Cristiano Porqueddu - Portrait of Sardinia, New Music for Guitar (2021)
BAND/ARTIST: Cristiano Porqueddu
- Title: Portrait of Sardinia, New Music for Guitar
- Year Of Release: 2021
- Label: Brilliant Classics
- Genre: Classical Guitar
- Quality: flac lossless (tracks) +Booklet
- Total Time: 04:11:10
- Total Size: 834 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. Ricercare di Sardegna to: I. Ouverture
02. Ricercare di Sardegna to: II. Nuraghe
03. Ricercare di Sardegna to: III. Cantico
04. Ricercare di Sardegna to: IV. Prismi
05. Ricercare di Sardegna to: V. Mediterraneo
06. Anime Gementi to: I. Andante Deciso
07. Anime Gementi to: II. Lento
08. Anime Gementi to: III. Allegretto
09. Il Flauto Nel Bosco-Omaggio a Grazia Deledda to
10. Innedda Innedda to
11. Suite Omaggio a Giuseppe Biasi to: I. Ballo
12. Suite Omaggio a Giuseppe Biasi to: II. Battesimo
13. Suite Omaggio a Giuseppe Biasi to: III. Cavalieri Arabi
14. Diálogo Del Olivo Y El Nuraga to
15. Studietti D'arsura to: I. Esitante, Intimo
16. Studietti D'arsura to: II. Il più Rapido Possible
17. Studietti D'arsura to: III. Oscuro Rapido
18. Studietti D'arsura to: IV. Presto, Via Via più Lirico
19. Studietti D'arsura to: V. Rituale, Con Fissità Metronomica
20. Sardegna Suite for Guitar to: I. Mari
21. Sardegna Suite for Guitar to: II. Nuraghe
22. Sardegna Suite for Guitar to: III. S'ardia
23. Sardegna Suite for Guitar to: IV. Su Soli Est Calau
24. Sardegna Suite for Guitar to: V. Ciamma
25. Sonata III-Il Rito Del Fuoco
26. Tumbas De Sos Gigantes to
27. Raighínas to
28. Tres Miniaturas to: I. Asphodelus
29. Tres Miniaturas to: II. Pisctacia Lentiscus
30. Tres Miniaturas to: III. Santolina Insularis
31. Fantasia Nuorese to: I. Winds in the Sea
32. Fantasia Nuorese to: II. Toccata Porqueddu
33. Attitus for Flute and Guitar
34. Contos De Foghile for Ffute and Guitar
35. Ritratti di Sardegna to: I. Giuseppe Biasi
36. Ritratti di Sardegna to: II. Gavino Gabriel
37. Ritratti di Sardegna to: III. Lao Silesu
38. Ritratti di Sardegna to: IV. Annunzio Cervi
39. Ritratti di Sardegna to: V. Grazia Deledda
40. Viaggio in Sardegna: I. La TerraStefania Masala
41. Viaggio in Sardegna: II. L'umanitàStefania Masala
42. Viaggio in Sardegna: III. L'ebrezzaStefania Masala
43. Viaggio in Sardegna: IV. La PietraStefania Masala
44. Viaggio in Sardegna: V. La LinguaStefania Masala
45. Viaggio in Sardegna: VI. Il CantoStefania Masala
46. Viaggio in Sardegna: VII. CommiatoStefania Masala
A rich treasury of first recordings evoking the sounds, folk culture and landscape of the Mediterranean’s rough diamond.
‘Cristiano Porqueddu is a master guitarist,’ says the Cuban composer Leo Brouwer, ‘and one of the foremost representatives of the new generation of soloists. He brings sound to life, and then turns it into art.’ Like many of the other composers in this remarkable collection, he has composed more than one piece for Porqueddu and now pays tribute with a piece which draws inspiration from the guitarist’s homeland of Sardinia. Diálogo del Olivo y el Nuraga (‘Dialogue of the Olive Trees and the Nuraghe’) imagines a wordless exchange between two ancient features of the Sardinian landscape, the trees which have provided food and fuel and money for its people for centuries, and the Stone-Age towers which dot the island.
