NOTABENE

I bought this album because of Erik 's review and he generally is on the right track (no pun intended) with his comments throughout this site. It's also been an awful longtime since we got any good prog from Italy (No Sound and Chiave Di Volta is not much to chew on for us Italo-progheads). So this Cd comes at the most opportune time, as its damn good!!! We are blessed to have a very good vocalist who let's his bandmates litteraly soar all over this record. The piano always seems the start off point to some great jazzy symph prog , with liberal dashes of violin, trumpet and some fiery up-front lead guitar soloing from Silver Pes. A reptilian monster bassist merges nicely with deft drumming (a particularly consistent attribute of Italian Prog). The Rosa Bianca Suite is a real gem , with some sizzling playing , very moody, very upbeat and very smooth. Maestrale is another winner, but the truth is that the whole thing is positively memorable and will constitute as another fine prog classic, adding to a thick volume of great achievements from Pastaland. 4 white roses