Songs of the World / Stefano Sciascia, double bass; Mara Corazza, piano

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Album Summary

Performers

• Mara Corazza (Piano)
• Stefano Sciascia (Double Bass)

Composers

• Rentaro Taki (1879 - 1903)
• Spanish Traditional
• Irish Traditional
• Pasquale Mario Costa (1858 - 1933)
• Norwegian Traditional
• Reb Levi Yitzhak
• Yoshinao Nakada (1923 - )
• Pablo Casals (1876 - 1973)
• Yoshihiro Utsumi (Composer)
• Turlough O'Carolan (1670 - 1738)
• Klezmer Traditional
• Ernest Bloch (1880 - 1959)
• Teiichi Okano (1878 - 1941)
• Korean Traditional
• Swedish Traditional
• Max Bruch (1838 - 1920)

Notes & Reviews:

Bassist Stefano Sciascia gives us a rare glimpse of the double bass as an expressive soloistic instrument in a recital of music from countries around the world. The scope of time and space are both explored here, ranging from Max Bruch's 1881 composition Kol Nidrei to works newly composed for Sciascia and ports of call from Spain to Japan. Sciascia's expert and sensitive choice of repertoire reflects his long-standing wish to render the bass as expressive as a human voice.

Notes & Reviews:

Recording information: Atmosfere Studio, Conegliano, Treviso, Italy (04/10/2002-04/16/2002).

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Works Details

Traditional, Spanish : Cancion de amor

• Performers: Mara Corazza (Piano); Stefano Sciascia (Double Bass)
• Running Time: 5 min. 20 sec.

Casals, Pablo : El cant del ocells

• Performers: Stefano Sciascia (Double Bass); Mara Corazza (Piano)
• Running Time: 9 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1972

Okano, Teiichi : Oboro-zukiyo

• Performers: Mara Corazza (Piano); Stefano Sciascia (Double Bass)
• Running Time: 4 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Traditional, Irish : Londonderry Air (Danny Boy), folk song

• Performers: Mara Corazza (Piano); Stefano Sciascia (Double Bass)
• Running Time: 3 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Vocal
• Written: by 1855

Utsumi, Yochihiro : Aijyou, song

• Performers: Stefano Sciascia (Double Bass); Mara Corazza (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 33 sec.
• Form: Vocal

Traditional, Korean : Arirang

• Performers: Mara Corazza (Piano); Stefano Sciascia (Double Bass)
• Running Time: 2 min. 49 sec.

Costa, Pasquale Mario : Era di maggio

• Performers: Stefano Sciascia (Double Bass); Mara Corazza (Piano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

O'Carolan, Turlough : Blind Mary

• Performers: Mara Corazza (Piano); Stefano Sciascia (Double Bass)
• Running Time: 2 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Vocal

Traditional, Swedish : Ack Värmeland, du Sköna, du härliga land

• Performers: Mara Corazza (Piano); Stefano Sciascia (Double Bass)
• Running Time: 4 min. 39 sec.
• Written: by 1800

Traditional, Norwegian : Schottis for Norway

• Performers: Stefano Sciascia (Double Bass); Mara Corazza (Piano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 44 sec.

Traditional, Klezmer : Nign

• Performers: Mara Corazza (Piano); Stefano Sciascia (Double Bass)
• Running Time: 4 min. 13 sec.

Bruch, Max : Kol Nidrei for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 47

• Performers: Mara Corazza (Piano); Stefano Sciascia (Double Bass)
• Notes: Composition written: Jewish.
• Running Time: 5 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Yitzhak, Reb Levi : Song (A Dudele)

• Performers: Mara Corazza (Piano); Stefano Sciascia (Double Bass)
• Running Time: 5 min. 52 sec.

Bloch, Ernest : Baal shem

• Performers: Stefano Sciascia (Double Bass); Mara Corazza (Piano)
• Notes: Composition written: 1947.
• Running Time: 2 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1947

Taki, Rentaro : Kojyo no tsuki

• Performers: Stefano Sciascia (Double Bass); Mara Corazza (Piano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Nakata, Yoshinao : I Found a Tiny Autumn

• Performers: Mara Corazza (Piano); Stefano Sciascia (Double Bass)
• Running Time: 5 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal