Christian Danowicz - Portraits (2020) HD Tracks

Francesco Bottigliero’s numerous interests, creative energy and talent could fill more than one artistic biography. The artist pursued his passions while studying piano interpretation, composition and music education at the same time and then conducting and philosophy. On this album, we present this versatile artist in a triple role: As a composer, conductor and pianist/chamber musician, presenting pieces inspired by known and important to him figures from the world of art.

Bottigliero’s musical language is based on playing with sound and sonoristics, formed on already culturally coded associations. Although by definition it is tonal, the composer often uses very revealing and innovative means. The inspiration for this music is poetry, painting, architecture. It is the instrumentation that is unusual in the Portraits project, in which the main role is played by chamber string ensembles constructed in such a way as to leave room for genuine virtuosity, inherent in chamber music, in their sound palette, eagerly extended beyond classical combinations.
Tracklist
01. Ritratti di donne: No. 1, Marilena
02. Ritratti di donne: No. 2, Giulia
03. 4 Retratos españoles: No. 1, Señor Pablo
04. 4 Retratos españoles: No. 2, Don Salvador
05. 4 Retratos españoles: No. 3, Gaudí
06. 4 Retratos españoles: No. 4, Federico García
07. Clarinet Portraits: No. 1, Hommage à Poulenc
08. Clarinet Portraits: No. 2, Hommage à Copland
09. My Vincent: I. Paysanne près de l'âtre
10. My Vincent: II. Petite folie
11. My Vincent: III. Les mangeurs de pommes de terre
12. My Vincent: IV. Une merde!
13. My Vincent: V. Deuxième petite folie
14. My Vincent: VI. La salle de danse à Arles
15. My Vincent: VII. La chambre de Van Gogh à Arles
16. My Vincent: VIII. Vue d'Arles et iris au premier plan
17. My Vincent: IX. La ronde des prisonniers
18. My Vincent: X. La nuit étoilée