Alongside this great and important musical production, in Italy, the phenomenon Canzone developed. These works are strongly concentrated on catchiness, not linked to complex stories, but to moments of life, to fleeting sensations and - above all - short pieces to be used outside the great theaters.

Similarly the Lied developed in Germany: we would say it is the German sister of the Italian song, with the following particular characteristics:
1 it was playable in the salons of the nobility and the bourgeoisie,
2 it was often instrumental, because that way, no singers were needed and so it could be performed by instruments, with accompaniment.

George Goltermann, was a cellist (as well as director of the Frankfurt Opera) who dedicated his production to this musical genre. Namely, he wrote small emotional pieces that aren't linked to any complex stories. Instead, they speak of moments, poems, paintings, memories.

Vito Paternoster orchestrated Goltermann's pieces, adapted to the most modern language, and arranged them to sound as though they were a single piece, as if they they described a journey through poems, memories and fragments of life.

1. L'abbazia del querceto
2. La luna che sorge sul mare
3. Flatford Mill
4. Viandante sul mare di nebbia
5. Regata ad Argentuil
6. Covoni a tarda estate a Giverny
7. Veduta di Delft
8. Boulevard des Capucins
9. Valzer a Maison Piernot
10. La foi
11. La carita
12. La speranza
13. Valzerino
14. Ritratto
15. Bolerino
16. Alla mazurca
17. Capriccio
18. Adagio e Tarantella

Listen to: the entire album.

Release date: 02/17/2023
Vito Paternoster lives in Bari Italy

Tagged as: Classical, Neoclassical, Instrumental Classical, Cello

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2. Fogliano to Froberger - A Century of Ricercars by Colin Booth: solo harpsichord music
3. Mattheson - The Melodious Talking Fingers by Colin Booth: solo harpsichord music
4. Broadwood Grand Pianoforte 1809 by Susan Adams: Marvelously played classical piano pieces
5. The flute recital by Matsuishi Takashi Fritz: Flautists with finesse, intelligence and grooves
6. Fantasia Incantata by Ensemble Libro Primo: A fantastic classical violin and lute duo interpreting Baroque composers
7. Music for No Film by Marcos H Bolanos: atmospheric, instrumental soundtracks for daydreaming
8. Sylvius Leopold Weiss Suites no 36 et 40 Lobkowitz by Mauricio Buraglia: a marvelous classical spiral of lute sounds
9. Toccata - Touched by Alex McCartney: Reflective, historically-informed performance on the lute
10. Tracks for Film and Television Vol 1 by L2A2: Emotional orchestral compositions for film,television or simply daydreaming
11. Black Hand by Paolo Pavan: Urban funky jazz piano, in a sober and straightforward style
12. Affinity by Massimo DeAngelis: original jazz fusion with hints of rock, classical and Latin music
13. First Impressions by Emma Wallace: angst-free modern ragtime
14. Les Larmes of Johannes Fresneau by Edward Martin: vihuela, renaissance and baroque lute
15. Drops from the Sky by Mogilalia: surrealist, modern classical ambient with tranquil trascendence
16. Morphogenesis by Musical Mandalas: Electronic guitar meets mandalas with an ambient feel

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