bands as Genesis, King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Yes, Gentle Giant, Emerson – Lake & Palmer, Jethro Tull .
Born from the common passionate interest of Bocini and Cavicchi in the music of Genesis, especially from 1970 to 1974, with Peter Gabriel as band leader, this project would like to offer a twofold possibility for the listener: for Genesis old fans to rediscover old tracks, born in a rock ambit, here reworked and at times transformed into a chamber music format; whereas those who haven’t had that kind of musical experience will be given the chance to be introduced to music of absolute value as to harmonic, melodic, rhythmic and timbre content.
The main features of these “two-voice reinventions” are at the same time the absolute faithfulness to the original musical spirit, the freedom of expression within the elaborations and the quite unusual way the contrabass is being dealt with; it is very often seen as a virtuoso soloist able not only to bear the weight of the original vocal parts but also to set up, together with the piano, dialogues, improvisations and variations.
The vocal insertions have been selected both for the “sound” of each word and for their evocative power; the main reference remains, however, the original lyrics of the pieces, which have as a rule remained intact, although at times appropriately reiterated.
These insertions have been created by Andrea Baggio, the project true “electronic voice”. He has recorded, filtered, disintegrated, amplified, transformed his own voice according to the effects we wanted to adapt to music.
The pieces chosen for this homage to Genesis have been taken from Selling England by the pound (“Firth of fifth”), Nursery Cryme (“For absent friends”, “Harlequin”, “Seven stones”, “Harold the barrel”, “The return of the giant Hogweed”) e The lamb lies down on Broadway ( a suite of 11 pieces).
All arrangements have been created by Alessandro Cavicchi.

Songs to listen :

- Traccia 1 - Traccia 2 - Traccia 3

- Traccia 4 - Traccia 5 - Traccia 6

Live

ALBERTO BOCINI
He graduated in Florence with professor A. Brandi and carried on his studies under the guidance of professor F. Petracchi.
Chamber musician, soloist and well known teacher, he has been, among other things, First Contrabass for prestigious International Orchestras, such as the Accademia Nazionale di S. Cecilia, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
He is the founder of NBB records, a brand he has created and then devoted to contrabass, which represents a true novelty in the international scene; NBB is not only a music label, but also a work-in-progress internet portal, which is now a landmark for many contrabassists.

ANDREA BAGGIO
After his classical music studies he specialised in the development of digital sound applied to the lyrical-symphonic field. He has worked for the main Italian theatres and has collaborated with famous directors such as Mehta, C. Abbado, Bychkov, Muti, Chailly e composers as Berio, Glass, Battistelli, Panni.
He has participated in productions such as “Tosca: times and places” “Tosca at the Rome Olympic stadium ” and in several recordings. He has collaborated with Centro Tempo Reale, carrying out the digital restoration of Berio’s work.
He has also organized a series of conferences on digital audio at the University of Florence.
He has been working since 1990 as Collaborator Maestro (Conductor) for the theatre of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.