Stefano Battaglia Trio – Songways (2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 1:18:02 minutes | 1,03 GB | Genre: Jazz
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Songways is the highly anticipated follow-up to the trio’s acclaimed 2011 release. Esteemed Italian pianist Stefano Battaglia and his renowned trio presents a new selection of chants, hymns and dances, all written by Battaglia and inspired by descriptions of visionary places from art and literature – from Alfred Kubin, Jonathan Swift or Charles Fourier to Italo Calvino. This instant classic finds a new balance between archaic modal pre-tonal chants and dances, pure tonal songs and hymns and abstract textures. (more…)
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Stefano Battaglia Trio – In The Morning: Music Of Alec Wilder (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:09:34 minutes | 1,22 GB | Genre: Jazz
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Recorded: April 28, 2014 at Teatro Vittoria, Torino
On his sixth album for ECM the Italian pianist and his trio reflect on the work of American composer Alec Wilder (1907 – 1980). “I first came into a more direct contact with Alec Wilder’s music in the early 90s, when I was performing his Sonata for Oboe and Piano and his Sonata for Horn and Piano”, Battaglia remembers. “I had already known some of his popular songs like ‘While We’re Young’, Blackberry Winter’ and ‘Moon and Sand’ through the intense versions Keith Jarrett has recorded. But after working on Wilder’s chamber music I wanted to develop a deeper connection with his intriguing musical universe, and I’ve discovered an immense hidden treasure.”
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