Description
Songs of the World – Stefano Sciascia (Double Bass), Mara Corazza (Piano) CD
UPC: 8718247711352
MPN: 8802135
Brand Name: Newton Classics
Overview
In Songs of the World, renowned double bassist Stefano Sciascia joins pianist Mara Corazza to explore a musical journey that transcends cultures and continents. Recorded in April 2002 at Atmosfere Studio, Conegliano (Treviso, Italy), this 74-minute program gathers heartfelt folk melodies from Spain, Japan, Ireland, Korea, Israel, Sweden, Norway, and Italy.
Each piece—whether the Catalan “El Cant dels Ocells,” the Irish “Londonderry Air,” or the Japanese “Kōjō no Tsuki”—is re-imagined with luminous sensitivity, revealing the expressive power of the double bass as both singer and storyteller.
Product Features
- Format: 1 Compact Disc (DOD Stereo)
- Total Duration: 74′26″
- Recording Date: 10–16 April 2002
- Recording Location: Atmosfere Studio, Conegliano (Treviso, Italy)
- Producer: Robert de Pierni
- Balance Engineer: Gianni Fantuz
- Instrument: Double Bass (Brescian School, 1700) & Piano
- Genre: Classical / World Fusion
- Style: Ethnic Melodic Arrangements
- Label: Newton Classics B.V. / Rivoalto
- Country of Origin: Netherlands
- Cover Image: Juan Manuel Castro Prieto – Agence VU/HH
- Art Direction & Design: Jan Martin Wilschut BNO, Amsterdam Hotsprings
Interesting Facts
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Global Connection through Melody This collection celebrates humanity’s shared emotional language, presenting beloved folk themes transformed into classical miniatures.
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Historic Instrument Sciascia performs on a Brescian-school double bass (c. 1700), giving each song an earthy warmth and resonance impossible to reproduce electronically.
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Intimate Collaboration Pianist Mara Corazza provides elegant support, creating an intimate dialogue between strings and keys that allows every melody to breathe.
Track Listing
- Canción de Amor (Spain) – 5′17″
- El Cant dels Ocells (Catalonia) – 9′06″
- Oboro-Tsukiyo (A Misty Moonlight Night) (Japan) – 4′29″
- Londonderry Air (Ireland) – 3′53″
- Aijyou (Japan) – 3′30″
- Arirang (Korea) – 2′46″
- Era de Maggio (Italy) – 4′16″
- Blind Mary (Ireland) – 2′44″
- Ack Värmeland, du sköna (Sweden) – 4′36″
- Shottis for Norway (Norway) – 4′41″
- Nign (Israel) – 4′10″
- Kol Nidrei (Israel) – 5′30″
- A Dudele (Israel) – 5′49″
- Nigun (Israel) – 2′49″
- Kōjō no Tsuki (Moon over Ruined Castle) (Japan) – 4′15″
- Chiisai-Aki-Mitsuketa (I Found a Little Autumn) (Japan) – 5′41″
Publishers
© 2002 Rivoalto / © 2012 Newton Classics B.V. Manufactured and printed in the Netherlands – All rights reserved under license to MCPS.
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