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19th of December 2022 7:40pm GMT+1

Musica Politica

DESCRIPTION

With four compositions and 40 minutes of sound, the album is inspired by protest songs and the creative season of the 1970s. It features Coming Together by Frederic Rzewski, Bertolt Brecht's Solidaritätslied, Louis Andriessen's Workers Union. The release is wrapped up by the 2 minutes and 40 seconds of silence titled Sciopera!. "Musica Politica" was created in response to the 2022 Italian parliamentary elections and features a mix of political and cinematic influences.

TRACK LIST

  1. Coming Together, by Frederic Rzewski

  2. Solidaritätslied, by Hanns Eisler & Bertolt Brecht

  3. Workers Union, by Louis Andriessen

  4. Sciopera!, by E. Gabrielli, S. De Gennaro, F. Fusaro, M. Corti, R. Rettura

CREDITS

Coming Together
Music by Frederic Rzewski

Arranged and Produced by Sebastiano De Gennaro

Francesco Fusaro, voice and effects
Enrico Gabrielli, bass clarinet
Roberto Benatti, double bass
Sebastiano De Gennaro, marimba, vibraphone, Roland Juno 6, programming

Recorded by Sebastiano De Gennaro at Black Bear studio, Lissolo

Solidaritätslied
Music by Hanns Eisler, text by Bertolt Brecht

Produced by Sebastiano De Gennaro

Wind instruments arranged by Enrico Gabrielli and Marcello Corti

Francesca Biliotti, alto
Francesco Fusaro, backing vocals
Enrico Gabrielli, E♭ clarinet, backing vocals
Marcello Corti, trumpet and euphonium
Roberto Rettura, backing vocals
Sebastiano De Gennaro, timpani, percussion, synthesisers, piano, xylophone, backing vocals

Recorded by Sebastiano De Gennaro at Black Bear studio, Lissolo

Alto voice recorded by Enrico Gabrielli

Workers Union
Music by Louis Andriessen
Enrico Gabrielli, alto sax
Sebastiano De Gennaro, percussions

Recorded by Manuel Volpe at Teatro Non C’è, Turin (21th Oct 2022)

Sciopera!
Music by Sebastiano De Gennaro, Enrico Gabrielli, Francesco Fusaro, Marcello Corti and Roberto Rettura
Performed and Recorded by Roberto Rettura at Lo Studio Spaziale, Bologna

Artwork by Enrico Gabrielli

Mixed and Mastered by Roberto Rettura at Lo Studio Spaziale, Bologna

Francesco Fusaro, Notes and Translation
Maria Catena Mancuso, Editing