THE SONGS OF BURT BACHARACH | Antonella Vitale Quartet and Friends | Masterclone Black CD™

The Songs of Burt Bacharach

Antonella Vitale Quartet and Friends revisits the repertoire of Burt Bacharach and Hal David with a jazz ensemble enriched by saxophone, flute, flugelhorn and guitar. Arrangements are by Andrea Beneventano and Antonella Vitale.

Available editions

• Masterclone Black CD™ – Velut Luna CVLD408B, with the original Hi-Res File included.
• Hi-Res File 88.2kHz • 24bit – Velut Luna CVLD408HD, original 13-track digital edition.

Tracks listed in this edition

1. What The World Needs Now Is Love – 5:32 – Aldo Bassi, flugelhorn
2. The Look Of Love – 5:13 – Aldo Bassi, flugelhorn; Gerry Popolo, soprano sax
3. I’ll Never Fall In Love Again – 6:02 – Gerry Popolo, tenor sax
4. Tra la sabbia e il mare aperto – 4:57 – Enrico Bracco, guitar; Gerry Popolo, flute
5. Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head – 3:31 – Gerry Popolo, tenor sax
6. (They Long To Be) Close To You – 5:27 – Gerry Popolo, soprano sax
7. I Say A Little Prayer – 6:06 – Gerry Popolo, soprano and tenor sax
8. Walk On By – 6:13 – Gerry Popolo, soprano sax

All compositions by Burt Bacharach / Hal David, except Tra la sabbia e il mare aperto by Antonella Vitale.

Antonella Vitale Quartet

Antonella Vitale – voice
Andrea Beneventano – piano
Francesco Puglisi – double bass
Alessandro Marzi – drums and percussion

Special guests

Gerry Popolo – saxophones and flute
Aldo Bassi – flugelhorn
Enrico Bracco – guitar

Recording and remastering

Original recording at 88.2kHz/24bit made at Magister Recording Area, Preganziol, on 27–29 August 2007 and 3–5 January 2008. Analogue remix and remastering completed on 7 May 2026 at VLS Studio, Náquera, Spain.

The sessions used the studio’s Steinway & Sons D274 Concert Grand, built in New York in 1930 and restored.

Credits

Production: Marco Lincetto
Recording: Marco Lincetto and Stefano Isola
Editing: Stefano Isola
Mix and mastering: Marco Lincetto
Cover photo: Marco Lincetto
Design and layout: L’Image

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