Giovanni Sollima, Il Pomo d' Oro, Vanni Moretto - Wild Love (2026) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Sollima Intersong I for Cello and Strings (2025 Version)
02. Zappa Gran sinfonia concertata I. Allegro
03. Zappa Gran sinfonia concertata II. Andante
04. Zappa Gran sinfonia concertata III. Minuetto
05. Zappa Questi Cazzi Di Piccione
06. Sollima Aquilarco No. 7 “Rotating Dance” for Cello and Strings (2025 Version)
07. Zappa Six Trios, Op. 1 Trio No. 1 I. Andante
08. Zappa Six Trios, Op. 1 Trio No. 1 II. Allegro con brio
09. Sollima B Flat Bop Flow for Violin, Cello and Strings
10. Zappa None of the Above
11. Sollima Aquilarco no. 5 “Leonardo’s Ornithopterus” for Cello and Strings (2025 Version)
12. Moretto Sinfonia “Zappa’s Revenge” I. G-Spot Tornado
13. Moretto Sinfonia “Zappa’s Revenge” II. I Promise Not To Come In Your Mouth
14. Moretto Sinfonia “Zappa’s Revenge” III. Peaches En Regalia
15. Zappa Wild Love (Arr. for Cello and Strings by Giovanni Sollima)

Frank and Francesco. It all began with a misunderstanding. In the early 1980s Frank Zappa came across an entry on Zappa in the New Grove Dictionary, only to discover it concerned an obscure 18th-century Milanese composer of almost the same name. Convinced he had found an ancestor, Frank investigated Francesco Zappa and in 1984 devoted an entire album to him (his 42nd) — saving him from oblivion and, as he proudly noted, producing his first recording in over 200 years.

Some forty years later, that misunderstanding inspired this Il Pomo d'Oro project: a recording adventure bringing together Francesco's galant music, Frank's “contemporary” works for string quintet, and some original compositions, where all hierarchies are abandoned. Giovanni Sollima, a native of Palermo like Frank's family, brings his own sound world in dialogue with both Zappas.

Vanni Moretto, a Milanese like Francesco and a leading expert on 18th-century Milanese music, imagines a posthumous revenge: what if Francesco had rewritten Frank's music? He does precisely that, composing a sinfonia concertante to match Francesco's own. On Wild Love the two friends serve Francesco entirely — Giovanni Sollima as cellist, Vanni Moretto as music director — ensuring that Francesco Zappa is at last rediscovered, restored, and no longer anyone's phantom.