Thoughts on LE ORME?

to me the Progday 1997 performance of Felona blows the studio version out of the water

I think there is a live album out there somewhere, but it's a live album of Progfest (sorry not progday) not of Le Orme, that has various artists who performed .

Edited by kenethlevine - December 05 2020 at 19:13

kenethlevine wrote: to me the Progday 1997 performance of Felona blows the studio version out of the water

I love Le Orme and I only have three albums from them. Aldo Tagliapietra (I think that's how it's spelled) might be my favorite Italian prog singer. The three I have are Felona E Sorona, Contrapunti, and Florian, and Felona E Sorona and Florian are masterpieces. Contrapunti feels like some runoff ideas from FeS made into songs, but runoff from one of the greatest albums to come out of the entire Italian prog scene is still pretty darn good. Florian in particular seems to get very overlooked. Although its mostly acoustic, it's really gorgeous in its composition and arrangement, the instrumentals really shine. In fact the opening and closing remind me of Larks Tongues' In Aspic in a strange way, albeit prettier and less aggressive versions. Aldo's voice is also perfect for that setting.

Edited by Sacro_Porgo - December 05 2020 at 23:36

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: kenethlevine wrote: to me the Progday 1997 performance of Felona blows the studio version out of the water The only problem with that statement is that Le Orme did not play Progday in 1997. The only Italian band to play that year was Finisterre.

Cut some slack, he's right it's a killer performance. It's the Live in Pennsylvania album from NEARfest 2005 and can be purchased in CD or CD/DVD combo.

I love the band! Like many Italian bands the pyrotechnics take a backseat to songwriting and memorable melody--very unlike ELP though the makeup was the same in the classic years. And unlike most of the revived classic bands their more recent stuff is actually really good in spots, like La Via della Seta.

Solid band, beautiful music, pure class.

PS Also check out Aldo's album L'Angelo Rinchiuso

sillypuppy, I recommend verita nascoste!  Has some of the verve that it sounds like you are missing in a lot of their work.  

kenethlevine wrote: sillypuppy, I recommend verita nascoste!  Has some of the verve that it sounds like you are missing in a lot of their work.   Also Todd perfecrtly expressed how I feel about the group: <span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">Like many Italian bands the pyrotechnics take a backseat to songwriting and memorable melody--very unlike ELP though the makeup was the same in the classic years. And unlike most of the revived classic bands their more recent stuff is actually really good in spots, like La Via della Seta.</span>

Thanksfor the rec. I certainly haven't explored past the first five albums. Personally I want pyrotechnics in my symphonic prog! Just my personal preference.

Sacro_Porgo wrote: Florian in particular seems to get very overlooked.

I was going to say that as well, really lovely album, but it's everything Mike doesn't like about them I do like my RPI more tender and less pyrotechnic though.

Meltdowner wrote: kenethlevine wrote: I think there is a live album out there somewhere, but it's a live album of Progfest (sorry not progday) not of Le Orme, that has various artists who performed . Really cool performance Speaking of F&S, I wonder if Frank Bornemann knew this album before coming up with Planets/Time To Turn. The concept is pretty much the same.

I have eight albums by them: the ones from 1971-1977 and Elementi from 2001. I find all of them enjoyable. Felona e Sorona, Verità nascoste, and Elementi are my favorites of those.