Anxanum is a new release from Fone featuring guitarist Andrea Castelfranato. The album contains 13 tracks that feature original songs composed by Andrea Castelfranato along with some of your favorite songs inspired by famous performances by Sting, Pino Daniele, Al DiMeola, and The Beatles. The songs are performed on Acoustic Guitar, Nylon String Guitar and Fingerstyle.
This recording was made in the ancient cellar of the Palazzo di Scoto di Semifonte in Certaldo Alto (FI) which offers very extraordinary acoustics. Fone’s Giulio Cesare Ricci used the Valve (Tube) Microphones from his Neumann collection for this wonderful recording. Anxanum was recorded in DSD using the dCS AD / DA converters. The album uses no editing. All tracks on this recording are heard exactly as they were performed.
Giulio Cesare Ricci recommends a listen to Track 9 “Mediterranean Sundance” on this new release. We would agree with him that this is an amazing display of guitar playing in DSD. This is an album that will surely become a reference for DSD and audiophile recording lovers.
Andrea Castelfranato, Guitarist
Tracklist
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Additional information
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SKU | SACD204 |
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Artists | |
Composers | Al Di Meola, Andrea Castelfranato, Beatles, Fausto Mesolella, Fred Buscaglione, Pino Daniele, Sting, Traditional |
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Recording Type & Bit Rate | DSD 64fs |
Recording Software | Pyramix, Merging Technologies |
Recording Location | Il Castello – Palazzo di Scoto di Semifonte Certaldo Alto (Fi) November 2018 |
Recording Engineer | Giulio Cesare Ricci |
Recording Assistant | Paola Liberato |
Producer | Giulio Cesare Ricci |
Notes | There is no editing on this album. All tracks on this recording are heard as they were performed. |
Microphones | Neumann U47, U48, M49 Valve (Tube) Microphones |
Microphone Preamp | Signoricci |
Mastering Engineer | Giulio Cesare Ricci |
Digital Converters | dCS A/D and D/A Converters |
Cables | Signoricci |
Original Recording Format | |
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Release Date | May 15, 2019 |
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This album takes you on a journey of different styles and techniques but never at the expense of the music. Andrea Castelfranato’s musicality shines through on every track.
As mentioned in the notes, Giulio Cesare Ricci, the producer, recommends listening to “Mediterranean Sundance”. I second that recommendation as it is a superb recording.
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