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"Poeta": contemporary music for clarinet!
Luca's new album "Poeta" is out and
it will be launched at a special event sponsored by his endorsement D'Addario/Rico at The
Vibe in London (UK's leading woodwinds/brass specialist) before
embarking on a tour of churches and cathedrals in the UK and overseas
with world premieres of new
pieces at St Martin in the Fields and Cambridge University along with
dates in Oxford, the American Cathedral in Paris, then Italy and
South America.
The release is one of the main publications of "Partenope Productions", a concept by
Luca Luciano. Inspired by the etymology of the word "poet" (meaning
"creator"
in ancient Greek), the album presents Luciano's clarinet works of
recent years along with a piece by Luciano
Berio and a bonus track featuring a
composition of Luca's for guitar and piano. The CD "Poeta" carries
onto the artistic path of the past two releases, but it also wants to
come back to a more melodic and lyrical approach to music making,
more typical of Luciano's earlier recordings, whilst maintaining his
interest in experimentation. The music, recorded in London in 2015,
is in fact informed by an on-going research on extended techniques
and new music for solo clarinet that Luciano has regularly presented
in the UK and overseas via premieres and educational events aimed at
showcasing the full potential of the instrument.
Luca's will to explore the full range of sound
resources and colours of his instrument is more clearly evident on
pieces such as: Fragment
#6, using multiple sounds and the
voice into the instrument; the Fantasia, exploring the possibilities
of the lower and upper joints of the instrument when played separately;
tracks for clarinet trio or for solo with pre-recorded instruments;
two studies, recently premiered at the National Portrait Gallery in
London also part of Luca's "Introductory
Method to Extended Techniques". The programme is
completed by homage pieces to Puccini, Stravinsky
(with audacious variations on his "Three Pieces") and to Poulenc
(whose Sonata has accompanied Luca since early in his career). Luca's
passion for Brazil (where he tours regularly) is evident on
Divertimento #11 and the Two Miniatures for guitar and piano recorded
in Sao Paulo by the Duo Lucatelle/Bartoloni after
their premiere in the USA.
The official release date for "Poeta" is
February 15th and it is now available on pre-sale exclusively
for Luca's fan on his site www.lucaluciano.com with a
SPECIAL
OFFER (fee delivery with complimentary digital
scores) and then for phisical and digital distribution world-wide via
CD-Baby.
Download it on pre-sale on iTunes
from 30th of January or pre-order it on Amazon.
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