Winterthrough

by Hostsonaten

Winterthrough cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 2008
  • Label: AMS
  • Country: Italy
  • Length: 33:41
  • Community rating: 3.63/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Edmondo Romano, Matthias Scheller, Maurizio Di Tollo, Alessandro Corvaglia, Matteo Nahum

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Part of their ambitious 'Seasons' cycle, the Italian progressive rock ensemble delivers a conceptual suite centered around the chilling atmosphere of winter. The instrumental passages utilize mellotrons and flutes to evoke a natural, cold, and highly melodic symphonic soundscape.

Genres

Descriptors: natural, progressive, instrumental, conceptual

Tracklist

  1. Entering The Halls Of Winter (10:13)
  2. Red Sky (3:43)
  3. White Earth (1:20)
  4. Snowstorm (3:18)
  5. Over The Plain (2:04)
  6. The Crystal Light (6:46)
  7. Outside (2:18)
  8. Ruins (2:17)
  9. Through Winter's Air (1:42)
  10. I. Prelude
  11. II. New Year's Theme
  12. III. Winter's End
  13. IV. Celebration / To The Open Fields...

Credits

  • Hostsonaten - primary artist
  • Alessandro Corvaglia - arranged by, mellotron, synthesizer [mini-moog, crumar, roland & yamaha synthesizers], keyboards [rmi keyboard], composed by [outside moog themes by]
  • Edmondo Romano - arranged by, soprano saxophone, clarinet, brass
  • Matteo Nahum - arranged by, lead guitar, electric guitar, rhythm guitar
  • Maurizio Di Tollo - arranged by, drums, cymbal [cymbals], tambourine [tambourines], timbales, gong, temple block, rainstick, triangle
  • Simona Angioloni - artwork [booklet page 3: "a drop in the ocean]

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