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Tales from Sardinia - Music for Flute & Guitar / Cordas et Bentu Duo
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Tales from Sardinia - Music for Flute & Guitar / Cordas et Bentu Duo

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Details

Composer
Franco Cavallone, Alfredo Franco, Francesco Morittu, Roberto Piana, Cristiano Porqueddu
Artist
Francesca Apeddu, Maria Luciani
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Feb 16, 2024
Catalog #
BRI96979
UPC
5028421969794

About

For the Cordas et Bentu Duo, Sardinia has always been a source of inspiration; the ensemble’s name, Sardinian for “strings and wind”, is an homage to the island’s culture. Apeddu and Luciani’s mission to find original compositions connected to their roots began after hearing the stunning Acabbadora for guitar by Francesco Morittu, and the Duo would commission a new work from him: Attítus for alto flute and guitar. That was the first step in a project that went on to see them commission a range of composers from Sardinia and beyond to write music celebrating Sardinia. Traditionally, families would gather in front of the fire after dinner to tell each other stories from legends and ancient myths. Contos de foghile (Tales from the fireside), by the Sardinian composer Roberto Piana, is divided into four short episodes, each dedicated to a different story. The island’s fascinating mythology includes epic tales, monstrous creatures and legendary beings, and without a doubt the key players in these fables are the Janas, beautiful little creatures with a dark side – at times fairies or witches – who have extremely delicate skin that must avoid sunlight. These five short compositions depict a few moments from the lives of these mythological creatures, from the moment they wake until the dawn, when they go back into their caves to avoid being burned. According to Sardinian tradition, the Attítus are laments sung by wailers at a funeral. These dirges are highly repetitive in nature but can change suddenly and take on a very different tone depending on what the singer wants to express about the deceased. This piece is made up of four episodes. Composed at the height of lockdown in March 2020, it came from the need to give grant some mental space to death, understood in cultural rather than biological terms. As the title suggests, Memorie di Nora is a piece that takes inspiration from the archaeological site of the same name and is intended to evoke a possible imagined past for it. The composition, formally a fantasia, is made up of several parts that flow seamlessly from one to the next, invoking ancient rituals and dances as if to celebrate their survival in the traces of temples and mosaics overlooking the sea. Ammentos de siddhàdos et janas (Memories of treasures and fairies) is a short suite, originally titled Three Sardinian impressions, that expresses the composer’s emotions, thoughts and memories from his brief stay on the island. A unique piece inspired by the birthplace of the musicians to whom it is dedicated, Concertino di Alghero is an homage to Maria Chessa Lai, a primary school teacher and poet who wrote predominantly in Algherese. This dialect, an ancient branch of Catalan, is a linguistic island within an island. The work’s three movements trace a musical outline of one of many possible readings of Maria Chessa Lai’s Algherese poem En Dins De Mi.

Tracklist 20 tracks

  1. 1 I. Risveglio 02:42
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Risveglio
    Duration
    02:42
    Composer
    Cristiano Porqueddu
    Ensemble
    Cordas et Bentu
  2. 2 II. Volo segreto 01:24
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Volo segreto
    Duration
    01:24
    Composer
    Cristiano Porqueddu
    Ensemble
    Cordas et Bentu
  3. 3 III. Incanto 04:11
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Incanto
    Duration
    04:11
    Composer
    Cristiano Porqueddu
    Ensemble
    Cordas et Bentu
  4. 4 IV. Fili dorati 01:34
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Fili dorati
    Duration
    01:34
    Composer
    Cristiano Porqueddu
    Ensemble
    Cordas et Bentu
  5. 5 V. Pulviscolo d'aurora 03:08
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Pulviscolo d'aurora
    Duration
    03:08
    Composer
    Cristiano Porqueddu
    Ensemble
    Cordas et Bentu
  6. 6 I. La principessa di navarra 00:52
    Track
    6
    Title
    I. La principessa di navarra
    Duration
    00:52
    Composer
    Roberto Piana
    Ensemble
    Cordas et Bentu
  7. 7 II. Sa filonzana 01:14
    Track
    7
    Title
    II. Sa filonzana
    Duration
    01:14
    Composer
    Roberto Piana
    Ensemble
    Cordas et Bentu
  8. 8 III. Janas 01:27
    Track
    8
    Title
    III. Janas
    Duration
    01:27
    Composer
    Roberto Piana
    Ensemble
    Cordas et Bentu
  9. 9 IV. Su mortu mortu 01:35
    Track
    9
    Title
    IV. Su mortu mortu
    Duration
    01:35
    Composer
    Roberto Piana
    Ensemble
    Cordas et Bentu
  10. 10 I. Contas de dolças rondallas 06:16
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. Contas de dolças rondallas
    Duration
    06:16
    Composer
    Cristiano Porqueddu
    Ensemble
    Cordas et Bentu
  11. 11 II. En l'alba clara 03:55
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. En l'alba clara
    Duration
    03:55
    Composer
    Cristiano Porqueddu
    Ensemble
    Cordas et Bentu
  12. 12 III. Les fulles més no tremolen 04:52
    Track
    12
    Title
    III. Les fulles més no tremolen
    Duration
    04:52
    Composer
    Cristiano Porqueddu
    Ensemble
    Cordas et Bentu
  13. 13 Memorie di Nora 06:52
    Track
    13
    Title
    Memorie di Nora
    Duration
    06:52
    Composer
    Franco
    Ensemble
    Cordas et Bentu
  14. 14 I. Bentu - Janas 02:29
    Track
    14
    Title
    I. Bentu - Janas
    Duration
    02:29
    Composer
    Franco Cavallone
    Ensemble
    Cordas et Bentu
  15. 15 II. Ácua - Pozzo di Santa Cristina 01:41
    Track
    15
    Title
    II. Ácua - Pozzo di Santa Cristina
    Duration
    01:41
    Composer
    Franco Cavallone
    Ensemble
    Cordas et Bentu
  16. 16 III. Térra - Nuraghe 02:18
    Track
    16
    Title
    III. Térra - Nuraghe
    Duration
    02:18
    Composer
    Franco Cavallone
    Ensemble
    Cordas et Bentu
  17. 17 I. Prologo 01:39
    Track
    17
    Title
    I. Prologo
    Duration
    01:39
    Composer
    Francesco Morittu
    Ensemble
    Cordas et Bentu
  18. 18 II. Movida 03:02
    Track
    18
    Title
    II. Movida
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Francesco Morittu
    Ensemble
    Cordas et Bentu
  19. 19 III. Boghe d'ànghelu 04:34
    Track
    19
    Title
    III. Boghe d'ànghelu
    Duration
    04:34
    Composer
    Francesco Morittu
    Ensemble
    Cordas et Bentu
  20. 20 IV. Maténna 02:26
    Track
    20
    Title
    IV. Maténna
    Duration
    02:26
    Composer
    Francesco Morittu
    Ensemble
    Cordas et Bentu