Paolo Grazia, Orchestra Senzaspine, Matteo Parmeggiani feat. Tommaso Ussardi - Pasculli: Fantasies on Themes by Giuseppe Verdi

The endless genre of operatic fantasy, which explodes and spreads without embankments in the musical culture of the entire Italian nineteenth century, has already been extensively explored in various Tactus productions dedicated both to chamber and sacred music. This time, however, the main protagonists are the oboe and the English horn, fascinating orchestral instruments that, thanks to the great virtuoso from Palermo, Antonino Pasculli, take part in that great musical activity - attended by myriads of Italian and European composers - that unconditionally suffered the charm of Italian melodrama. In this case they are the immortal melodies of Giuseppe Verdi - one of the most successful opera composers of all time - inspiring the fantasies of Pasculli, in the interpretation (both acrobatic to the oboe and cantabile and expressive to the English horn) of the master Paolo Grazia accompanied by the Orchestra Senzaspine conducted by the masters Matteo Parmeggiani and Tommaso Ussardi.

Tracklist:

01. Simpatici ricordi della "Traviata" (Arr. S. Scinaldi for Oboe & Strings)
02. Fantasia sul "Trovatore" (Arr. S. Scinaldi for Oboe & Strings)
03. Rimembranze del "Rigoletto" (Arr. S. Scinaldi for Oboe & Strings)
04. Gran concerto su temi dell'opera "I vespri siciliani" (Arr. S. Scinaldi for Oboe & Strings)
05. Fantasia 2 sopra motivi dell’opera "Un ballo in maschera" (Arr. S. Scinaldi for English Horn & Strings)
06. Amelia (Un pensiero del Ballo in Maschera) [Arr. S. Scinaldi for English Horn & Strings]