Gianluca Littera, Quartetto Energie Nove - A Breath Between the Strings (2022) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Divertimento for Harmonica & Strings: I. March
02. Divertimento for Harmonica & Strings: II. Romance
03. Divertimento for Harmonica & Strings: III. Siciliano
04. Divertimento for Harmonica & Strings: IV. Scherzetto
05. Divertimento for Harmonica & Strings: V. Sarabande
06. Divertimento for Harmonica & Strings: VI. Slavonic Dance
07. Divertimento for Harmonica & Strings: VII. Elegy
08. Divertimento for Harmonica & Strings: VIII. Jig
09. Quintet for Harmonica & String Quartet: I. Allegretto con espressione
10. Quintet for Harmonica & String Quartet: II. Allegro moderato
11. Quintet for Harmonica & String Quartet: III. Lento
12. Quintet for Harmonica & String Quartet: IV. Moderato con variazioni
13. Quintet for Harmonica & String Quartet "Reflections": I. Allegro
14. Quintet for Harmonica & String Quartet "Reflections": II. Larghetto
15. Quintet for Harmonica & String Quartet "Reflections": III. Presto
16. Quintet for Harmonica & String Quartet "Reflections": IV. Presto



The three British composers in this programme all found very different ways to integrate the harmonica with that most aristocratic of ensembles, the string quartet. Gordon Jacob’s Divertimento is a delicious musical tableau, full of his characteristic melodic ease and playfulness. James Moody was devoted to the harmonica, for which he wrote a number of works, and his Quintet has a Classical structure that includes both highly virtuosic and deeply introspective episodes. Renowned as a jazz drummer, Tony Kinsey adopted a late-Romantic stance in his Quintet but also looked to Gershwin and Piazzolla, ending the work with the blues and an unforgettably catchy riff.

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