opus avantra box set (5 lp + 6cd + dvd + 2x7in)

Label: Cramps

Deluxe boxset containing:

• 5LP
• 6CD
• DVD
• 2 X 7''
• LARGE BOOK AND EPHEMERA,POSTER

Historic Italian label, ARTIS Records, returns with one of its most ambitious releases to date, Opus Avantra's massive "Opus Avantra Box Collection", offering a thrilling retrospective of one of the most unique bands to emerge from the Italian Prog movement and "Rock in Opposition". Ambitious, experimental and absolutely uncategorisable, a liminal zone between rock, jazz and classical music, "Opus Avantra Box Collection" is a journey into the creative explorations of one of the most singular bands of the progressive and avant-garde scene. A stunning deluxe box set dedicated to the production of the legendary project founded in 1973 by classically trained singer Donella Del Monaco, pianist and composer Alfredo Tisocco, philosopher Giorgio Bisotto and Renato Marengo, joined by a rotating cast of guest musicians. It's a truly revealing immersion into a sonic world that beyond Italian borders is best known for the band's appearance on the legendary Nurse With Wound list. Unmissable for fans of Franco Battiato, Area, Maria Monti, Slapp Happy, etc. and, more generally, of the strange and wonderful conjunctions between the contexts of experimentalism and pop. The "Opus Avantra Box Collection" collects the majority of Opus Avantra's known production, and indisputably what is their most important corpus and includes, both on LP and CD, the group's five full lengths - "Opus Avantra Donella Del Monaco" of 1974 and "Lord Cromwell Plays Suite for Seven Vices" of 1975, "Strata" of 1989, "Lyrics" of 1995, "Lyrics" of 2021 - in addition to the two discs 7", "Il Pavone" and "Allemanda" of 1975 - all enclosed in perfect reproduction cases, as well as a CD that collects excerpts from various live concerts, a DVD, "Viaggio Imaginario" , which captures the band live in Tokyo in 2008, and a 44-page book, signed poster, limited print, peacock feather and 50th anniversary pin, is as deluxe as it gets. Truly incredible and not to be missed. ARTIS Records' "Opus Avantra Box Collection" is a truly monumental undertaking, drawing our ears and minds into the radical gestures and thrilling evolutions of one of the most engaging groups to emerge from the Italian scene of the Seventies.

The box contains the following items::

5 LP:
• Opus Avantra Donella Del Monaco
• Lord Cromwell Plays Suite for Seven Vices
• Strata
• Lyrics
• Loucos - Nel luogo magico
6 x CD:
• Opus Avantra Donella Del Monaco
• Lord Cromwell Plays Suite for Seven Vices
• Strata
• Lyrics
• Loucos - Nel luogo magico
• Live Concerts Excerpts
DVD:
• Viaggio Immaginario - Live in Tokyo 2008.12.04
2 x 7":
• Il Pavone
• Allemanda