IL MADRIGALE DEL VENTO

Calliope is one of the new RPI bands who are more symphonic and lyrically than bombastic and heavy. There are a lot of RPI bands who plays on the contrast between melodic and bombastic. Calliope is only soft and melodic. Their music is drenched in keyboards. Two keyboards to be more precise.

Il Madrigale Del Vento is no exception from their formula. It is their most melodic effort ever. It also have a lot of references to Italian folk music in addition to references to the likes of PFM. The music on this album is very good though throughout. There are some excellent melody lines here. Most of them led by flutes and violins. This gives their sound an extra dimension.

But I also have my gripes with this album. The female vocals does not suit the music, in my view. Calliope's sound on this album needs an edge. Annalisa Gastaldo's vocals does not provides this edge. The end result is a very nice, but also slightly wishy-washy album which is good to the ears, but does not offer the brain much food for thought. But this is still a good album, but barely that. This album is a backward step for Calliope, I am afraid.

3 stars

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