DESCRIPTION
Before being captured in writing, a musical idea can be hidden anywhere. Free and undefined, wandering through the ruins of an ancient city, breathing along with the waves of the sea, blending with the geometry of a garden, or re-emerging from a dream, only to disappear again. The dawn of humanity, a hunter contemplates the sunset by vibrating the bowstring in contact with his body to accompany a chant … or a shepherd blows a reed in imitation of a bird’s melody. These, after all, are common ancestors of the great composers of all eras. Claude Debussy maintained that there is nothing more musical than a sunset. I believe that this statement remains true today, and that the contemplation of nature will always reveal stories, large and small, that may be transformed into poetry. These 11 compositions, similar to short stories, are designed specifically for the harp through an exploration of the expressive possibilities of this instrument, with reference to its history and its importance in contemporary music.
01 MAREE
Periodically isolated from everything else
02 L’AMOUR PEUT-ETRE
Thinking about to be or not to be in love
03 MORNING FOG
I knew you were there but I couldn’t see you
04 LOVE CHASE
Hide and seek in the garden maze
05 CRYSTAL WAVE
Just like the wave, just like the water
06 INTERMEZZO
Entr’acte
07 CALLE DEL SUR
At the bus station, sitting on the backpack I write my travel notes
08 THE FOX AND THE CAT BALLET
Find the right answer, the right one
09 CARPATIA
Once, we were sitting by the fire…
10 CRAB WALK
Look behind and carry on
11 PAESTUM
Landfall at first light of day, the agora, hymn to Poseidon
Musicians :
Mirella Cozzi: Classical Harp (all tracks)
Paolo Innarella: Flute (tracks 3-4-8-11)
Marco Valabrega: Violin (tracks 1-7) Viola (track 5)
Anna Rollando: Viola (2-9-11)
Paolo Graziani: Double bass (tracks 1-)
published by: Surabaya Music publishing – cd art-work by Riccardo Bianchi
all tracks composed by: Mauro Andreoni
Recorded, produced and mixed by Rob Colella for “REDWOOD RECORDINGS” Rome Italy
Executive and artistic producer: Roberto Colella for RedWood Recordings (a Surabaya Music publishing sublabel).