Performer: Vito Nicola Paradiso
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Da Vinci Classics
Release: 2021
Size: 291 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Mare Nostrum
02. Frontera
03. Elegia
04. Capriccio Italico
05. Milonga para un Amigo
06. Aquarium de Corail
07. Floresta Saudade
08. Per le vie di Roma
09. 38° Parallelo
Gabbiani tra due mari:
10. Quiete della notte
11. Risveglio sul Mar Piccolo
12. Planando tra i fumi
13. Rinascita della città
14. Notte a san Gregorio Armeno (Nenia)
15. Botti di Capodanno (Tarantella)
After writing and publishing pedagogical compositions for decades, with the wisdom of artistic maturity, I felt the need to create music which would firstly gratify myself. And so this project was born, constituted by my personal feelings and moods. Through “the Art of Sounds” I narrate about places, characters or simply about the events that have taken place in recent years, in a sort of “musical portraits” of contemporaneity. With this recording I wanted to fix a point, which is, in itself, a starting point. I wished to be not only an interpreter, but a handler of notes and a creator of sound images, constantly looking for new ideas that characterize and alternate between the poetic, the dreamy, the sarcastic and the descriptive. Apart from the solo pieces, I also wanted to include chamber and orchestral music, in which the guitar is the protagonist, together with completely different musical instruments. I admit that I have never had specific training in traditional composition, and probably I will not undertake it in the future, because I want to feel free to express my feelings and aural ideas without any academic conditioning. However, I have a strong awareness that my music arrives to the listener’s heart, before to his head. I advise everyone to enjoy this album with their eyes closed, and during a relaxing moment. Enjoy the music!