Each of the works here tells a vivid story: Porqueddu’s own Sonata III is subtitled ‘The Rite of Fire’ after an ancient Sardinian legend which imagines Saint Anthony and his piglet descending to Hell in order to procure some firelight. Angelo Gilardino draws on his personal memories of sights and sounds experienced when visiting the island in his Sardegna Suite (including another piece evoking the nuraghe). Francesco Morittu is a native-born Sardinian guitarist-composer, whereas Mark Delpriora is an American guitarist who heads the guitar faculty at the Manhattan School of Music; both have contributed intensely atmospheric pieces, which capture the island’s wildness as well as its sense of isolation.
Born in 1988 in the Italian province of Velletria, Kevin Swierkosz-Lenart is the youngest composer featured in the collection with a suite inspired by three works of the Sardinian painter Giuseppe Biasi, who also contributes the artwork for the collection’s cover. The largest work here is, appropriately, Viaggio in Sardegna (Journey around Sardinia) by Stefania Masala (b.1979). Her cycle of seven pieces reflects on common themes of writing about Sardinia by authors from Lawrence to Gramsci, taking in musico-poetic encapsulations of its landscape, its people, its stone, its dialect and its song. The musical style varies from composer to composer between tonal, neoclassical and modernist, but all are unified by the skill and artistry of Cristiano Porqueddu.
Praise for Cristiano Porqueddu on Brilliant Classics
‘Cristiano Porqueddu's musical projects always succeed in embarrassing the reviewer, by choosing and performing a large quantity of music of considerable value, hardly known or completely unfamiliar, so that the unfortunate person who has to report it (with pleasure, mind you) finds himself at a crossroads: or guilty of the sin of omission, neglecting music that on other occasions would undoubtedly win praise in a different context.’ (Musica, Easy Studies for Guitar, 95828)
‘Year after year, album after album, Cristiano Porqueddu advances a project of musical documentation that will surely remain a point of reference for many years to come.’ (Musica, Novecento Guitar Sonatinas, 95558)
01. Ricercare di Sardegna to: I. Ouverture
02. Ricercare di Sardegna to: II. Nuraghe
03. Ricercare di Sardegna to: III. Cantico
04. Ricercare di Sardegna to: IV. Prismi
05. Ricercare di Sardegna to: V. Mediterraneo
06. Anime Gementi to: I. Andante Deciso
07. Anime Gementi to: II. Lento
08. Anime Gementi to: III. Allegretto
09. Il Flauto Nel Bosco-Omaggio a Grazia Deledda to
10. Innedda Innedda to
11. Suite Omaggio a Giuseppe Biasi to: I. Ballo
12. Suite Omaggio a Giuseppe Biasi to: II. Battesimo
13. Suite Omaggio a Giuseppe Biasi to: III. Cavalieri Arabi
14. Diálogo Del Olivo Y El Nuraga to
15. Studietti D'arsura to: I. Esitante, Intimo
16. Studietti D'arsura to: II. Il più Rapido Possible
17. Studietti D'arsura to: III. Oscuro Rapido
18. Studietti D'arsura to: IV. Presto, Via Via più Lirico
19. Studietti D'arsura to: V. Rituale, Con Fissità Metronomica
20. Sardegna Suite for Guitar to: I. Mari
21. Sardegna Suite for Guitar to: II. Nuraghe
22. Sardegna Suite for Guitar to: III. S'ardia
23. Sardegna Suite for Guitar to: IV. Su Soli Est Calau
24. Sardegna Suite for Guitar to: V. Ciamma
25. Sonata III-Il Rito Del Fuoco
26. Tumbas De Sos Gigantes to
27. Raighínas to
28. Tres Miniaturas to: I. Asphodelus
29. Tres Miniaturas to: II. Pisctacia Lentiscus
30. Tres Miniaturas to: III. Santolina Insularis
31. Fantasia Nuorese to: I. Winds in the Sea
32. Fantasia Nuorese to: II. Toccata Porqueddu
33. Attitus for Flute and Guitar
34. Contos De Foghile for Ffute and Guitar
35. Ritratti di Sardegna to: I. Giuseppe Biasi
36. Ritratti di Sardegna to: II. Gavino Gabriel
37. Ritratti di Sardegna to: III. Lao Silesu
38. Ritratti di Sardegna to: IV. Annunzio Cervi
39. Ritratti di Sardegna to: V. Grazia Deledda
40. Viaggio in Sardegna: I. La TerraStefania Masala
41. Viaggio in Sardegna: II. L'umanitàStefania Masala
42. Viaggio in Sardegna: III. L'ebrezzaStefania Masala
43. Viaggio in Sardegna: IV. La PietraStefania Masala
44. Viaggio in Sardegna: V. La LinguaStefania Masala
45. Viaggio in Sardegna: VI. Il CantoStefania Masala
46. Viaggio in Sardegna: VII. CommiatoStefania Masala
A rich treasury of first recordings evoking the sounds, folk culture and landscape of the Mediterranean’s rough diamond.
