Postcards from Italy - Italian Music for Film Marco Albonetti, Roma Sinfonietta & Paolo Silvestri

• Ennio Morricone (1928 - 2020):
• 1 Morricone: The Mission: Gabriel's Oboe 02:40
• 2 Morricone: The Mission: The Falls 04:34
• 3 Morricone: The Legend of 1900: Playing Love 04:35
• 4 Morricone: Nuovo Cinema Paradiso: Nostalgia 02:21
• 5 Morricone: Nuovo Cinema Paradiso: Looking for You 03:49
• 6 Morricone: Once Upon a Time in America: Deborah's Theme 03:25
• 7 Morricone: Once Upon a Time in America: Main Theme 03:27
• Joseph Lacalle (1859 - 1937), Ennio Morricone
• 8 Lacalle, Morricone: Once Upon a Time in America: Amapola 05:20
• Ennio Morricone:
• 9 Morricone: Malèna: Theme 05:25
• Nino Rota (1911 - 1979):
• 10 Rota: Amarcord: Theme 04:35
• 11 Rota: The Godfather: The Godfather Waltz 03:48
• 12 Rota: The Godfather: Remeniscence of Sicilian Pastorale 01:43
• 13 Rota: The Godfather: Love Theme 03:09
• 14 Rota: La dolce vita: Themes 09:34
• Paolo Silvestri (b. 1960):
• 15 Silvestri: Controvento: Theme 03:07
• Gato Barbieri (1932 - 2016):
• 16 Barbieri: Last Tango in Paris: Theme 04:09
• Total Runtime 01:05:41

Info for Postcards from Italy - Italian Music for Film

Für sein drittes Chandos-Album wendet sich der Saxophonist Marco Albonetti der reichen Tradition der Filmmusik in seiner Heimat Italien zu. Marco schreibt: "Filmmusik wurde als das bestimmende neue Genre der klassischen Musik im zwanzigsten Jahrhundert bezeichnet. Sie spricht sowohl das Ohr als auch das Herz des Publikums an. Die Meisterwerke zweier italienischer Filmkomponisten, Nino Rota und Ennio Morricone, verkörpern die kulturelle Identität der meisten Italiener und werden vom Publikum in aller Welt anerkannt und geliebt. Die Filmthemen auf diesem Album fangen die magische Kombination aus Romantik, Melancholie, Freundschaft und Gewalt ein. Die Noten vibrieren so leidenschaftlich, dass die Kompositionen den Zuhörer immer wieder in ihren Bann ziehen und das Werk dieser großen italienischen Komponisten zum Leben erwecken, egal wo und wann es aufgeführt wird. Filmmusik soll die Handlung auf der Leinwand begleiten. Die Musik der großen italienischen Komponisten ist jedoch so kraftvoll und beständig, dass diese Melodien für sich allein stehen können, uns in eine andere Zeit und an einen anderen Ort versetzen, Erinnerungen an vergangene Erlebnisse wachrufen oder uns in neue Welten einführen, Orte, die wir nur in unserer Vorstellung sehen können. Dieses Album ist eine Hommage an den italienischen Geist, an meinen Geist, ausgedrückt durch eine musikalische Reise: es bietet Postcards from Italy".

Marco Albonetti, Sopransaxophon
Michelangelo Carbonara, Klavier (Titel 4, 7)
Vincenzo Bolognese, Geige (Titel 6)
Roma Sinfonietta
Paolo Silvestri, Dirigent

Marco Albonetti
Since his highly praised Carnegie Hall début, in New York City, the saxophonist Marco Albonetti has been performing and giving master-classes around the world. His ability to captivate audiences with his charismatic and innovative performances has made him one of the most influential classical saxophone artists of his generation. Though he is classically trained, his style of performance represents a unique blend of dynamic techniques and multifaceted influences.

He has appeared at myriad Italian theatres and distinguished international venues, including the Konzerthaus Berlin, Gewandhaus Leipzig, Wiener Saal, in Salzburg, Palau de la Música de València, Palau de la Música Catalana de Barcelona, Teatro Español de Madrid, Theater in der Josefstadt, in Vienna, Sverdlovsk State Philharmonic Hall, in Yekaterinburg, Wits Great Hall, in Johannesburg, Sala Verdi, in Milano, Zhongshan Hall, in Taipei, and Aram Khachaturian Hall, in Yerevan. He has also been awarded first prize at several international solo and chamber music competitions.

Concerto performances being at the heart of his career, both at home and abroad, he has enjoyed appearing with such orchestras as Orchestra Filarmonica Italiana, Orchestra da Camera di Mantova, I Virtuosi Italiani, Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali, Roma Sinfonietta, Orchestra Senzaspine, Orchestra Sinfonica della Provincia di Bari, Orchestra della Fondazione Teatro Petruzzelli, National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia, St Michel Strings, Latvian Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, Vidin State Philharmonic Orchestra, Cyprus Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Maderna, Collegium Musicum Orchestra, and Jackson Symphony Orchestra.

Marco Albonetti has performed live on radio and television, notably on RAI 1, SABC, PIK 1, CBS, Hong Kong Broadcasting Corporation, Lumiere TV, Cypriot Radio, and Wisconsin Public Radio, and amassed a sizeable discography. In February 2021, in hommage to the centenary of the birth of Astor Piazzolla, he released Romance del Diablo: The Music of Piazzolla, on Chandos Records. This was followed, in 2022, by Amarcord d’un Tango. His latest recording Postcards from Italy will be released in October 2023.

Having worked with Luciano Berio for several years, he is active in the performance of both traditional and contemporary repertoire, and has premièred works for the saxophone by prominent composers such as John Harbison, Gunther Schuller, David Maslanka, Bernard Rands, Jorge Bosso, Kirk O’Riordan, David Stock, Phanos Dymiotis, Julie Spencer, Fred Sturm, and Ken Schaphorst. For several years, he toured as an actor / saxophonist with the renowned Italian ‘diva’ Milva, performing music by Astor Piazzolla, Hanns Eisler, and Kurt Weill. He has developed multiple projects featuring baroque, tango, and world music and shared the stage with musicians such as the percussionist Dane Richeson, legendary tango pianist Pablo Ziegler, and multiple Grammy award winner Branford Marsalis.

Marco Albonetti is a Légère Reeds Endorsing Artist and an ambassador for John Ashfield men’s clothing.

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