Latte e Miele
Passio Secundum Mattheum - The Complete Work

Latte e Miele, the historic Italian symphonic group from the '70s, returns by revisiting the small classic of 1972 “Passio Secundum Mattheum,” an album characterized by a religious concept typical of that period. The album is released by Black Widow from Genoa, which has already made available the works of reunions from other dinosaurs like Nuova Idea, Delirium, and Gleemen. “Passio Secundum Matthaeum – The Complete Work” – this is the full title of the album – features new arrangements and has been recorded with modern audio techniques. There are also 7 previously unreleased tracks for more than half an hour of music. The members of Latte e Miele are still guitarist Marcello Giancarlo Dellacasa, keyboardist Oliviero Lacagnina, the excellent drummer Alfio Vitanza, and Massimo Gori on bass. Also collaborating are the  Coro Polifonico Classe Mista and the GnuQuartet on strings. The production is by Aldo De Scalzi.  Enriching the context of this new edition is also the participation – in the spoken parts – of distinguished guests from the old and new Italian prog scene such as Silvana Aliotta, Sophya Baccini, Paolo Carelli, Aldo De Scalzi, Max Manfredi, Alvaro Fella, Giorgio D’Adamo, Lino Vairetti, Paolo Griguolo, Simonluca, and Elisa Montaldo. “Passio Secundum Mattheum,” perhaps not a fundamental album considering the Italian masterpieces of the era, remains nonetheless pleasant and fresh, reliving with new light and vigor. Certainly a record to consider among the most typical products of symphonic progressive. The sounds are dominated by the keyboards of Oliviero Lacagnina – ranging from baroque music to the progressive of Emerson Lake & Palmer – even though the guitar solos of Marcello Dellacasa shine, while Alfio Vitanza proves to be a drummer of great talent with his powerful drumming.  The album is dedicated to the memory of Don Gallo.