Michele Marco Rossi - Canzioniere

Michele Marco Rossi (cello & singing)

Songs express sensitivities. They tell of love and pain, of success or failure, give expression to forms of protest, are "serious" or "entertaining", popular or a pop-cultural phenomenon. In Italy in the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance, the so-called "canzonieri" spread, which mostly contained sonnets, canzonas or ballads and - as they dealt with love in all its facets - were accompanied by sheet music.

Michele Marco Rossi makes use of this literary-musical genre and presents eight pieces by Georges Aperghis, Noriko Baba, Francesco Filidei, Bernhard Gander, Filippo Perocco and Enno Poppe in his "Canzoniere", which are based on the art form of the song. However, these are songs in which the focus is not solely on singing qua singing, but rather on the tonal similarity between the cello and the human voice. The interaction between the virtuosity of the artist and the tonal diversity of the instrument truly gives rise to "Music of the Future (Ivano Fossati)".

Georges Aperghis (b. 1945) , Francesco Filidei (b. 1973) , Enno Poppe (b. 1969) , Bernhard Gander (b. 1969) , Filippo Perocco (b. 1972)

• Georges Aperghis: Obstinate
  +Francesco Filidei: Lied
  +Enno Poppe: Herz
  +Noriko Baba: Avant le chant d'amour
  +Bernhard Gander: RIFF23
  +Filippo Perocco: Esili Canti d'attesta (Canto Primo, Canto Secondo, Canto Terzo)