Britten & Facchinetti: Laura Plays Laura / Mondiello
Details
- Composer
- Benjamin Britten, Giancarlo Facchinetti, Jerome Kern, Joseph Kosma, Les Reed, Barry Mason, David Rak
- Artist
- Laura, Mondiello
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Stradivarius
- Released
- Oct 07, 2022
- Catalog #
- STR37238
- UPC
- 8011570372383
About
This release offers a vivid picture of the diverse and varied spirits that characterized the twentieth century, as told in music. A milestone of twentieth century guitar literature, Nocturnal after John Dowland op. 70 (1963) by Benjamin Britten, joins hands here with two pieces, Fantasia per Laura (2010) and Suite per chitarra (2016), by Giancarlo Facchinetti (1936-2017), a composer from Brescia who ‘with his biographical and artistic story, sums up the fragmented and contradictory course of twentieth century music’.
Alongside the mainland represented by the works of Britten and Facchinetti, the former unanimously historicized and the latter undoubtedly on the way to being so, five well-known songs belonging to the tradition of pop music have been inserted, like a small and intricate archipelago. Seemingly isolated, far removed from the seriousness of the classical context just described, yet dense with their own poetic originality, thanks in part to the inventiveness of the musicians who have succeeded so well in making guitar arrangements of them, the songs surface like water lilies among the leaden atmospheres elicited by Britten and Facchinetti, like an invitation to free our mind and soul from the meditative introversion characterizing the Nocturnal, as well as the Fantasia and Suite. The pieces in our program alternate as if wishing to lead the listener through the meanderings of an emotional journey that culminates in the concluding Nocturnal.
Tracklist 11 tracks
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1 Laura (arr. L. Almeida for guitar) 03:50
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Laura (arr. L. Almeida for guitar)
- Duration
- 03:50
- Composer
- David Raksin
- Performer
- Laura Mondiello
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2 I. Preludio 03:16
- Track
- 2
- Title
- I. Preludio
- Duration
- 03:16
- Composer
- Giancarlo Facchinetti
- Performer
- Laura Mondiello
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3 II. Scherzo 01:54
- Track
- 3
- Title
- II. Scherzo
- Duration
- 01:54
- Composer
- Giancarlo Facchinetti
- Performer
- Laura Mondiello
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4 III. Adagio 02:40
- Track
- 4
- Title
- III. Adagio
- Duration
- 02:40
- Composer
- Giancarlo Facchinetti
- Performer
- Laura Mondiello
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5 IV. Finale 03:37
- Track
- 5
- Title
- IV. Finale
- Duration
- 03:37
- Composer
- Giancarlo Facchinetti
- Performer
- Laura Mondiello
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6 Fantasia per Laura 07:37
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Fantasia per Laura
- Duration
- 07:37
- Composer
- Giancarlo Facchinetti
- Performer
- Laura Mondiello
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7 Alfonsina y el mar (arr. F. Alonso for guitar) 06:31
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Alfonsina y el mar (arr. F. Alonso for guitar)
- Duration
- 06:31
- Composer
- Ariel Ramírez
- Performer
- Laura Mondiello
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8 Roberta: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (arr. F. Alonso for guitar) 02:43
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Roberta: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (arr. F. Alonso for guitar)
- Duration
- 02:43
- Composer
- Jerome Kern
- Performer
- Laura Mondiello
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9 12 Songs for Guitar: No. 5. Amours perdues (Joseph Kosma) 03:40
- Track
- 9
- Title
- 12 Songs for Guitar: No. 5. Amours perdues (Joseph Kosma)
- Duration
- 03:40
- Composer
- Tōru Takemitsu
- Performer
- Laura Mondiello
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10 The Last Waltz (arr. Toru Takemitsu for guitar) 03:43
- Track
- 10
- Title
- The Last Waltz (arr. Toru Takemitsu for guitar)
- Duration
- 03:43
- Composer
- Barry Mason, Les Reed
- Performer
- Laura Mondiello
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11 Nocturnal after John Dowland: Reflections on Come, heavy sleep, Op. 70 18:22
- Track
- 11
- Title
- Nocturnal after John Dowland: Reflections on Come, heavy sleep, Op. 70
- Duration
- 18:22
- Composer
- Benjamin Britten
- Performer
- Laura Mondiello