Born in Torino in 1967, Alfredo Franco was involved in non-classical music in his youth before taking up the classical guitar. He then undertook advanced studies in the historical and critical fields in the Department for Art, Music and Theatre of the University of Turin. He would later abandon concert activity as a performer and focus instead on composition. His now prolific classical guitar output has been well received by important interpreters such as Cristiano Porqueddu and increasingly programmed on the stage and in the studio.
This triple-disc set constitutes a broad cross-section of Franco’s solo guitar music. Porqueddu has offered brief comments on some of the many, varied compositions that will be new to many listeners. A Bleached September Sky: multiple short episodes evoking sudden premonitions. A Night’s Tale features a rapid, edgy central section set between a dreamlike beginning and end…
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(Painting: April By Antonio Fontanesi)
Tracklist:
Composer: Alfredo Franco
Artists: Cristiano Porqueddu (guitar)
00:00:00 A Bleached September Sky
00:08:02 A Night’s Tale
00:14:07 A Short Elegy
00:16:27 Alphabetical Portraits: I. Sibelius
00:18:29 Alphabetical Portraits: II. Britten
00:20:12 Alphabetical Portraits: III. Shostakovich
00:22:14 Alphabetical Portraits: IV. Mompou
00:25:21 Alphabetical Portraits: V. Mosso
00:27:32 Alphabetical Portraits: VI. Casella
00:29:49 Alphabetical Portraits: VII. Martin
00:31:28 Memories from the Black Lodge
00:36:14 Fantasia No. 6
00:42:28 Inezie deliziose: I. Adagio
00:43:19 Inezie deliziose: II. Petite valse oubliée
00:43:57 Inezie deliziose: III. Adagietto
00:44:53 Inezie deliziose: IV. Adagietto vaporoso
00:46:04 Inezie deliziose: V. Adagietto
00:47:25 Inezie deliziose: VI. Petite valse oubliée
00:47:57 Inezie deliziose: VII. Adagio
00:48:54 Inezie deliziose: VIII. Adagissimo
00:50:04 Inezie deliziose: IX. Adagio elegiaco
00:51:13 Fantasia No. 7
00:53:50 Il flauto nel bosco (Omaggio a Grazia Deledda)
01:06:35 Impermanence – Tombeau for Charlie Watts
01:12:12 La regina delle tenebre (Su un racconto di Grazia Deledda)
01:22:46 La guitarra callada
01:32:58 Quaderno di aprile
01:44:41 Mirando un cuadro de Goya
01:52:27 Isolation
01:59:19 Microsuite
02:04:37 Petite suite mécanique
02:07:52 7 Preludes: I. Adagio
02:08:56 7 Preludes: II. Allegretto con spirito
02:09:44 7 Preludes: III. Cantabile
02:11:32 7 Preludes: IV. Adagio
02:12:42 7 Preludes: V. Un po’ grottesco
02:13:18 7 Preludes: VI. Alla rimembranza
02:14:24 7 Preludes: VII. Vivo
02:15:29 Sette aforismi: I. Disteso
02:16:40 Sette aforismi: II. Leggero
02:17:35 Sette aforismi: III. Etereo
02:18:39 Sette aforismi: IV. Lento
02:19:21 Sette aforismi: V. Leggero
02:20:13 Sette aforismi: VI. Etereo
02:21:21 Sette aforismi: VII. Disteso
02:22:35 Sonatina autunnale: I. Andantino
02:25:38 Sonatina autunnale: II. Larghetto
02:28:54 Sonatina autunnale: III. Allegretto
02:31:57 Sonatina estiva: I. Allegretto leggero
02:36:08 Sonatina estiva: II. Barcarola
02:39:54 Sonatina estiva: III. Allegretto
02:43:35 Tarreghiana
02:52:49 Elegia
02:59:43 Novembrina – The Anatomy of Melancholy
03:06:06 Trittico del verso agro: I. Satura
03:07:52 Trittico del verso agro: II. Recuerdos de recuerdos
03:09:52 Trittico del verso agro: III. Yeux
03:13:11 Wintergarten
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