GRooVE back Magazine No. 008/26

GRooVE back Magazine No. 008/26 moves through jazz, classical music, opera and rock with Matteo Mancuso, Michel Petrucciani, David Bowie, Wagner, Claudio Fasoli and two downloadable musical features: AudioRecords and Mitropoulos.

In this issue

From Matteo Mancuso’s guitar talent to Michel Petrucciani’s piano artistry, from Wagner’s Parsifal to David Bowie and Claudio Fasoli, plus Scarlatti, Mitropoulos and regular features on jazz, classical music, rock, turntables and loudspeakers.

Download albums included

This issue includes two downloads: AudioRecords Sampler 2026 and Mitropoulos conducts Beethoven and Mendelssohn.

Available editions

Available as print magazine + digital edition + 2 album downloads, digital magazine + 2 album downloads and a free PDF preview.

Contents

5 — Editorial
8 — Our CD: AudioRecords
12 — Matteo Mancuso, from Sicily to the conquest of jazz
20 — The esoteric aspects of Richard Wagner’s Parsifal
34 — Portrait of Michel Petrucciani, emblem of contagious genius
44 — Interview with Rocco Patriarca, founder of AudioRecords
48 — Ten years after David Bowie’s death
60 — Claudio Fasoli, explorer of sonic worlds
74 — Domenico Scarlatti revisited on the organ
80 — Maurizio Baglini between classical and pop
86 — Around classical music
92 — In the realm of jazz
100 — Rock and beyond
104 — The jazz piano of Antonio Faraò and Roberto Magris
106 — Beethoven’s Fifth and Mendelssohn according to Mitropoulos
108 — The AOP DS60 loudspeakers
114 — Musical Tastings 2026
118 — Records & turntables (part four)
126 — GRooVE back Radio
128 — The libretto of Die Zauberflöte

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