ATMOSFERE | Marco Ferraguto, Salvatore Fortunato

Ferraguto Fortunato Duo
Marco Ferraguto, flute
Salvatore Fortunato, guitar

Available as a 180 g Crystal Vinyl LP at 33 rpm and as a DSD128 file. The vinyl edition is limited to 300 numbered copies.

Morricone and Piazzolla in a dialogue for flute and guitar

Atmosfere is the debut album from Direct Sound Records. Marco Ferraguto and Salvatore Fortunato shape an intimate, cinematic programme in which Ennio Morricone’s lyricism meets the rhythm, nostalgia and theatrical tension of Astor Piazzolla. Flute and guitar act as two voices: transparent and suspended at one moment, tightly drawn into the gesture of tango at the next.

The Morricone medley brings together themes from Cinema Paradiso, Gabriel’s Oboe and The Legend of 1900. The second part of the programme moves through four Piazzolla tableaux, from Bordel 1900 to Concert d’aujourd’hui, following tango’s evolution through memory, café, nightclub and concert hall.

Recording and sound

Recorded in March 2024 at the Cappella Universitaria San Tommaso d’Aquino in Rome, the album originated in stereo DSD128. The chapel’s natural acoustics contribute to the depth of the soundstage and the audible breath of both instruments. The process identified as Pure DSD128 – Analog Mixed includes an analogue stage during mixing before the DSD master.

• Label: Direct Sound Records
• Catalogue number: DSRATM01
• Original recording format: DSD128
• Channels: 2ch Stereo
• Recording engineer: Michelangelo Canonico
• A/D converter: TASCAM DA-3000
• Microphones: AEA R88 mkII; matched pair of Schoeps MK41
• Preamplifiers: modified AEA TRP3; Manley Force
• Cabling: Cardas Audio
• Release date: 11 July 2025

Tracklist

Side A

1. Ennio Morricone – Medley: Nuovo Cinema Paradiso · Gabriel’s Oboe · La leggenda del pianista sull’oceano — 09:40
2. Astor Piazzolla – Bordel 1900 — 04:22

Side B

3. Astor Piazzolla – Café 1930 — 08:05
4. Astor Piazzolla – Nightclub 1960 — 06:31
5. Astor Piazzolla – Concert d’aujourd’hui — 03:16

Total time: 31:54

Download the Atmosfere booklet