Artist.......: Stefano Battaglia
Album........: Re: Pasolini
Label........: ECM
Genre........: Jazz
Catnr........: ECM 1998_99
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Aug-25-2007
str.date.....: 000-00-0000
quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Full Stereo
Url..........: www.ecmrecords.com
track title time
cd1
01. Canzone Di Laura Betti 05:31
02. Toto E Ninetto 05:42
03. Canto Popolare 05:47
04. Cosa Sono Le Nuvole 08:30
05. Fevrar 10:33
06. Il Sogno Di Una Cosa 05:26
07. Teorema 12:35
08. Callas 05:34
09. Pietra Lata 11:20
cd2
01. Lyra I 01:12
02. Lyra II 03:29
03. Maditazione Orale 05:59
04. Lyra III 01:57
05. Lyra IV 02:11
06. Scritti Corsari 01:26
07. Lyra V 02:29
08. Epigrammi 02:24
09. Lyra VI 01:32
10. Setaccio 02:24
11. Lyra VII 04:58
12. Mimesis, Divina Mimesis 08:37
13. Lyra VIII 06:30
14. Ostia 13:17
15. Pasolini 04:45
Runtime 134:08 min
Size 153,7 MB
Release Notes:
In his second ECM album ItalyÆs Stefano Battaglia
honours his countryman Pier Paolo Pasolini
(1922-1975), one of the great European filmmakers
of the 20th century, as well as a distinguished
poet, novelist, playwright, philosopher,
journalist, painter û and political activist. Few
artists of any nationality have taken on as much as
the outspoken, controversial, intensively creative
Pasolini. It was precisely the scope of PasoliniÆs
work and his tumultuous life that attracted and
inspired pianist-composer-improviser Battaglia.
ôWhat made the challenge of æinterpretingÆ Pasolini
musically irresistible for me was this feeling for
his unitas multiplex, his extraordinary capacity to
bring opposites into coexistence. Not only academic
and popular culture, or the sacred and profane, but
also political, ethical and religious issues.
Pasolini was adept in many mediums, each of his
arts influenced the other, intermeshing and
blending together to communicate his message in the
most varied ways. ô
Two different line-ups under BattagliaÆs direction
are assigned to play music that variously makes
reference to the atmospheres of PasoliniÆs films
and to the actors in them, to PasoliniÆs æruralÆ
and æurbanÆ poetry and his provocative journalism,
to his political and religious beliefs, and to
specific scenes from his biography...The first CD
of this double album features a group that also
tours as the Pietra Lata Sestetto. Alongside
BattagliaÆs lyrical piano, the trumpet of
SwitzerlandÆs Michael Gassmann glides elegantly:
Battaglia and Gassmann have played in projects
together for 13 years already. The sound of the
ensemble is also strongly coloured by the clarinet
of Mirco Mariottini and the cello of Tokyo-born Aya
Shimura. Melody is uppermost on the first half of
ôRe: Pasoliniö where melancholy, nostalgia and
tenderness are amongst the musicÆs emotional
characteristics. Darker sounds predominate on the
second CD where the improvisational quotient is
raised, and the band includes Dominique PifarΘly,
Bruno Chevillon and Vincent Courtois û all known to
ECM listeners for their work with Louis Sclavis û ,
as well as gifted drummer Michele Rabbia. Here,
Battaglia looks at subjects including PasoliniÆs
troubled relationship to the church and his radical
politics, and, on the bleak but moving ôOstiaö, his
violent death in 1975. Of the latter composition,
Battaglia says, ôMy piece is intended as a Passion
for Pasolini, a soundtrack for the violent and
mysterious tragedy which occurred on that night of
All Saints...ö
BattagliasÆs detailed liner notes give an account
of the genesis of each of the pieces on ôRe:
Pasoliniö and outline his programmatic intention.
Taken together the 24 tracks on this double album
add up to a remarkable portrait of a multi-faceted
artist. (ôRe: Pasoliniö is also an important
addition to the burgeoning number of film related
projects on ECM which in recent history included
Jean-Luc Godard soundtracks and a DVD of short
films, Eleni KaraindrouÆs music for Angelopoulos,
Andrey DergatchevÆs soundtrack for Russian art
movie ôThe Returnö, Franτois CouturierÆs tribute to
Tarkovsky and more.)