Gira l’anima | Tiziana Cappellino, Pietro Ballestrero

Gira l’anima. Voice, piano and guitars explore eleven tracks spanning original compositions, Brazilian music and jazz.

Formats and editions

• GOLD CD — CVLD367GOLDCD
• Hi-Res WAV file 88.2kHz · 24bit — CVLD367

Musicians

Tiziana Cappellino, voice and piano
Pietro Ballestrero, guitars

Steinway & Sons D274, New York patent, 1928; classical guitars by Paulino Bernabè.

Recording and production

Original 88.2 kHz · 24-bit recording at Magister Recording Area, Preganziol, on 3 and 4 January 2024. Analogue mix and mastering at VLS, Náquera, Valencia, on 12 January 2024.

Production: MARCO LINCETTO for VELUT LUNA
Executive producer: Marco Lincetto
Balance recording engineer: Marco Lincetto
Sound engineer on Pro Tools: Andrea Valfrè
Mix and mastering: Marco Lincetto
Cover painting: Pietro Ballestrero
Photo: Marco Lincetto
Design: L'Image

Track listing

01 - Accendi una luna nel cielo (Toquinho, Vinicius De Moraes, Sergio Bardotti), 3:52
02 - Better Days Ahead (Pat Metheny), 4:31
03 - Giuramento, da Rosa (Pixinguinha - Joe Barbieri), 4:00
04 - Yatra-ta (Tania Maria), 4:11
05 - Gira l'anima (Pietro Ballestrero), 4:53
06 - Wildflower (Noa), 4:30
07 - Loro (Egberto Gismonti), 4:55
08 - Sipario (Tiziana Cappellino), 6:12
09 - Deep Breath (Pietro Ballestrero), 6:43
10 - Fly Away (Tiziana Cappellino), 4:57
11 - Cara (Lucio Dalla), 5:54
       Tot. Time: 54:46

Programme notes

Two artists with a very personal style and strong sensibility. Their passion for Brazilian musicality and rhythms on one hand, and the vitality of jazz on the other, give rise to an encounter where voice, guitar, and piano intertwine, creating fresh arrangements, and contaminations of styles and worlds.
Refined harmonies and improvisation are inextricably linked to the search for beauty and simplicity in melodies, whether instrumental, where vocal parts are performed without lyrics, or through true poems, verses set to music.
Cappellino's voice, a nearly century-old Steinway grand piano, and Ballestrero's acoustic guitars, enhanced by the exceptional fidelity of Marco Lincetto's recording, as usual captured strictly live in the studio, lead the listener on a journey through the diverse souls that captivate the authors. From their original pieces to themes by great composers like Pat Metheny or Egberto Gismonti, interspersed with true songs, Brazilian songs with lyrics translated into Italian, a piece by Noa, and finally, the beautiful "Cara" by Lucio Dalla.

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