The Singer at the Microphone - Eugenio Finardi

Il Cantante al Microfono - Eugenio Finardi

(CVLD162) CD and HD - ORIGINAL VERSION 2007

(CVLD386) LP and HD - REMASTERED VERSION 2024

Tracks

01 - The horizon
02 - Never returned from the front
03 - Morning exercise
04 - The interrupted flight
05 - The wolf hunt
06 - The song of the earth
07 - The singer at the microphone
08 - Wild horses
09 - The sentimental boxer
10 - The bath at Bianca's
11 - Variations on gypsy themes

Notes

The record project "Il Cantante Al Microfono" (The Singer at the Microphone) bridges singer-songwriter music and contemporary classical music, starting from the great Russian actor, poet, and singer-songwriter Vysotsky, who tragically died in 1980. Vysotsky understood and sang the true soul of his people and was, for this reason, harshly opposed by the Soviet regime. His music, with intriguing melodies—sometimes Balkan-flavored, sometimes oriental-toned, sometimes echoing ancient waltz rhythms—accompanies his incisive and poignant lyrics. From his body of over 500 songs, Eugenio Finardi and Filippo Del Corno chose about ten titles that strongly represent the ethical, spiritual, and political tension, as well as the corrosive irony, that animates Vysotsky's work. The songs, already translated into Italian by Sergio Secondiano Sacchi, were orchestrated for the instrumental ensemble Sentieri Selvaggi by Del Corno himself, in a version that highlights the high poetic and musical quality of Vysotsky's verses and allows for the full display of Eugenio Finardi's extraordinary interpretative power.
For some time now, Finardi has been complementing his activity as a leading figure in Italian rock with in-depth and rigorous vocal research, which will astonish those unfamiliar with his journey from fado to his beloved blues, and on to contemporary classical music. The refined graphics were curated by Studio Convertino. In short, this project perfectly aligns with the production philosophy that Velut Luna has always offered: originality in artistically and technically top-quality proposals.

Eugenio Finardi voice

Sentieri selvaggi : Paola Fre flute Mirco Ghirardini clarinet Paolo Pasqualin vibraphone Andrea Rebaudengo piano Piercarlo Sacco violin Paola Perardi cello

Carlo Boccadoro conductor

Sergio Secondiano Sacchi Italian translation

Filippo Del Corno orchestration

• The work won the Tenco Plaque 2008, in the section for interpreters of non-original songs.