The only name I recognise on this record is that of Andy Sheppard on Sop & Tenor and his contribution is instantly recognisable on the tracks on which he plays. The arrangements and compositions are by Rita Marcatulli, who also plays piano throughout. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Saxophonist Scott Hamiton, pianist Paolo Birro, bassist Aldo Zunino and Alfred Kramer, drums, combine on an audiophile ballads program that includes such timeless favorites as "Moon River," "The Shadow Of Your Smile," "The Gypsy" and more. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Taxidi, featuring Italian guitarist Fausto Mesolella. Recorded and produced by Giulio Cesare Ricci, founder and president of the Audiophile Productions / Fone.
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Mainstream Jazz
In the context of classical and jazz music market, fonè proposes three decades of recordings using advanced techniques, aimed at the recovery of the original musical atmospheres. Each new recording is the result of a passionate encounter between art and the art of execution ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Compilations
At the age of five she fell in love with the piano, which she lately went on studying at Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome. Rita Marcotulli, an elegant pianist gifted with a melodic timbre and a very exclusive instrumental voice, approached Brasilian music to come definitively to jazz aesthetics ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Vocal
Hit Parade Story - Il Leggendario Suono Wurlitzer (Remastered)
The legendary sound of Wurlitzer! We all have pleasant memories of juke boxes, and at least once in our lives we have bought a few moments of joy by putting a coin into the slot of one of these magical music dispensers. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Big Band
The duo of Duettango, Filippo Arlia and Cesare Chiacchiaretta, pays tribute to Argentinian composer, bandoneon player, and arranger Astor Piazzolla with these twelve tracks. Piazzolla revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed 'nuevo tango', ...
Composer: Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Modern Composition
Timeless Favorites! Pure ballad albums are not a rarity in jazz, but they are always a daring undertaking. So that such a record does not get boring, kitschy or banal, it needs already a skillful song selection, elaborate arrangements and above all first-class musicians. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Smooth Jazz
The Gran Gala event of fonè in Italy has become a classic. Like the concerts, this album features musical surprises by the best artists in a natural sound recording. A great way to get acquainted with the diversity of the fonè label! ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Mainstream Jazz
Lodovico Viadana: Vespri Di San Luca (Remastered)
The life of Lodovico Viadana is still far too sketchy to allow an accurate reconstruction. Generally the rare pieces of news come from title pages and forewords of his books ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (Remastered)
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach was born in Weimar in 1714, and died in Hamburg in 1778. His work was determinant for German composers of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries; Haydn, Mozart ...
Composer: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Franz Schubert: Quartett G-Dur D 887 – Quartettsatz C-moll D 703 (Remastered)
Salvatore Accardo began violin lessons at six and studied with Luigi d’Ambrosio at the Naples Conservatory, working to a strict regime of scales and Ševčik exercises. He undertook additional studies at ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 ‘Resurrezione’
The glorious moment of the Second Symphony: „For me Symphony means exactly that: build a world with all offered by technical means at our disposal." Referring to the summer of 1985 by the faithful and adoring ...
Composer: Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Lodovico Viadana: Vespri Per L'Assunzione Della Beata Vergine (Remastered)
Modern scholars began to investigate possible links between polychoral techniques and the practice of spatial positioning of performaers after realizing the extent to which composers in the 1600s were influenced ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Choral
Giuseppe Martucci (Remastered)
Andrea Nannoni studied cello with P. Grossi at the Cherubini Conservatory in Florence. He further honed his craft with A. Navarra and A. Baldovino. He has won numerous competitions. In 1980 he was awarded the “David di Michelangelo” ...
Composer: Giuseppe Martucci (1856-1909)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Quintetto A Fiati Del '900 (Remastered)
The encounter of already affirmed musicians at important Italian institutes (Veneto Soloists, ORT Orchestra of Tuscany, Chamber Orchestra of Padua and Veneto) and having a common interest for chamber ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Pietro Mascagni - Messa Di Gloria In Fa Maggiore (Remastered)
Emil Ivanov was born in Rome. He studied with Asen Selimski in the Sofia National Music Academy where he first appeared in 1986 as Foresto in the opera Attila. The beginning of his international career ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi - Stabat Mater (Remastered)
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi was born in 1710 in Jesi and died in Pozzuoli in 1736, struck down by consumption when only twenty six. Unlucky as far as his health was concerned, he was gifted, ...
Composer: Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Beethoven: Concerto per violino e orchestra in re magg. Op.61
There could not be any greater challenge for a violinist than to master Johann Sebastian Bach’s sonatas and partitas for violin solo. Unequalled until today, they mean either a stumbling block or the violinist’s Olympus, depending on the
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
