TAPE 1
Il Postino, Luis Bacalov 5'27"
Vuelvo al sur, Astor Piazzolla 4'12"
Por una cabeza, Carlos Gardel 4'46"
Milonga del angel, Astor Piazzolla 5'47"
La muerte del angel, Astor Piazzolla 3'15"
Ave Maria, Astor Piazzolla 5'30"
Conceived, recorded, and produced by Giulio Cesare Ricci
Recorded at Museo Piaggio - Pontedera, April 13, 2019
Recording assistant: Paola Liberato
Valve microphones: Neumann U47, U48, M49
Mike preamplifiers, cable (line, microphone, 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 Ricci made for the concerts of the first edition of the fonè Music Festival Piaggio 2019, organized by himself.
The concerts 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, all the Vespa and Ape models, and all the Aprilia, Gilera, and Moto Guzzi motorcycles that have won national and international awards over time.
For each recording, Giulio Cesare Ricci brought all his equipment, both analog (Ampex ATR 102 Electronic Tube Ampex Model 351-1965, 2-track, 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 the 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, for natural sound, without the use of equalizers, expansion, or compression systems. All this to bring the listener back to their home hi-fi system, experiencing the live effect as if they were present at the concert.
Following the success of the album Duettango, Filippo Arlia on piano and Cesare Chiacchiaretta on bandoneon return to the fonè catalog with an album recorded live at the 2019 fonè Music Festival Piaggio.
The album Non Solo Tango live opens with a very moving piece, the soundtrack to the film Il Postino, written by the late Luis Bacalov.
In addition to songs from the great repertoire of Astor Piazzolla not included on the previous album Duettango, particularly "Vuelvo al sur," "Ave Maria," "Milonga sin palabras," and "Libertango," the beautiful "Por una Cabeza" by Carlos Gardel is also noteworthy.
The album closes with an encore of the concert featuring Henry Mancini's "La pantera rosa," which is included in the Pink Panther collection that Giulio Cesare Ricci has been recording in recent years.
An album of great emotion, great technique, and a masterful piano-bandoneon duo.
Great realism, great dynamics, great music... an album not to be missed!
Every listener, by closing their eyes, will be able to relive the emotion of the live performance as if they were present at the exhibition of this great artist.
