AMBROSINI Songbook for Guitar
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Composer or Director: Claudio Ambrosini
Genre:
Instrumental
Label: Kairos
Magazine Review Date: 03/2017
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 74
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: 0015012KAI
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Arie e danze |
Claudio Ambrosini, Composer
Alberto Mesirca, Guitar Claudio Ambrosini, Composer |
I‘mbrazilian |
Claudio Ambrosini, Composer
Alberto Mesirca, Guitar Claudio Ambrosini, Composer |
Tre Studi 'en plein air' |
Claudio Ambrosini, Composer
Alberto Mesirca, Guitar Claudio Ambrosini, Composer |
Canzone d‘ombre |
Claudio Ambrosini, Composer
Alberto Mesirca, Guitar Claudio Ambrosini, Composer |
Nulla nox sine linea |
Claudio Ambrosini, Composer
Alberto Mesirca, Guitar Claudio Ambrosini, Composer |
Notturno con sogno |
Claudio Ambrosini, Composer
Alberto Mesirca, Guitar Claudio Ambrosini, Composer |
Priapo assiderato |
Claudio Ambrosini, Composer
Alberto Mesirca, Guitar Claudio Ambrosini, Composer |
Ciaccona in labirinto |
Claudio Ambrosini, Composer
Alberto Mesirca, Guitar Claudio Ambrosini, Composer |
Tantalo sorridente |
Claudio Ambrosini, Composer
Alberto Mesirca, Guitar Claudio Ambrosini, Composer |
Canzone molle |
Claudio Ambrosini, Composer
Alberto Mesirca, Guitar Claudio Ambrosini, Composer |
Rap |
Claudio Ambrosini, Composer
Alberto Mesirca, Guitar Claudio Ambrosini, Composer |
Canzone a perdere |
Claudio Ambrosini, Composer
Alberto Mesirca, Guitar Claudio Ambrosini, Composer |
Song of Innocence, Song of Experience |
Claudio Ambrosini, Composer
Alberto Mesirca, Guitar Claudio Ambrosini, Composer |
Tre Studi sulla prospettiva |
Claudio Ambrosini, Composer
Alberto Mesirca, Guitar Claudio Ambrosini, Composer |
3 Holograms |
Claudio Ambrosini, Composer
Alberto Mesirca, Guitar Claudio Ambrosini, Composer |
Author: William Yeoman
Alberto Mesirca’s fluent, committed interpretations find a similar mood presiding over certain passages in Ambrosini’s other, more delicately rendered nocturnes, such as the Notturno con sogno. Nevertheless, he equally relishes the more florid and almost violent musical gestures that characterise much of Ambrosini’s work. Take the opening percussive Arie e danze, the hectic Rap or the agitated Priapo assiderato, exploding with string slaps and crazed trills before drifting off in a dreamy glissando. Then there are the jazzy I’mbrazilian, the Impressionistic chiaroscuro of Canzone d’ombre, the Janus-like Ciaccona in labirinto (called Ciaccona del giglio) and the witty ‘Arcimboldo docet’ (Three Holograms), in which the player coughs, sighs and kisses in duet with the guitar.
Ambrosini draws on a diverse range of styles but he does so to forge a unique language, which, in the context of the classical guitar at least, is more introverted than projecting outwards. It’s hard to believe only a handful of these pieces had previously been recorded. Harder to believe none is published – which this outstanding release surely looks set to change.
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