MARGUTTI, C.: Rivers / CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO, M.: Romancero gitano (Works for Choir and Guitar) (Spera, ITER Research Ensemble, Cestino)

Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s Romancero Gitano for mixed choir and guitar sets some of Federico García Lorca’s most evocative and intimate Andalusian poetry. Marked by dramatic contrasts the music fuses colouristic ideas with rich polyphonic writing – performed here in an accurate critical edition. Corrado Margutti’s Rivers, designed to accompany Romancero Gitano, is a kaleidoscope of forms, styles and images that pays homage to Castelnuovo-Tedesco as well as encoding hidden references to other musical luminaries, forming a musical journey through time and space.

Tracklist

Margutti, Corrado
St. Thérèse of Lisieux - Lyricist
Brown, George Mackay - Lyricist
García Lorca, Federico - Lyricist
Pessoa, Fernando - Lyricist
Rilke, Rainer Maria - Lyricist
Pascoli, Giovanni - Lyricist
Turoldo, David Maria - Lyricist
ITER Research Ensemble (Choir)
Cestino, Giovanni (Conductor)
Spera, Nicolò (guitar)
1Prologue: Children In Need02:27
ITER Research Ensemble (Choir)
Cestino, Giovanni (Conductor)
Spera, Nicolò (guitar)
2I. Balada de la placeta06:30
ITER Research Ensemble (Choir)
Spera, Nicolò (guitar)
Cestino, Giovanni (Conductor)
3II. All'ultima sera03:18
ITER Research Ensemble (Choir)
Spera, Nicolò (guitar)
Cestino, Giovanni (Conductor)
4III. Noctis partes alteræ02:08
ITER Research Ensemble (Choir)
Spera, Nicolò (guitar)
Cestino, Giovanni (Conductor)
5IV. Rivers05:02
ITER Research Ensemble (Choir)
Spera, Nicolò (guitar)
Cestino, Giovanni (Conductor)
6V. Le cantique éternel, chanté dès l'exi06:24
ITER Research Ensemble (Choir)
Spera, Nicolò (guitar)
Cestino, Giovanni (Conductor)
7VI. Herbsttag04:14
ITER Research Ensemble (Choir)
Spera, Nicolò (guitar)
Cestino, Giovanni (Conductor)
8VII. Cordero de Dios07:11
ITER Research Ensemble (Choir)
Spera, Nicolò (guitar)
Cestino, Giovanni (Conductor)
Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario
García Lorca, Federico - Lyricist
Spera, Nicolò - Arranger
Favale, Rebecca (vocals)
Margutti, Corrado (tenor)
Broggini, Chiara (vocals)
Cristini, Emanuele (vocals)
ITER Research Ensemble (Choir)
Spera, Nicolò (guitar)
Cestino, Giovanni (Conductor)
Giuricin, Alessio (vocals)
9I. Baladilla de los tres ríos04:44
Favale, Rebecca (vocals)
Margutti, Corrado (tenor)
Broggini, Chiara (vocals)
Cristini, Emanuele (vocals)
ITER Research Ensemble (Choir)
Spera, Nicolò (guitar)
Cestino, Giovanni (Conductor)
10II. La guitarra04:42
ITER Research Ensemble (Choir)
Spera, Nicolò (guitar)
Cestino, Giovanni (Conductor)
11III. Puñal01:40
ITER Research Ensemble (Choir)
Spera, Nicolò (guitar)
Cestino, Giovanni (Conductor)
12IVa. Procesión - IVb. Paso - IVc. Saeta08:15
Cristini, Emanuele (vocals)
ITER Research Ensemble (Choir)
Spera, Nicolò (guitar)
Cestino, Giovanni (Conductor)
13V. Memento02:04
ITER Research Ensemble (Choir)
Spera, Nicolò (guitar)
Cestino, Giovanni (Conductor)
14VI. Baile02:12
Giuricin, Alessio (vocals)
Cristini, Emanuele (vocals)
ITER Research Ensemble (Choir)
Spera, Nicolò (guitar)
Cestino, Giovanni (Conductor)
15VII. Crótalo01:33
ITER Research Ensemble (Choir)
Spera, Nicolò (guitar)
Cestino, Giovanni (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 01:02:24