With Italian music: Luisa Cottifogli, Tre Martelli & Gianni Coscia and film music by Ennio Morricone and Nino Rota.
1-
Luisa Cottifogli.
Luisa Cottifogli is a talent in world music and has extraordinary potential. She was trained in the classical repertoire, but effortlessly combines renaissance and baroque with Middle Eastern and African melodies. To Luisa the voice means improvisation, to sing like an instrument, explore and travel through various cultures. On the album ‘Como un Albero d’Inverno’ (Like a tree in winter), the voice plays an important role and the album is devoted to the north, the mountains and the struggles of mankind. CD: Como un Albero d’Inverno – Luisa Cottifogli. Label: Visage Music (2017), code: VM3014. Distributie: XANGO music. Video
2-
Tre Martelli & Gianni Coscia.
In the musical world of Alessandria (Northern Italy), folk band Tre Martelli and jazz accordion player Gianni Coscia met several times during their long careers. Their shared love for traditional music united them in stimulating various creative projects. A common desire arose after another participation of Gianni Coscia on the album Canté Paroli. They wanted to create a concert in which these different musical stories could be united in a more articulate way, including songs of the huge repertoire of Gianni Coscia. This album Asema (Together) captured some live highlights of this cooperation. CD: Ansema – Tre Martelli & Gianni Coscia. Label: elmay (2012), code: FY8219. Video
3-
Ennio Morricone and Nino Rota.
When you are thinking of modern Italian culture, film comes quickly to mind, and when you are thinking of Italian film, a few names will pop into your head immediately: Ennio Morricone and Nino Rota for instance.
Ennio Morricone is probably the most famous composer of the 20th century. He also is one of the most productive ones. He composed the music of over 500 films, plus many dozens of classical works.
CD: Once upon a time in the west – Ennio Morricone.Label: RCA (1998), code: ND-71704-70016. Video
Nino Rota (1911-1979) was mostly known to the general public for his film music of the Godfather trilogy and the Federico Fellini films, including La Dolce Vita, 8 ½, Amarcorde, Satiricon…In total he composed music for 79 films.
CD: Otto 1E (8½) – Nino Rota. Label: CAM production (1993), code CAM-CSE-012. Video
Special thanks to:
