All the tracks on this album are heard as they were performed. The DSD Download was created by transferring the original analogue master recorded on an Ampex ATR-102 Tape Recorder at 2 tracks 1/2 inch 30ips tape that was modified by David Manley. The mastering for the DSD Download was done by Giulio Cesare Ricci using the analog and valve Signoricci system.

Anna Maria Castelli, Vocals (Track 1)
Gianni Coscia, Accordion (Track 1)
Renato Sellani, Piano (Track 1)
Raiz, Vocals (Track 2)
Radicanto (Track 2)
Gaby Cole, Vocals (Track 3)
Marco Pezzenati, Percussion (Track 3)
Salvatore Accardo, Violin (Track 4)
Laura Manzini, Piano (Track 4)
Eleonora Bianchini, Vocals (Track 5)
Enzo Pietropaoli, Double Bass (Tracks 5,14)
Scott Hamilton, Saxophone (Tracks 6,7)
Paolo Birro, Piano (Tracks 6,7)
Aldo Zunino, Bass (Track 6)
Alfred Kramer, Drums (Tracks 6,7)
Petra Magoni, Vocals (Tracks 8,9,12)
Ilaria Fantin Fantin, Archlute (Track 8)
Ferruccio Spinelli, Double Bass (Tracks 9,11,12)
Musica Nuda (Tracks 9,12)
Fausto Mesolella, Loop Pedal Guitar (Tracks 10,11)
Peo Alfonsi, Guitar (Track 13)
Salvatore Maiore, Double Bass (Track 13)
Enrico Rava, Trumpet and Flugelhorn (Track 14)
Paolo Fresu, Trumpet and Flugelhorn (Track 14)
Stefano Bollani, Piano (Track 14)
Roberto Gatto, Drums (Track 14)

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Thanks to the presence of the public of the Teatro Comunale di Vicenza, Petra Magoni’s voice and Ferruccio Spinetti’s double bass gave life to an even more exciting and extraordinary interpretation. Verso Sud is a musical journey in Southern Italy and in the world in pure Musica Nuda style, that is “instinct and freedom” both in the choice of the repertoire and in the way
of interpreting it, lightly but never without respect.

The Master has been implemented by transferring the Analog Master realized with the Ampex ATR 102, 2 tracks, 1/2 inch, 30ips, into the dCS A/D Converter DSD.

Petra Magoni- vocal
Ferruccio Spinetti- double-bass

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The Master has been implemented by transferring the Analog Master realized with the Ampex ATR 102, 2 tracks, 1/2 inch, 30ips, into the dCS A/D Converter DSD. The Mastering for SACD was made by Giulio Cesare Ricci using the Signoricci’s analog and valve system.

Petra Magoni- vocal
Ferruccio Spinetti- double-bass

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On this album from Fone, small wonders, intimate interpretations of wonderful songs performed in the theater by a unique and evocative duo, voice and double bass. It is an album of covers, a kaleidoscope of atmospheres that bring the most disparate repertoires to life with the style of modern divertissement.

The album is an Analog Recording.  The Analog Master Tape has been transferred from an Ampex ATR 102, 2 track Analog Tape Recorder at 1/2 inch, 30ips, into the dCS A/D Converter for this Stereo DSD 64 release. Using the Signoricci’s analog and valve system.

Musica Nuda
Petra Magoni, Vocals
Ferruccio Spinetti, Double Bass

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The members of the Jazz Quartet are four great Jazz Musicians with an extraordinary leader, Roberto Gatto, the greatest Italian jazz drummer.  Along with Alessandro Presti (trumpet), Matteo Bortone (double bass) and Alessandro Lanzoni (piano).

Among the songs played, many are those composed by the artists themselves: “The Music Next Door” by R. Gatto, “Il valzer della fonderia” by A. Presti, “Waver” by A. Lanzoni and “Victoria Regia” by M. Bortone. The album is completed by two very special songs by Mary Lou Williams and Gary Peacock.

Roberto Gatto has played throughout Europe and the rest of the world with his groups and with international artists. The groups with his name are characterized, in addition to an interesting timbre research, and an impeccable performance technique, by a great warmth typical of Mediterranean culture.

Roberto Gatto Quartet
Alessandro Presti, Trumpet
Matteo Bortone, Double Bass
Alessandro Lanzoni, Piano
Roberto Gatto, Drums

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The album has been created by transferring the Analog Master Tape recorded on the Ampex ATR 102, 2 Track Analog Recorder with 1/2 inch, 30ips tape, into the dCS Analog to Digital Converter to being the album into Stereo DSD 64.

