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Alessandro Sgobbio: Piano Music 3

Read "Piano Music 3" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi

Nel terzo album d'esplorazioni pianistiche in solo, Alessandro Sgobbio mostra di non aver esaurito la vena creativa dimostrata negli altri due: Piano Music del 2022 e Piano Music 2 dell'anno successivo. Anche il lavoro attuale è pubblicato dall'etichetta norvegese Amp Music & Records e registrato allo studio Artesuono di Stefano Amerio, usando un meraviglioso pianoforte Fazioli F278. Dopo i molti riconoscimenti, Sgobbio s'è distinto come leader o co-leader di progetti significativi in vari contesti europei: quelli italo-scandinavi Silent ...

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Alessandro Sgobbio: Piano Music 2

Read "Piano Music 2" reviewed by Neri Pollastri

by Neri Pollastri

A un anno di distanza dal suo Piano Music, Alessandro Sgobbio fa uscire il secondo volume, Piano Music 2, che si differenzia dal precedente essenzialmente per l'uso, assieme al pianoforte, del live electronics. Registrato come l'altro negli studi Artesuono di Stefano Amerio, il disco è piuttosto breve, neppure trentacinque minuti, ed è diviso in nove tracce. Anche stavolta non mancano le dediche: le due parti di “Asker" al pianista Misha Alperin, già maestro e amico di Sgobbio, che ...

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Alessandro Sgobbio: Piano 2

Read "Piano 2" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan

Italian pianist Alessandro Sgobbio strikes a pensive pose on the cover of his solo album Piano 2, presenting an introductory visual of his art. The pianist's photo portrait on his previous 2022 AMP Music & Recording release Piano (review here) did the same--a serious expression conveying an inward mood, indicating a measured and reflective approach to the instrument. On both recordings, that is what we get. The difference: Piano Music is piano only; Piano 2 features the addition of live ...

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Alessandro Sgobbio: Piano Music

Read "Piano Music" reviewed by Neri Pollastri

by Neri Pollastri

Messosi in luce con progetti come Pericopes+1, Hitra e il trio Feed di Mauro Gargano, sperimentali, dal forte dinamismo e nei quali utilizzava anche tastiere elettroniche, il pianista pugliese residente a Parigi Alessandro Sgobbio presenta adesso un album in piano solo, dal gusto più tradizionale e nel quale mostra pienamente il suo lato lirico. Piano Music si articola su nove brani, alcuni parte del programma dei concerti in solitudine fatti da Sgobbio nel corso degli anni, altri scritti ...

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Alessandro Sgobbio: Piano Music

Read "Piano Music" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan

We ask our artists to give us something of themselves. The solo piano format is a superior way to do this--the musican alone at the piano, no collaboration; and Italian composer/pianist Alessandro Sgobbio presents the essence of his being with his first solo recording, Piano Music. The music is a diary of Sgobbio's experiences and influences--his parents and his mentor, Atma Mater, among other things. The artistry presented gives us a look into the artist's soul, his playing ...

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Mauro Gargano: Feed

Read "Feed" reviewed by Neri Pollastri

by Neri Pollastri

A pochi mesi dall'uscita del ben diverso Nuages, il contrabbassista Mauro Gargano affronta a proprio modo il piano trio, scegliendo come partner un altro italiano che, come lui, vive e lavora in Francia, il pianista Alessandro Sgobbio—membro anche degli eccellenti Pericopes ed Hitra—e un grande della batteria d'oltralpe qual è Christophe Marguet—collaboratore tra gli altri di Louis Sclavis ed Henry Texier—e con loro affrontando un repertorio originale, tutto della sua penna. Come ci spiega anche in una recente ...

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Hilmar Jensson: Transparence

Read "Transparence" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic

Given that not one of the eight tracks definingTransparence, the darkly compelling debut from Norway's Hitra, runs longer than six minutes, the quartet covers a lot of ground. Like a ticket out of isolation, Transparence transports your homebound head to the grey expanse of Northern Atlantic skies. Billowing by design, their clouds of music make you feel like you're floating above rain shadows and fjords. Bonding together at Oslo's Norwegian Academy of Music, Hitra pairs Italian pianist Alessandro ...

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