AUDIOPHILE TRIP | Various Artists

Audiophile Trip brings together eighteen recordings personally selected by Giulio Cesare Ricci from the Fonè catalogue. From early vocal and instrumental traditions to sacred music, Baroque, chamber music, opera and jazz, the programme reveals striking contrasts in musical language, performers and acoustic spaces.

Al Qantarah and Ensemble Weltgesang open the journey; the organ playing of Stefano Concordia and the violin artistry of Salvatore Accardo lead to Vivaldi's Winter with Marco Fornaciari, Brahms, Albéniz, the operatic music of Mascagni and Verdi, and closing jazz performances by Fonè Jazz Makers and Gaby Cole.

The musical journey

This anthology embraces the breadth of the Fonè catalogue, moving from early music and sacred traditions through Baroque and Romantic instrumental works to Italian opera and jazz. Featured performers include the Orchestra da Camera di Brescia e Bergamo under Agostino Orizio, the Camerata Strumentale di Santa Cecilia under Leone Magiera, Salvatore Accardo with Bruno Canino and Laura Manzini, and Raina Kabaivanska.

Formats and editions

• Hi-Res file 88.2 kHz — HD015: high-resolution digital audio file with a sampling rate of 88.2 kHz.
• DSD 64 — DSD015: digital audio file in DSD 64 format.

Recording and production

The eighteen recordings were made by Giulio Cesare Ricci for different Fonè productions. Voices, solo instruments and orchestral ensembles alternate across a variety of acoustic spaces, bringing out the timbre and character of each performance.

Complete tracklist

1. Canto di Carnevale / Tammuriddara / Assummata di lu corpu di la tunnara – Navaii — 6:54. Al Qantarah, voices and instruments.
2. Stella Nova — 6:47. Ensemble Weltgesang; conducted by Roberta Cristoni.
3. Johann Gottfried Walther: Concerto del Sig.r Tomaso Albinoni appropriato all'organo – Allegro — 3:03. Stefano Concordia O.S.B., organ.
4. Johann Gottfried Walther: Concerto del Sig.r Tomaso Albinoni appropriato all'organo – Adagio — 1:21. Stefano Concordia O.S.B., organ.
5. Johann Gottfried Walther: Concerto del Sig.r Tomaso Albinoni appropriato all'organo – Allegro — 3:14. Stefano Concordia O.S.B., organ.
6. Hymn of Thanksgiving, Te Deum — 5:35. Monastic Choir of the Abbey of Montecassino; Stefano Concordia O.S.B., organ.
7. Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto RV 297 «L'inverno» – Allegro non molto — 3:20. Marco Fornaciari; Fonè ensemble.
8. Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto RV 297 «L'inverno» – Largo — 2:39. Marco Fornaciari; Fonè ensemble.
9. Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto RV 297 «L'inverno» – Allegro — 3:03. Marco Fornaciari; Fonè ensemble.
10. Pietro Antonio Locatelli: Introduttione IV – Allegro — 1:50. Orchestra da Camera di Brescia e Bergamo; conducted by Agostino Orizio.
11. Pietro Antonio Locatelli: Introduttione IV – Andante — 1:58. Orchestra da Camera di Brescia e Bergamo; conducted by Agostino Orizio.
12. Pietro Antonio Locatelli: Introduttione IV – Presto — 1:07. Orchestra da Camera di Brescia e Bergamo; conducted by Agostino Orizio.
13. Johannes Brahms: Scherzo dalla Sonata F.A.E. — 5:43. Salvatore Accardo, violin; Bruno Canino, piano.
14. Isaac Albéniz / Fritz Kreisler: Malagueña, op. 165 n. 3 — 3:50. Salvatore Accardo, violin; Laura Manzini, piano.
15. Pietro Mascagni: Intermezzo da Cavalleria rusticana — 3:26. Camerata Strumentale di Santa Cecilia; conducted by Leone Magiera.
16. Giuseppe Verdi: «Pace, pace mio Dio» da La forza del destino — 5:44. Raina Kabaivanska, soprano; Camerata Strumentale di Santa Cecilia; conducted by Leone Magiera.
17. Armand J. Piron: Sister Kate — 4:56. Fonè Jazz Makers, vocals and instruments.
18. Holt Marvell / Jack Strachey / Harry Link: These Foolish Things — 4:24. Gaby Cole, vocals; Marco Pezzenati, bells tree and vibraphone.

Total playing time: 68 minutes 54 seconds.

Principal performers and credits

Recordings: Giulio Cesare Ricci · Label: Fonè · Programme: anthology of 18 selections from Fonè releases.

Performers: Al Qantarah; Ensemble Weltgesang; Roberta Cristoni; Stefano Concordia O.S.B.; Marco Fornaciari and Fonè ensemble; Orchestra da Camera di Brescia e Bergamo and Agostino Orizio; Salvatore Accardo; Bruno Canino; Laura Manzini; Camerata Strumentale di Santa Cecilia and Leone Magiera; Raina Kabaivanska; Fonè Jazz Makers; Gaby Cole; Marco Pezzenati.