Felona E Sorona [Import]

Le Orme | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 14, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Mercury Italy
• ASIN: B0000071J0
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #123,654 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Sopesi Nell 'Incredible

2. Felona

3. La Solitudine Di Chi Protegge Il Mondo

4. L' Equilibrio

5. Sorona

6. Attesa Inerte

7. Ritratto un Mattino

8. All 'Infuori del Tempo

9. Ritorno Al Nulla

Editorial Reviews

Japanese limited edition reissue of 1973 album, packaged in a miniature LP sleeve. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Prog Masterpiece, September 14, 2006

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William Scalzo (Niagara Falls, NY) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Felona E Sorona (Audio CD)

If you don't speak Italian don't let that put you off, this is one hell of a great classic-era Prog masterpiece. The whole 33 minutes flow by like a symphony. Le Orme does here what they do best...write inspired melodies and dress them up in interesting arrangements, rather than going for the virtuoso technicality of other Proggers.

This one holds up extremely well to repeated listening and the keyboards are fantastic, so are the vocals and drums. But oh those Keys!!!

Highly recommended for fans of Prog's classic era.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very nice Italian progressive rock album, August 1, 2002

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Allen Ray (Mantua, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Felona E Sorona (Audio CD)

This is my first experience of Le Orme, and I'm impressed. Though often compared to Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, this band bears relatively little musical resemblance to the British supergroup, at least on this 1973 release. There is a drummer, a keyboardist who plays organ, piano, Moog (?) and string synths, and a bassist/guitarist who also is the singer, so in that sense, the two groups are similar. However, Le Orme is far and away much more melodic than ELP.

The first track is the most energetic, and at 8:43 is also the longest. The drummer gets a good workout, and as the instrumentation here is tastefully sparse, he can be heard very distinctly. The singer has a very mellow and pleasant voice that would be hard not to like. The tracks all flow together well, though one could argue that the overall pace slackens a bit too much towards the middle. Still, there's little to dislike here. Simple but tasteful production values put everything in its place.

Silly observation: track 8 (All'Infuori Del Tempo) has a dominant riff/melody line that sounds nearly identical to John Williams' Star Wars main theme... five years before the movie!

My only complaint is that this is too short - only 33 or so minutes. When I hear this kind of melodic progressive rock, I wish it would go on and on.

Felona E Sorona is highly recommended to anyone who likes melodic rock, and especially those who enjoy symphonic progressive rock. You can't go wrong with this one.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Holds up surprisingly well, July 18, 2003

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W. Schmidt (Beaverton, Oregon USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Felona E Sorona (Audio CD)

Just received the CD - I'm now listening to this album for the first time in . . . . oh . . . probably fifteen years and it's still amazingly enjoyable. Actually, my original vinyl LP was the english language variant with lyrics by Peter Hammill (is that version available anywhere?). And while I was a huge Hammill and VDGG fan I found the lyrics very clumsy and a detriment to the music. Hearing the original version now (even though I don't speak Italian)I realize what a good prog album this was. Moody and melodic, it reminds me more of the "Nursery Chryme / Foxtrot" era Genesis if I had to compare to any other prog cornerstone. Well worth picking up.