‘Cristiano Porqueddu is a master guitarist,’ says the Cuban composer Leo Brouwer, ‘and one of the foremost representatives of the new generation of soloists. He brings sound to life, and then turns it into art.’ Like many of the other composers in this remarkable collection, he has composed more than one piece for Porqueddu and now pays tribute with a piece which draws inspiration from the guitarist’s homeland of Sardinia. Diálogo del Olivo y el Nuraga (‘Dialogue of the Olive Trees and the Nuraghe’) imagines a wordless exchange between two ancient features of the Sardinian landscape, the trees which have provided food and fuel and money for its people for centuries, and the Stone-Age towers which dot the island.
Each of the works here tells a vivid story: Porqueddu’s own Sonata III is subtitled ‘The Rite of Fire’ after an ancient Sardinian legend which imagines Saint Anthony and his piglet descending to Hell in order to procure some firelight. Angelo Gilardino draws on his personal memories of sights and sounds experienced when visiting the island in his Sardegna Suite (including another piece evoking the nuraghe). Francesco Morittu is a native-born Sardinian guitarist-composer, whereas Mark Delpriora is an American guitarist who heads the guitar faculty at the Manhattan School of Music; both have contributed intensely atmospheric pieces, which capture the island’s wildness as well as its sense of isolation.
Born in 1988 in the Italian province of Velletria, Kevin Swierkosz-Lenart is the youngest composer featured in the collection with a suite inspired by three works of the Sardinian painter Giuseppe Biasi, who also contributes the artwork for the collection’s cover. The largest work here is, appropriately, Viaggio in Sardegna (Journey around Sardinia) by Stefania Masala (b.1979). Her cycle of seven pieces reflects on common themes of writing about Sardinia by authors from Lawrence to Gramsci, taking in musico-poetic encapsulations of its landscape, its people, its stone, its dialect and its song. The musical style varies from composer to composer between tonal, neoclassical and modernist, but all are unified by the skill and artistry of Cristiano Porqueddu.
Praise for Cristiano Porqueddu on Brilliant Classics
‘Cristiano Porqueddu's musical projects always succeed in embarrassing the reviewer, by choosing and performing a large quantity of music of considerable value, hardly known or completely unfamiliar, so that the unfortunate person who has to report it (with pleasure, mind you) finds himself at a crossroads: or guilty of the sin of omission, neglecting music that on other occasions would undoubtedly win praise in a different context.’ (Musica, Easy Studies for Guitar, 95828)
‘Year after year, album after album, Cristiano Porqueddu advances a project of musical documentation that will surely remain a point of reference for many years to come.’ (Musica, Novecento Guitar Sonatinas, 95558)
Year 2021 | Classical | Discography | FLAC / APE
As a ISRA.CLOUD's PREMIUM member you will have the following benefits:
- Unlimited high speed downloads
- Download directly without waiting time
- Unlimited parallel downloads
- Support for download accelerators
- No advertising
- Resume broken downloads