Leonardo – The Absolute Man is a reasoned, selective re-telling of the life of a great man, Leonardo da Vinci, the ultimate Renaissance man.
It has been in the works for years, originating as the ultimate artistic dream of Magna Carta label head Peter Morticelli, who then placed the intellectual blueprints in the hands of Trent Gardner who commenced to create what is by far, the most complex, grand and magnificently sweeping collaboration the label has ever attempted.
Leonardo sounds like no other progressive rock construct you have ever heard. It is a mix of cinematic progressive rock, symphonic rock, progressive pop and progressive metal, graced and articulated by true classical music and the theatrical scope of state-of -the-art soundtrack or dramatic stage music.
1 Apparition
2 Aria For Italy
3 With Father
Vocals – Davey Pattison, James Labrie
4 Reins Of Tuscan
Vocals – Davey Pattison, James Labrie, Josh Pincus, Michelle Young
5 Reproach
6 Mona Lisa
Vocals – Davey Pattison, James Labrie, Michelle Young, Mike Baker (3), Trent Gardner
7 Il Divino
8 Inundation
9 Apprentice
Vocals – James Labrie, Michelle Young, Mike Baker (3), Robert Berry, Trent Gardner
10 First Commission
Vocals – Michelle Young, Steve Walsh
11 Mother Of God
12 This Time, This Way
Vocals – James Labrie, Lisa Bouchelle
13 Inventions
Vocals – Chris Shryack, James Labrie, Steve Walsh, Trent Gardner
14 Shaping The Invisible
Vocals – James Labrie
15 Introduction To Francois I
16 Heart Of France
Vocals – Bret Douglas, James Labrie, Mike Baker (3), Robert Berry
17 Sacrament
18 End Of A World
Vocals – Bret Douglas, Chris Shryack, Davey Pattison, James Labrie, Josh Pincus, Lisa Bouchelle, Michelle Young, Mike Baker (3), Robert Berry, Steve Walsh, Trent Gardner
Leonardo da Vinci – James LaBrie
Ser Piero da Vinci – Davey Pattison
Caterina – Michelle Young
Lorenzo de’Medici – Josh Pincus
Citizens – Chorus
Mona Lisa – Lisa Bouchelle
(Giovan Francesco) Melzi – Mike Baker
(Andrea del) Verracchio – Trent Gardner
Art Students – Chorus
Salai – Robert Berry
Court – Chorus
(Bartolhmeo) Calco – Steve Walsh
(Judovico Il Moro) Sforza – Chris Shryack
Francois J – Bret Douglas