Pizzichi e sospiri | Adriano Lincetto

Pizzichi e sospiri brings together music by Adriano Lincetto (1936–1996) for string orchestra and solo instruments: flute, alphorn, bassoon, guitar and mandolin.

Formats and editions

• SACD — CVLD104SACD
• Hi-Res WAV file 96kHz · 24bit — CVLD104

Musicians

String Orchestra: I Solisti Filarmonici Italiani, conducted by Giovanni Guglielmo

Enzo Caroli, flute

Alessio Benedettelli, alphorn

Andrea Bressan, bassoon

Alessandro Bono, guitar

Ugo Orlandi, mandolin

Recording and production

Native multi-channel recording in DSD format, made in March 2003 in the Library Hall of the Carceri d'Este Abbey, Italy.

Schoeps microphones, Millennia Media HV-3B microphone preamplifiers and a SADiE DSD8 recording system were used.

Mixing and mastering were monitored using a DROMOS EGHEON multi-channel analogue preamplifier, AUDIA FLIGHT 100 x3 amplification and SPENDOR S-100 x5 loudspeakers

Executive producer and sound engineer: Marco Lincetto for Velut Luna

Graphics and Layout: L'Image

Track listing

Suite per Paer, per Orchestra d'Archi (1980)
01 - Allegro con spirito, 1:26
02 - Adagio, 2:27
03 - Tempo di Valzer, 2:25
04 - Allegro molto, 2:08
 
Concerto per Flauto e Archi (1979)
05 - Largo espressivo cantabile. Allegro moderato 5:08
06 - Lento, cantando con molta espressione 4:33
07 - Allegro vivacissimo 4:30
 
Elegia per Corno delle Alpi e Archi (1996)
08 - Adagio, ma non troppo lento. Allegro molto.
Poco meno cantando. Tempo I  12:55
 
Divertimento per Fagotto e Archi (1995)
09 - notturno  3:16
10 - Danza  3:32
11 - Elegia  6:49
12 - Finale  2:52
 
Divertimento a due per Chitarra e Pianoforte (1981)
(trascrizione per chitarra e archi a cura dell'Autore)
13 - Preludio  4:17
14 - Danza  3:11
15 - Finale  4:00
 
Adagio e Allegro per Mandolino e Pianoforte (1978)
(trascrizione per mandolino e archi a cura di Claudio Mandonico)
16 - Adagio  2:08
17 - Allegro  3:50
 
DURATA TOTALE: 70:32
 

Programme notes

The music of Adriano Lincetto never aligned with the dictates of the dominant "musical currents" of the 20th century. 

Lincetto always composed following his own idea of beauty, melody and harmony. His music is tonal, and at times it does not fail to pay homage to those composers who, even unconsciously, were a source of inspiration, from Debussy and Ravel to Bartok and Stravinsky. 

It is absolute and timeless music, often created to satisfy the requests for "new music" from musician friends who then became its first interpreters, as in the case of this album Enzo Caroli and Alessio Benedettelli and the lifelong friend Giovanni Guglielmo. 

Music to be savored for its inherent beauty and without seeking any pseudo-cultural aftertaste, typical of power cliques linked more to political power than to Music understood in an absolute sense.

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