Tape 1
Luiza Antonio Carlos Jobim 3’47”
Mio fratello che guardi il mondo Ivano Fossati 3’43”
Never dreamed you’d leave in summer Stevie Wonder 3’35”
No me maltrates la vida Antonio Mayte Martin 4’13”
Amapola * Juan Luis Guerra 2’53”
Si todos fossem iguais a voce A.Carlos Jobim - Vinicius de Moraes 5’46”
Luka Suzanne Vega 4’44”
Conceived, recorded, and produced by Giulio Cesare Ricci
Recorded at the Auditorium Museo Piaggio, Pontedera, March 23, 2019
Recording assistant: Paola Liberato
Valve microphones: Neumann U47, U48, M49
Mike preamplifiers, cables (line, microphone, power supply): Signoricci
The master was made with the Ampex ATR 102 (Electronic Tube Ampex Model 351 - 1965), 2 tracks, 1/2 inch, 30fps. Edited by David Manley.
Photos by Andrea Manno
This album is part of the recordings Giulio Cesare Rissi made for the concerts of the first edition of the fonè Music Festival Piaggio 2019.
The concerts, organized by Giulio Cesare Ricci, took place at the Piaggio Auditorium located inside the famous Pontedera Museum, the place where Piaggio was born and where it continues to produce today. Inside the Museum, every year, audiences from around the world can admire Piaggio's production over the years, including all the Vespa and Ape models, and all the Aprilia, Gilera, and Moto Guzzi motorcycles that have won national and international awards.
For each recording, Giulio Cesare Ricci brought all his equipment, both analog (Ampex ATR 102 Electronic Tube Ampex Model 351-1965, 2 tracks, 1/2 inch, 30fps modified by David Manley) and digital (Pyramix Recorder, dCS A/D and D/A converters).
For microphones, he used his original collection of Neumann U47, U48, and M49 microphones, as well as a Signoricci microphone preamp and cables.
This is because Giulio Cesare Ricci always created two masters for each recording: an analog master for Vinyl and a DSD digital master for SuperAudioCD.
For this recording, he also used a "field effect" recording technique, producing a natural sound, without the use of equalizers, expansion, or compression systems. All this to bring the listener back to their home hi-fi system, reviving the live effect as if they were present at the concert.
This album features the voice of Eleonora Bianchini, the accordion of Luciano Biondini, and the double bass of Enzo Pietropaoli.
Enzo Pietropaoli and Eleonora Bianchini are already featured in the fonè catalog with two very unique albums featuring them together in this original vocal-double bass formation.
For the fonè Music Festival Piaggio 2019, these two artists were joined by the great accordionist Luciano Biondini.
Their musical achievement was magical, greatly appreciated by the large audience at this live performance.
The natural fonè sound fully enhanced the sounds of the voice and the two instruments.
The artists alternated international repertoire such as "Luka" by Suzanne Vega, "Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer" by Stevie Wonder, and "Si Todos fossem iguais" by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes with pieces by great Italian composers such as Bruno Lauzi and Ivano Fossati..... in a trio.
Each artist, however, wanted to leave a solo musical memory: Eleonora Bianchini sang "Amapola" by Juan Luis Guerra, while Luciano Biondini performed "Geppetto" by Fiorenzo Carpi, and Enzo Pietropaoli performed "Attenti al lupo" by Lucio Dalla.
A live performance full of emotion.
Every listener, by closing their eyes, will be able to relive the emotion of the live performance as if they were present at the performance of these three great artists.
