Composer: Francesco Antonioni, Maurilio Cacciatore, Fabio Massimo Capogrosso, Silvia Colasanti, Ivan Fedele, Francesco Filidei, Luca Francesconi, Carlo Galante, Stefano Gervasoni, Mauro Lanza, Leonardo Marino, Vittorio Montalti, Ennio Morricone, Vito Palumbo, Jacopo Baboni Schilingi, Alessandro Solbiati, Giorgio Colombo Taccani, Fabio Vacchi,
Performer: Luca Quintavalle
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Brilliant Classics
Catalogue: 96408
Release: 2021
Size: 893 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Filidei: Preludio
02. Filidei: Filastrocca
03. Morricone: Mordenti
04. Cacciatore: Toccatina
05. Marino: Quando il passato era ancora presente
06. Morricone: Neumi
Fedele: Suite Francese
07. I. Preludio
08. II. Aria
09. III. Toccata
Galante: Petit ordre
10. I. L’astrolabe
11. II. L’africaine
12. III. Air tendre
13. IV. Ciel du nord
Solbiati: Variazioni per Ruggero
14. I. Sereno, ritual
15. II. Con slancio e ritmo
16. III. Oscuro, meccanico
17. IV. Grandioso
18. V. Incalzante
19. VI. Danza
20. VII. Fluido
21. VIII. Lontano
22. IX. Presto
23. X. Dolce
24. XI. 6 variazioni sul Ruggiero
25. Francesconi: Mambo
26. Colasanti: Rumbling gears
27. Vacchi: Ricercare per clavicembalo
28. Antonioni: Blues
Taccani: Giannizzeri e gendarme
29. I. Agitato
30. II. Ansioso, flessibile, non troppo lento
31. III. Austero
32. IV. Ostile, umorale
33. V. Ampio
34. VI. Agile, elastic
35. VII. Sereno
Vacchi: Post per Scarlatti
36. I. Sonata
37. II. Notturno
38. III. Presto volando
39. Lanza: Chop Suey
40. Palumbo: Speaking
41. Capogrosso: Techno Scene
Montalti: Short Stories for harpsichord and Electronics
42. I. —
43. II. —
44. III. —
45. IV. —
46. V. —
Gervasoni: Suite préliminaire
47. I. Pré ludique
48. II. Précieux
49. III. Prétérit
50. IV. Perniceux
51. V. Prétentieux
52. VI. Prémices
53. VII. Prédicatif
54. Schilingi: Scarlet K141
This program presents a comprehensive overview of works by contemporary Italian composers played on the harpsichord, collected by Luca Quintavalle.
Included are pieces for harpsichord already composed but not yet recorded (Morricone, Fedele, Solbiati, Galante, Cacciatore and Marino), arrangements for harpsichord by the artist, with the consent of the composer (Vacchi, Francesconi, Filidei, Lanza, Solbiati, Gervasoni, Colasanti and Antonioni) and completely new pieces written for the artist (Vacchi, Colombo Taccani, Palumbo, Baboni Schilingi, Montalti, Capogrosso).
It is fascinating to witness the experiments of contemporary composers when writing for the harpsichord, this “ancient” instrument, nowadays mostly used for Renaissance/Baroque music, but proving to be an endless source of unheard-of sounds and timbres, affects and sonorities.
Luca Quintavalle is one of the most remarkable keyboard players of the moment. He has collaborated as a soloist with orchestras such as Concerto Köln, Les Talens Lyriques, Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble, Cappella Gabetta, Il Canto d’Orfeo, Harmonie Universelle, Divino Sospiro, Il Pomo d’Oro, Capella Augustina, La Folia Barockorchester, Kölner Kammerorchester, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and WDR Sinfonieorchester.
His first solo recording of Jean-Baptiste Barrière’s and Bernard de Bury’s harpsichord music by the label Brilliant Classics was chosen as “Recording of the month” from MusicWeb International and got really positive reviews (“a great deal of excellent playing by Luca Quintavalle; enjoyable listening, which may be unreservedly recommended.” Early Music-Oxford Journal; “I don’t expect this recording to be surpassed” American Record Guide. Recently he recorded the Piano Sonatas by Anton Eberl for Brilliant Classics, to great critical acclaim.