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Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Platero y yo

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Details

Composer
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Artist
Stephen Figoni, Laura Aguzzoni, Olimpia Pizzol
Format
CD
Discs
1
Label
Tactus
Released
Apr 04, 2025
Catalog #
TC890301
UPC
8007194108156

About

Juan Ramon Jimenez is the author of the famous poetic prose in 138 short episodes, Platero y yo, which he wrote in 1914. Spokesman of the simplicity of life and poet with a strong sensitivity, he tells a story, imbued with a classic sense of form and at the same time "moral," of his return to the land of his childhood and of his encounter with the donkey, Platero. The images that the poet shows us through the eyes of the young donkey are those of a typical Spanish landscape made of scenes of uncontaminated and pure life. From the fairy-tale adventure of these pages full of pure poetry, love and nostalgia one doesn't doesn't leave untouched. The reader that follows the narrative ends up finding himself with a child's gaze full of wonder and overcome by the affection of this magical journey. Castelnuovo-Tedesco, therefore, recognized the value of this work and chose to set some of the scenes to music, not for guitar and sung voice (principally) but for guitar and narrator. It is evident after reading the literary pieces that the criteria for his selection was the aesthetic contents and the evident "translatability" of the contents into a purely musical language. Guitarist Stephen Figoni and the voices of Laura Aguzzoni and Olimpia Pizzol guide us into the simple, enchanted world evoked by the two great artists' contributions.

Tracklist 13 tracks

  1. 1 I. Platero 02:41
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Platero
    Duration
    02:41
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Laura Aguzzoni, Stephen Figoni
  2. 2 VIII. Amistad (Amicizia – Friendship) 02:09
    Track
    2
    Title
    VIII. Amistad (Amicizia – Friendship)
    Duration
    02:09
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Laura Aguzzoni, Stephen Figoni
  3. 3 XI. Ronsard 03:40
    Track
    3
    Title
    XI. Ronsard
    Duration
    03:40
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Laura Aguzzoni, Olimpia Pizzol, Stephen Figoni
  4. 4 II. Angelus! 05:04
    Track
    4
    Title
    II. Angelus!
    Duration
    05:04
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Laura Aguzzoni, Stephen Figoni
  5. 5 III. Retorno (Ritorno - Return) 05:03
    Track
    5
    Title
    III. Retorno (Ritorno - Return)
    Duration
    05:03
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Laura Aguzzoni, Stephen Figoni
  6. 6 IV. La primavera (La primavera - Spring) 02:13
    Track
    6
    Title
    IV. La primavera (La primavera - Spring)
    Duration
    02:13
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Laura Aguzzoni, Stephen Figoni
  7. 7 V. El Pozo (Il Pozzo - The Well) 03:44
    Track
    7
    Title
    V. El Pozo (Il Pozzo - The Well)
    Duration
    03:44
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Laura Aguzzoni, Stephen Figoni
  8. 8 VI. Gorriones (I Passeri - The Sparrows) 03:53
    Track
    8
    Title
    VI. Gorriones (I Passeri - The Sparrows)
    Duration
    03:53
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Laura Aguzzoni, Stephen Figoni
  9. 9 XVI. Idilio de abril (Idillio d'Aprile - April Idyll) 03:41
    Track
    9
    Title
    XVI. Idilio de abril (Idillio d'Aprile - April Idyll)
    Duration
    03:41
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Laura Aguzzoni, Stephen Figoni
  10. 10 XXI. La muerte (La Morte - Death) 04:52
    Track
    10
    Title
    XXI. La muerte (La Morte - Death)
    Duration
    04:52
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Laura Aguzzoni, Stephen Figoni
  11. 11 VII. Melancolía (Malinconia - Melancholy) 04:12
    Track
    11
    Title
    VII. Melancolía (Malinconia - Melancholy)
    Duration
    04:12
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Laura Aguzzoni, Stephen Figoni
  12. 12 XXIV. La flor del camino (Il Fiore del Sentiero - The Wayside Flower) 03:59
    Track
    12
    Title
    XXIV. La flor del camino (Il Fiore del Sentiero - The Wayside Flower)
    Duration
    03:59
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Laura Aguzzoni, Stephen Figoni
  13. 13 Platero y yo, Op. 190: I. Platero (version with narration in Spanish) 02:41
    Track
    13
    Title
    Platero y yo, Op. 190: I. Platero (version with narration in Spanish)
    Duration
    02:41
    Composer
    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
    Performer
    Laura Aguzzoni, Stephen Figoni