To inhabit a city through music, to listen to its voices, and to return its energy in a live recital. Sonata for 7 Cities: live in Vienna is the new album by thirty-year-old pianist Filippo Gorini for Alpha Classics / Outhere Music France, marking the discographic starting point of Sonata for 7 Cities, an international initiative conceived by Gorini that unfolds across seven cities worldwide, combining musical research with social engagement.
«The sense of belonging is a fire that burns inside. Given my origins, I can’t ignore the moral obligation of rediscovering the Neapolitan eighteenth century repertoire». With these words, Italian soprano Rosa Feola, who was born in Caserta, near Naples, and has always been keen on promoting her territory’s musical heritage, describes the artistic journey that she made with Antonio Florio and the Cappella Neapolitana and that have brought to her new album “Son Regina e Sono Amante”, released by Pentatone today, Friday 14 March, and available on all major streaming and download platforms (https://lnk.to/SonReginaeSonoAmante) and music stores.
Argentinian of Italian origins, he studied Belcanto in Buenos Aires and is today considered one of the greatest countertenors worldwide: Franco Fagioli, awarded the Premio “Abbiati” in 2011, tells of his unusual musical journey by celebrating the renowned last castrato in his album “The last castrato. Arias for Velluti”, to be released on Friday 28th of February 2025 by Château de Versailles Spectacles, recorded with the Chorus and Orchestra of the Opéra Royal conducted by Stefan Plewniak.