Musica Nuda
Petra Magoni, Vocals
Ferruccio Spinetti, Double Bass

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It contains songs that are part of new albums from Fone. It is a reference album not to be missed. Featuring Natural sound recording, no editing! All the tracks on this album are heard as they were performed.

Scott Hamilton, Saxophone
Alfred Kramer, Drums
Paolo Birro, Piano
Aldo Zunino, Double Bass
Roberto Gatto, Drums
Alessandro Lanzoni, Piano
Matteo Bortone, Double Bass
Alessandro Presti, Ttrumpet
Fulvio Sigurtà, Trumpet
Gabriele Mrabassi, Clarinet
Enzo Pietropaoli, Double Bass
Marcello Di Leonardo, Drums
Fausto Mesolella, Guitar
Ferruccio Spinetti, Double Bass
Petra Magoni, Vocals

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The album has 10 tracks: Tracks 1 to 8 are by composer Cole Porter, Track 9 “Line for Lyons” is by Gerry Mulligan and Track 10 is a very original interpretation of the Italian National Anthem “Inno d’Italia.”

The instruments interact on an equal level, without hierarchy—hence the name Leaderless Quartet. A “quartet without piano,” where each instrument is an autonomous, monophonic voice, building harmony in a less conventional and more improvisational way.

For this recording, a “field-effect” technique was used, ensuring a natural sound without equalizers, sound expansion, or compression systems. The goal? To transport the listener back to their home Hi-Fi system with a true live effect—as if they were at the concert. No edits. Every track on this album is presented exactly as it was played.

Conceived, recorded and produced by Giulio Cesare Ricci
Recorded at Auditorium Museo Piaggio, Pontedera on September 17th, 2022
Valve microphones: Neumann U47, U48, M49
Mike pre-amplifiers, cables (line, digital, microphone, supply): Signoricci
Recorded in Stereo DSD 64 on the Pyramix Recorder using dCS A/D and D/A Converters
The Mastering was made by Giulio Cesare Ricci using the Signoricci’s analog and tube system.

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Among the artists represented are Salvatore Accardo, Ruggero Raimondi, Orchestra e Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Myung-whun Chung, Scott Hamilton, Musica Nuda, Fausto Mesolella, Enzo Pietropaoli and more!

For this album Giulio Cesare Ricci used a Pyramix Recorder, dCS Analog to Digital and Digital to Analog converters. For these recordings Ricci used a “field effect” recording technique, natural sound, without the use of equalizers, no sound expansion and compression systems….. all this to bring the listener to live again in his home Hi-Fi system. The live effect as if the listener was present at the recording.

Great realism, great dynamics and great music!

I Musici (Track 1)
Salvatore Accardo, Violin (Track 2)
Stefano Concordia, Organist (Track 3)
Marco Forniciari, Violin (Track 4)
Fone Ensemble (Track 4)
Myung-Whun Chung, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecillia (Tracks 5, 6)
Scott Hamilton, Saxophone (Track 7)
Paolo Birro, Piano (Track 7)
Aldo Zuno, Double Bass (Track 7)
Alfred Kramer, Drums (Track 7)
Julian Mazzariello, Piano (Track 8)
Enzo Pietropaoli, Double Bass (Track 8)
Musica Nuda (Track 9)
Petra Magoni, Vocals (Tracks 9, 11)
Ferruccio Spinetti, Double Bass (Track 9)
Fausto Mesolella, Guitar (Track 10)
Ilaria Fantin, Archlute (Track 11)
Rais & Radicanto, Vocals & Instruments (Track 12)

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Cinerama continues the extraordinary series of Jazz albums that Scott Hamilton began with Giulio Cesare Ricci at Fonè Jazz in 2012. It features four extraordinary musicians: Scott Hamilton, Paolo Birro, Aldo Zunino and Alfred Kramer.

The album was recorded at Stereo DSD 64 using the Pyramix DSD Workstation software from Merging Technologies with Analog to Digital Converters from dCS. It is part of the recordings that Giulio Cesare Ricci made on the occasion of the concerts of the 2022 Fonè Music Festival Piaggio. The location of the recording is the Piaggio Auditorium located inside the famous Pontedera Museum, the place where Piaggio was born and where it still continues to produce today.

Scott Hamilton, who for many years has been performing on the best stages around the world as the leader of his quartet or alongside other sacred monsters of jazz, is an interpreter of extraordinarily elegant music, based on impeccable phrasing and a fascinating sound, which already in the seventies, when the widespread trend was to explore particularly aggressive sound alternatives, imposed him for the sweetness of his saxophone and creative imagination.

Scott Hamilton, Saxophone
Paolo Birro, Piano
Aldo Zunino, Double Bass
Alfred Kramer, Drums

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