Livia Mazzanti | Scarlatti at Scarlatti
Livia Mazzanti | Scarlatti at Scarlatti
BirdBox Records
Music genre: Classico and Classica
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Livia Mazzanti - Scarlatti at Scarlatti's
Available in: LP 33rpm GATEFOLD 180 gr. AAA Pure Analog
Tracklist
- A1. E major, K. 380
- A2. B minor, K. 377
- A3. B minor, K 27
- A4. D major, K33
- B1. C major ("Pastoral"), K 513
- B2. F minor, K 481
- B3. C major ("The Hunt"), K 159
- B4. F minor, K. 466
- Format: 180g Vinyl, 33 rpm, Gatefold.
- Audio Processing: AAA (Fully Analog Process) – Recording on original master tape in studio quality.
- Booklet: Includes a 16-page booklet.
Our goal was to convey with the utmost clarity the colorful and complex interpretation that makes this music its interpreter, as well as to convey the authentic sonic impact of the Tamburini organ in the Sala Scarlatti in Naples, with its more than 4,000 pipes. We hope this intent reaches your ears, transporting you to that authentic moment. This album is a bold journey into the heart of Domenico Scarlatti's music, reinterpreted in a modern key. The multifaceted organist Livia Mazzanti departs from a purely philological approach to "transmute" the Sonatas, intended for the harpsichord, through the powerful and versatile voice of the instrument designed in the 1980s by Jean Guillou for the Naples Conservatory. In an act of profound admiration and interpretative freedom, Mazzanti explores Scarlatti's most intimate and most grandiose nuances, creating a dialogue between two keyboard virtuosos, equally stateless and experimental. The imperfections of the instrument, now awaiting restoration, give the sound a poetic and fascinating character, making the recording a unique testimony to this extraordinary equidistance between past and future, between Neapolitan soul and French genius.
Credits
- Produced by: Lorenzo Vella | BIRD BOX RECORDS
- Recording Engineer: Matteo Spinazzè Savaris, Lorenzo Vella
- Mastering Engineer: Lorenzo Vella
- Musical Supervisor: Peter Dimpflmeier
- Artwork & Design: Lorenzo Vella - Nightingale Studios
- Graphic Designer: Alessandro Bruno
Characteristics
This recording was masterfully mixed in real time on an EMT A400 console and tied directly to an Ampex ATR-102 ½-inch tape recorder.
Album recorded on October 26, 2024, in the Scarlatti Hall of the San Pietro a Majella Conservatory of Music in Naples. Mastering took place in May 2025 at Nightingale Studios in Palombara Sabina (Rome).
Gear used
- ANALOG CONSOLE
EMT-FRANZ MM40 A400 Multioutput Mixsystem 16ch. (recording)
MCI JH636 (mastering)
- MICROPHONES
Decca Tree: Line Audio Design Omni1
Binaural mode: Neumann KU100
Close-proximity mics: Neumann U47fet
Spot mic: Line Audio design CM4
- Reel to Reel Tape Machine
Ampex ATR-102 2-track ½-inch (recording-mastering)
Studer A80 2-track ¼-inch (master tape duplication)
Telefunken M15 2-track ¼-inch (master tape check)
Studer A807 2-track ¼-inch (master tape check)
Sony MCI JH-110 2-track ¼-inch (master tape check)
Sony APR-5003V 2-track ¼-inch (master tape check)
- MASTERING OUTBOARDS
Ampex 350 (1955) - Two Matched Units
- MONITORS
Tannoy SRM 15X Super Red Monitor
B&W 802 III series
B&W CDM1 Special Edition
Neumann KH 120 A
- MONITOR POWER AMPS
BGW 750 E (4x)
BGW 250 D
- HEADPHONES/AMPLIFIERS
Audeze LCD-2C
Hifiman Sundara
Sennheiser HD600
Audio-gd NFB-1AMP Class A
- CABLES/FINE TUNING
Audio Mass - E-Spikes
VYDA Laboratories - signal cable - speaker cable
Eurocables - Star Quad microphone cable
Mogami cables Platinum Studio microphone cable
Van Den Hul - D-102 mk III signal cable
Schumann Resonator Audio 2C by Claudio Checchi
Organ specifications
- Specification of the Tamburini Organ
- Builder: Tamburini (on a project by Jean Guillou)
- Year: 1983
- Restorations/Modifications: Restoration by Zanin, 2000s
- Stops: 49
- Pipes: approximately 4,000
- Action: mixed (mechanical for manuals and pedals, electric for stops)
- Console: attached, in the front wall of the case
- Keyboards: 4 manuals, 61 notes (C1-C6)
- Pedalboard: concave-radial, 32 notes (C1-G3)
- Placement: a single, floor-standing unit against the rear wall
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Gatefold Vinyl. Limited to 300 Numbered Copies. 180g Audiophile Pressing. AAA Fully Analog Process, embellished with an elegant large format 16 page booklet.
Experience an unprecedented sonic journey with this recording, meticulously sourced from the ½-inch Ampex ATR102 master .
Reading from a Telefunken M21, Audio Research VT60 tube crossover amplifier, driven by a Neumann SAL74B preamplifier and RIAA encoder. The final power stage for crossover is an Audio Research VT60 tube power amplifier.
Lacquering on: lathe Neumann VMS70 equipped with Ortofon DSS821 cutting heads.
Purely analog audio processing, for an authentically analog vinyl release.
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