IF I COULD HAVE... - New Project Classical Orchestra

IF I COULD HAVE... - New Project Classical Orchestra (CVLD374)

NEW REMASTERED FROM ORIGINAL ANALOG TAPE

Available as: HD File, 180gr. LP on Top Clear Vinyl + HD FILE

1 - Mille lire al mese (Innocenzi, Sopranzi / arr. P.Trentini) 2:35
Luca Merlini, vocals
2 - Ma l'amore no (D'Anzi, Galdieri / arr. F.Castania) 2:29
Giuliana Beberi, vocals
3 - Parlami d'amore Mariù (Neri, Bixio / arr. P.Trentini) 3:39
Luca Merlini, vocals
4 - Motivetto (Merlini, Caniato / arr. S.Caniato) 4:35
Giuliana Beberi, vocals
5 - Ba-ba baciami piccina (Morbelli, Astore / arr. S.Caniato) 3:20
Luca Merlini, vocals
6 - Amore baciami (Rossi, Testoni / arr. F.Castania) 3:02
Giuliana Beberi, vocals
7 - Ho un sassolino nella scarpa (Valci, Fernando / arr. F.Castania) 3:15
Luca Merlini, vocals
8 - Non dimenticar le mie parole (D'Anzi, Bracchi / arr. F.Castania) 3:04
Luca Merlini, vocals
9 - Piccola radio (Merlini, Castania / arr. F.Castania) 2:56
Giuliana Beberi, vocals
10 - Ti parlerò d'amor (Martinelli, Bracchi / arr. S.Caniato) 3:35
Giuliana Beberi, vocals
11 - La strada nel bosco (Nisa, Bixio / arr. F.Castania) 3:50
Luca Merlini, vocals
12 - Canta ancora marinaio (Merlini, Trentini / arr. P.Trentini) 2:54
Giuliana Beberi and Luca Merlini, vocals

Total time 38:20

New Project Classical Orchestra
Andrea Ferroni, Ivo Crepaldi, violin I
Stefano Roveda, Silvia Avitabile, violin II
Luigi Azzolina, viola
Lorenzo Corbolini, cello
Stefano Colpi, double bass
Stefano Chesini, flute
Marco Milelli, clarinet, alto and tenor sax
Giorgio Beberi, baritone sax, bass clarinet

"...If I could have"
is an affectionate and heartfelt tribute to the great Italian popular songs of the 1930s and 1940s and, ultimately, to that era, however troubled and suffering, yet still full of positivity, a forward-looking attitude, and values that perhaps today have been somewhat lost (not to mention the "quality" of today's Italian popular songs...). I wish to emphasize that this is a tribute and not, as has often been the case in similar endeavors in recent years, a caricature or a reinterpretation in a more or less ironic, more or less contaminated key.
From the very beginning of the arrangements, a rigorously philological instrumental choice was made, respecting the typical instrumentation of the orchestras of the time (see, for example, the orchestras directed by Cinico Angelini); this continued with the exquisitely interpretive choices of the two solo singers (Luca Merlini and Giuliana Beberi), who dedicated long months to studying the great protagonists of the era and their style, not so much to "copy" it, but to make it their own. And the extraordinary result is there, evident: none of the singers of the era are imitated, but Luca and Giuliana seem to come directly from those years.
A further point of interest, demonstrating the labor of love undertaken, is the creation of three new pieces, composed in the style of the era, by the three arrangers of the entire project, who are Maestros Stefano Caniato, Fabrizio Castania, and Patrik Trentini (the latter also the orchestra conductor, on the podium).

96kHz / 24bit / 24 tracks original recording made at Magister Recording Area, preganziol (Italy), April, 8,9, 2004
Real time analog remix and remastering made at VLS Studio, Naquera (Espana), March 23, 2024 / Workflow:

REMIX:
96/24 DAW player: MAGIX SEQUOIA
96kHz / 24bit / 24 tracks DA: LYNX AURORA "n"
analog mix: RUPERT NEVE DESIGN 5059 + NEVE 8816

REMASTERING:
compressor: MASELEC MLA-2
eq: MASELEC MEA-2
limiter: MASELEC MPL-2
RTR: STUDER A810 ---> analog master
88.2kHz / 24bit AD: PRISM SOUND AD2 DREAM ---> HD digital master

Stefano Caniato plays BORGATO L 282 Concert Grandpiano, tuned by Luigi Borgato
Production: Marco Lincetto (Velut Luna)
Recording, remix and remastering: Marco Lincetto
Design and layout: Studio L'Image