EMOTIONS | Various Artists

Emotions explores music's expressive power, from Salvatore Accardo's lyrical violin and Uto Ughi's Bach interpretations to Mariella Devia's voice, Charles Rosen's piano, Todd Cochran's jazz and the rhythmic world of Munyungo Jackson.

Fourteen performances span contrasting musical periods and styles. Piazzolla, Bach, Mozart and Vivaldi meet Cavalli's early music and modern jazz in a compilation that celebrates instrumental colour, musical character and the energy of performance.

Formats and editions

• Hi-Res file 88.2 kHz — HD029: high-resolution digital audio download, 88.2 kHz.
• DSD 64 — DSD029: digital audio download in DSD 64 (DSF) format.

Complete tracklist

1. Milonga en re — Astor Piazzolla — 5:16
2. Concerto per violino e archi n. 1 in la minore, BWV 1041: Allegro non tanto — Johann Sebastian Bach — 4:14
3. Sonata per violino n. 1 in sol minore, BWV 1001: Fuga (Allegro) — Johann Sebastian Bach — 5:22
4. Exsultate, jubilate, K. 165: Molto allegro — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — 2:40
5. Rondò in la minore, K. 511: Andante — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — 9:45
6. Divertimento — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — 2:04
7. Le quattro stagioni, RV 269 «La primavera»: Allegro — Antonio Vivaldi — 3:16
8. Le quattro stagioni, RV 269 «La primavera»: Largo — Antonio Vivaldi — 2:37
9. Le quattro stagioni, RV 269 «La primavera»: Allegro — Antonio Vivaldi — 3:55
10. Deus tuorum militum — Francesco Cavalli — 3:51
11. D'un sirventes faire, Peire de la Cavarana — tradizionale — 4:27
12. Lights Out — Todd Cochran — 4:38
13. Bemsha Swing — Denzil De Costa Best, Thelonious Monk — 7:59
14. Columbiana — Munyungo Jackson — 5:25

Artists and performers

• Salvatore Accardo — violin and conductor; Orchestra da Camera Italiana (1).
• Uto Ughi — violin; I Filarmonici di Roma on track 2 (2–3).
• Mariella Devia — soprano; Daniele Callegari, conductor; Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana and Coro Lirico Marchigiano «Vincenzo Bellini» (4).
• Charles Rosen — piano (5).
• Gervase de Peyer — and Corrado Giuffredi, clarinets; Stefano Canuti, bassoon (6).
• Marco Fornaciari — solo violin and leader; Fonè Ensemble (7–9).
• Romano Vettori — organ and musical direction; Accademia di Musica Antica, Ensemble Vocale e Strumentale di Rovereto; Sylva Pozzer, Simonetta Cavalli, Vincenzo Di Donato, Garrick Comeaux and instrumental ensemble (10).
• Gérard Zucchettò — voice and period instruments; Patrice Brient and Jacques Khoudir (11).
• Todd Cochran — piano and vocals; James Leary, bass; Clayton Cameron, drums (12).
• James Leary — with other double bass players; Todd Cochran, piano; Clayton Cameron, drums (13).
• Munyungo Jackson — with percussion ensemble; Todd Cochran, piano; Michael O'Neill, guitar; Sekou Bunch, bass; Robert Greenidge, steel pans; Rayford Griffin, drums and cymbals (14).

Recording and production

Giulio Cesare Ricci — conceived, recorded and produced. A Fonè production in stereo Direct Stream Digital (DSD). Cover art: Sara Luna Bertolini, «Gift».