Marcello Bufalini - Alberto Cara: Symhonic Works (2019)

The world of contemporary discography is now enriched with an exceptional title, finally arrive on record some of the most significant symphonic works of Alberto Cara, Italian composer who combines the musical beauty of their ideas with a rare quality of writing that finds in these symphonic pages a habitat natural expression. Among suggestions derived from the reading of Calvino in "Octavia-City suspended over the abyss" up to the visionary flights linked to the nature of the "Sinfonia dell'Aria", there are songs apparently opposed to each other, as the title perhaps more related to the ludens "Ok, Trombone: Game Over" and the most stylistically rigorous song "Ricercare III", which closes the album. These works confirm not only the exceptional inventiveness of their author, but also how contemporary music can today be an artistic vehicle enjoyed with participation and fun also by the new generations. The orchestra that takes charge of carrying this message and spreading it is nothing less than I Pomeriggi Musicali, which has always been in the forefront in the diffusion of contemporary music in Italy and beyond. At their guide, the conductor Marcello Bufalini shows an almost perfect understanding of these scores and to assist him in the difficult task of bringing the visionary aspects of some pages to listening to musicians of the first international level such as the famous Marco Pierobon to the trumpet, the American David Whitwell on the trombone, the violist Enrico Carraro and the talented double bass player Paolo Speziale. Together they give life to a milestone of contemporary music.