Original Analog Master Tapes / Signor Ricci master / Unique piece / Pure Analog Recording / 15 ips - 1/4 inch Ampex ATR 102 > Nagra 4s
Roberto Gatto Quartet
Alessandro Presti tromba
Matteo Bortone contrabbasso
Alessandro Lanzoni piano
Roberto Gatto batteria
TAPE 1
KOOL MARY LOU WILLIAMS 6’11”
THE MUSIC NEXT DOOR ROBERTO GATTO 4’46”
IL VALZER DELLA FONDERIA ALESSANDRO PRESTI 4’50”
SALON MALAGA MATTEO BORTONE 5’45”
FOUR STORIES ROBERTO GATTO 6’24”
CHERRY SONG ALESSANDRO PRESTI fragment
TAPE 2
CHERRY SONG ALESSANDRO PRESTI 5’41”
WAVER ALESSANDRO LANZONI 5’25”
MONACO-PALERMO ALESSANDRO PRESTI 5’36”
VICTORIA REGIA MATTEO BORTONE 4’09”
GARDENIA GARY PEACOCK 3’23”
Conceived, recorded and produced by Giulio Cesare Ricci
Recorded at the Auditorium Museo Piaggio in Pontedera (PI)
Recording data March 11st, 2023
Valve microphones: Neumann U47, U48, M49
Mike pre-amplifiers, cables (line, microphone, supply): Signoricci
Photos by Stefano “Steve” Girolami
This album is part of the recordings that Giulio Cesare made on the occasion of the concerts of the fonè Music Festival Piaggio edition 2023 organized by himself. The location chosen is the Piaggio Auditorium located inside the famous Pontedera Museum, the place where Piaggio was born and where it still continues to produce today.
The protagonists of FOUR STORIES are 4 great musicians with an extraordinary leader, Roberto Gatto the greatest Italian jazz drummer in the company of Alessandro Presti trumpet, Matteo Bortone double bass and Alessandro Lanzoni piano.
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. This certainly makes Roberto Gatto one of the most interesting drummers and composers in Europe and in the World.
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.
For this recording Giulio Cesare Ricci brought all his equipment, both analog (Ampex ATR 102 Electronic Tube Ampex Model 351-1965, 2 tracks, ½”, 30ips modified by David Manley) and digital (Pyramix Recorder, dCS A/D and D/A converters).
This is because for each recording Giulio Cesare Ricci creates two Masters: an analog master for vinyl, Tapes and a DSD digital master for SuperAudioCD
The mastering was made using the entirely analog and valve Signoricci system. A "state of the art" system without sound manipulation, equalization, reverb, compression and expansion... but natural sound to best enhance the acoustics of the Auditorium of the Piaggio Museum. All this to create recordings characterized by technological refinement and aimed at recovering the original musical atmospheres.
Also for this recording Ricci used a "field effect" recording technique... all this to make the listener relive in his home hi-fi system, the live effect as if he had been present at the performance.
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Original Analog Master Tapes / Signor Ricci master / Unique piece / Pure Analog Recording / 15 ips - 1/4 inch Ampex ATR 102 > Nagra 4s
Roberto Gatto Quartet
Alessandro Presti tromba
Matteo Bortone contrabbasso
Alessandro Lanzoni piano
Roberto Gatto batteria
SALVATORE ACCARDO Violino
LAURA MANZINI Piano
Signoricci Master / Unique piece / Pure Analogue Recording / Original Analog Master Tape / speed 15ips 1/4 inch Ampex ATR 102 Nagra 4s
Original Analog Master tapes / Signor Ricci master / Unique piece / Pure Analog Recording / 38 cm/sec / sec 1/4 inch / Ampex ATR 102 > Nagra 4s
Paolo Birro - piano
Aldo Zunino - bass
Alfred Kramer - drums
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Sinfonia n. 9 in re maggiore (1909-1911)
ORCHESTRA TEATRO REGIO TORINO
GIANANDREA NOSEDA
Concerto realizzato nell’ambito del Progetto Mahler
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Salvatore Accardo Violin
Laura Gorna Violin
Laura Manzini Piano
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Julian Mazzariello piano
Enzo Pietropaoli bass
Salvatore Accardo violinista e direttore
Orchestra da Camera Italiana
Signoricci Master, Unique piece, Pure Analogue Recording, Original Analog Master Tape, 38cm/sec 1/4 inch, Ampex ATR 102 -> Nagra 4s
Original Analog Master tapes / Signor Ricci master / Unique piece / Pure Analog Recording / 38 cm/sec / sec 1/4 inch / Ampex ATR 102 > Nagra 4s
Julian Mazzariello piano
Enzo Pietropaoli bass
Signoricci Master, Unique piece, Pure Analogue Recording, Original Analog Master Tape, 38cm/sec 1/4 inch, Ampex ATR 102 Nagra 4s
Signoricci Master / Unique piece / Pure Analogue Recording / Original Analog Master Tape / 38cm/sec 1/4 inch / Ampex ATR 102 Nagra 4s
SALVATORE ACCARDO Violin
LAURA MANZINI Piano
Original Analog Master tapes / Signor Ricci master / Unique piece / Pure Analog Recording / 38 cm/sec - 1/4 inch / Ampex ATR 102 > Nagre 4s
Original Analog Master Tapes / Signoricci Master / Unique piece / Pure Analog Recording /Tube Processed Analog Master / 38 cm/sec - 1/4 inch / Ampex ATR 102 > Nagra 4s
Eleonora Bianchini voice*
Luciano Biondini accordion**
Enzo Pietropaoli bass***
Original Analog Master Tapes / Signor Ricci master / Unique piece / Pure Analog Recording / 15 ips - 1/4 inch Ampex ATR 102 > Nagra 4s
Scott Hamilton sax
Paolo Birro piano
Aldo Zunino bass
Alfred Kramer drums
Original Analog Master tapes / Signor Ricci master / Unique piece / Pure Analog Recording / 30 cm / sec 1/4 inch / Ampex ATR 102 > Nagre 4s
Coro dei monaci di Montecassino
Stefano Concordia O.S.B.: direzione e organo
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Gabriele Mirabassi clarinet
Nando Di Modugno classic guitar
Pierluigi Balducci acoustic bass
Signoricci Master, Unique piece, Pure Analogue Recording, Original Analog Master Tape, 38cm/sec 1/4 inch, Ampex ATR 102 Nagra 4s
