ONDE MEDITERRANEE - NEW PROJECT JAZZ ORCHESTRA, MILENKOVIC

Onde Mediterranee is a musical journey through southern Europe and the Mediterranean by the New Project Jazz Orchestra, conducted by Renzo Vigagni. Twelve pieces evoke landscapes, dances and communities along an imaginary voyage, including quotations from Canto XXVI of Dante's Inferno. Violinist Stefan Milenković is the special guest on tracks 1 and 12. The closing piece, Oltre il sogno, is dedicated to journalist Ilaria Alpi.

Available edition

Hi-Res WAV file 96 kHz / 24 bit — Velut Luna CVLD044. This is the sole digital variant on JBC.

Tracklist

1. Rondini — 9:50 (Renzo Vigagni)
2. Fatti non foste — 1:10 (Renzo Vigagni)
3. Zebekiko — 6:17 (T. Bitaah / elaborazione R. Vigagni)
4. L'alto mare aperto — 1:39 (Renzo Vigagni)
5. Nubian Dream — 5:58 (A. Sharara / elaborazione R. Vigagni)
6. Onde — 2:01 (Renzo Vigagni)
7. Maxutu — 5:21 (Kociani Orkestar / elaborazione R. Vigagni)
8. Sirene — 3:06 (Renzo Vigagni)
9. Alleria — 4:29 (Pino Daniele)
10. Ali al folle volo — 2:09 (Renzo Vigagni)
11. Pinar Hondo — 5:47 (Chano Domínguez)
12. Oltre il sogno — 9:58 (Renzo Vigagni)

Fatti non foste, L'alto mare aperto and Ali al folle volo refer to Ulysses's voyage in Dante; Alleria is by Pino Daniele. Vigagni's compositions alternate with arrangements of music drawn from Mediterranean traditions.

Musicians and orchestra

• Renzo Vigagni — direzione, pianoforte e tastiere
• Stefan Milenković — violino, ospite nelle tracce 1 e 12
• Walter Civettini, Gianni Mascotti, Paolo Trettel, Christian Stanchina — trombe e flicorni
• Pepito Ros, Enrico Dellatonio, Fiorenzo Zeni, Luca Rubertelli, Giorgio Beberi — sassofoni
• Luigi Grata, Mauro Piazzi, Peter Cazzanelli — tromboni
• Stefano Chesini — flauto
• Francesco Ciech — violoncello
• Lorenzo Frizzera — chitarre
• Stefano Colpi — contrabbasso
• Carlo Alberto Canevali — batteria e percussioni
• Giuliana Beberi, Luca Merlini — voci

Recording and mastering

Recorded on 20–21 December 1999 at the Teatro A. Rosmini, Rovereto, Italy. The original technical notes distinguish six multitrack channels recorded at 96 kHz / 24 bit through Prism Sound converters from sixteen recorded at 48 kHz / 24 bit using Tascam DA-78HR. The resulting mix and master were prepared at 96 kHz / 24 bit on Sonic Solutions, so the individual original tracks did not all share the same sample rate.

Credits

Production: Velut Luna and Gruppo Musicale Madonna Bianca
Executive producer and recording engineer: Marco Lincetto
Digital mixing and mastering: Marco Lincetto and Fabio Framba
Liner notes: Giuseppe Calliari
Cover illustration: Michele Giovanazzi
Photography: Giulio Malfer and Claudio Micheletti
Translations: Alessandra Sallustro
Design: L'Image.

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