Lorenzo Labagnara _ pianoforte mezza coda Steinway & Sons _ flautino in metallo _ tromba Holton mod. 50 (1964) _ basso elettrico Sanox 999 e archetto di violino _ reverberi T. C. Electronics _ software Adobe Audible

Un lavoro originale e interessante, descritto dallo stesso autore: "Partendo da una manipolazione di un solo di piano di 6 minuti ho espanso e capovolto il tempo trovandomi difronte ad una sinfonia di voci di balena. Su questa base si è spontaneamente depositata una struttura di racconto interpretato da più strumenti protagonisti che si sono alternati. Tutte le esecuzioni sono impreviste e improvvisate, l’unico intervento meditato è quello della composizione, dell’assemblaggio, ma senza troppe intermediazioni o ragionamenti. Alla fine di questo viaggio, che è immersione totale in un’atmosfera che non esiste, c’è la calma di suono, il silenzio che forse sarà in grado di generare il “non suono” che disvela l’idea di partenza. Semmai ce ne fosse stata una."

"(...) Lorenzo Labagnara’s The Incredible Trip of the Whales is a concept album based on an ecological fable of epic reach. Labagnara, a self-taught multi-instrumentalist, appears on the recording on piano, flute, trumpet, bowed electric bass, and electronics. His most salient
presence isn’t necessarily as an instrumentalist, though, but rather as a composer, since this one-man project by necessity had to be assembled and arranged into a cohesive architecture. The result is a narrative arc connecting a set of instrumental episodes, using contemporary studio tools and techniques.
The incredible trip Labagnara’s album tells of is a kind of cetacean Odyssey that includes encounters with swordfish, sirens, and jellyfish before reaching its point of arrival in salt water. This is program music whose different sections have been scored to illustrate characters, settings, and events. For example, the Discorso della vecchia balena is an instrumental aria for a Nestorian whale whose voice is portrayed through the deep, slow tones of bowed electric bass. Similarly, the sirens are voiced by long tones on trumpet and the jellyfish by sweeps played directly on the piano strings. A long meditative section for piano frames Le Note d’acqua as well as L’Ultimo incanto, while the trumpet returns for a dance through the seaweed.
Although The Incredible Trip of the Whales tells a story, it isn’t necessary to keep that story in mind in order to enjoy the music. The album is programmed as a one continuing piece, which can be listened to as an integrated weave of instrumental performances and colors, naturally flowing into each other." Daniel Barbiero, Percorsi Musicali, 2023.

00:00 _ Okeanos
03:00 _ Il Richiamo Del Pifferaio
04:00 _ Discorso Della Vecchia Balena
09:25 _ Okeanis
14:20 _ Incontro Coi Pescispada
22:05 _ Le Sirene
27:02 _ Le Note D'Acqua
32:00 _ L'Ultimo Incanto
37:40 _ La Milonga Tra Le Alghe
44:24 _ Le Meduse
45:48 _ Arrivo Alle Acque Salate

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Lorenzo Labagnara _ grand piano Steinway & Sons _ metal flute _ Holton trumpet mod. 50 (1964) _ Sanox 999 electric bass and violin bow _ T. C. Electronics reverbs _ Adobe Audible software

"(...) Lorenzo Labagnara’s The Incredible Trip of the Whales is a concept album based on an ecological fable of epic reach. Labagnara, a self-taught multi-instrumentalist, appears on the recording on piano, flute, trumpet, bowed electric bass, and electronics. His most salient
presence isn’t necessarily as an instrumentalist, though, but rather as a composer, since this one-man project by necessity had to be assembled and arranged into a cohesive architecture. The result is a narrative arc connecting a set of instrumental episodes, using contemporary studio tools and techniques.
The incredible trip Labagnara’s album tells of is a kind of cetacean Odyssey that includes encounters with swordfish, sirens, and jellyfish before reaching its point of arrival in salt water. This is program music whose different sections have been scored to illustrate characters, settings, and events. For example, the Discorso della vecchia balena is an instrumental aria for a Nestorian whale whose voice is portrayed through the deep, slow tones of bowed electric bass. Similarly, the sirens are voiced by long tones on trumpet and the jellyfish by sweeps played directly on the piano strings. A long meditative section for piano frames Le Note d’acqua as well as L’Ultimo incanto, while the trumpet returns for a dance through the seaweed.
Although The Incredible Trip of the Whales tells a story, it isn’t necessary to keep that story in mind in order to enjoy the music. The album is programmed as a one continuing piece, which can be listened to as an integrated weave of instrumental performances and colors, naturally flowing into each other." Daniel Barbiero, Percorsi Musicali, 2023.

00:00 _ Okeanos
03:00 _ Il Richiamo Del Pifferaio
04:00 _ Discorso Della Vecchia Balena
09:25 _ Okeanis
14:20 _ Incontro Coi Pescispada
22:05 _ Le Sirene
27:02 _ Le Note D'Acqua
32:00 _ L'Ultimo Incanto
37:40 _ La Milonga Tra Le Alghe
44:24 _ Le Meduse
45:48 _ Arrivo Alle Acque Salate

(C) + (P) 2023