MAKING WHOPEE - Rosella Caporale Oscar Del Barba

Making Whopee brings together Rosella Caporale's voice and Oscar Del Barba's arrangements and orchestral direction. American standards and original music are performed with the Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, chamber choir and jazz soloists across eleven tracks.

Available editions

SACD — CVLD132SACD; Hi-Res WAV 88.2 kHz / 24 bit — CVLD132.

Tracklist

1. My Favorite Things
2. Making Whopee
3. Sul fiume
4. Il soldato di latta
5. When You Wish Upon a Star
6. Someday My Prince Will Come
7. Icaro
8. Speak Low
9. Ninna per noi
10. Embraceable You
11. Tenderly

All arrangements by Oscar Del Barba. Durations differ between the original release and later digital listings; unverified timings are omitted.

Musicians and ensembles

Rosella Caporale — vocals; Oscar Del Barba — arrangements, orchestral conductor and piano solo on track 11; Delio Caporale — vocals on tracks 2 and 5; Fausto Beccalossi — accordion on track 4; Antonio Zambrini — piano on track 4; Achille Succi — bass clarinet and alto saxophone on tracks 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10; Caterina Bergo — harp; Concentus Musicus Patavinus Chamber Choir (Fabio Framba, conductor) on tracks 1 and 7; Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, conducted by Oscar Del Barba.

Recording and mastering

Tracks 1–4 and 6–11 recorded live in studio on 12 and 14 June 2006 at Auditorium Pollini, Padua, in 88.2 kHz / 24-bit multitrack digital format using Prism Sound ADA8 XR converters. Track 5 separately recorded on 1 July 2006 at Magister Studio, Preganziol, with seven overdubbed vocal parts by Rosella and Delio Caporale.

Credits

Production: Velut Luna. Executive producer and engineer: Marco Lincetto. Artistic direction: Oscar Del Barba. Musical producer: Fabio Framba. Mix, editing, mastering: Marco Lincetto and Matteo Costa. Photography: Laura Camia and Renzo Bertasi. Design: L'Image.

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