Raccolto is an album by Italian pianist Stefano Battaglia

Stefano Battaglia

Stefano Battaglia is an Italian classical and jazz pianist.He has played extensively on the international circuit, performing as a soloist with the European Youth Orchestra in Barcelona , and winning the "J.S...

 recorded in 2005 and released on the ECM label.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "Milanese pianist and composer Stefano Battaglia has walked on both sides of the classical and jazz street with ease and comfort... he performs in two different settings to illustrate his tremendous gifts as both an improviser and a composer... Disc one showcases Battaglia in a jazz trio setting... Here, lush lyricism folds into free improvisation... The second disc in this collection features Rabbia and Battaglia with violinist Dominique Pifarély, a member of Louis Sclavis' group. These 12 tunes are full of bracing improvisations and textural tension... The two discs together are all but irresistible to fans of the new European music".

Track listing

Disc One:

All compositions by Stefano Battaglia except as indicated

1. "Raccolto" – 5:43
2. "Triangolazioni" – 14:42
3. "Triosonic I" (Stefano Battaglia, Giovanni Maier, Michele Rabbia) – 3:47
4. "All Is Language" (attaglia, Maier, Rabbia) – 11:01
5. "Our Circular Song" (Battaglia, Maier, Rabbia) – 4:25
6. "Coro" – 4:24
7. "Trisonic II" (Battaglia, Maier, Rabbia) – 1:22
8. "In Front of the Fourth Door" (Battaglia, Maier, Rabbia) – 4:33
9. "L 'Osservanza" – 4:21

Disc Two:

All compositions by Stefano Battaglia, Dominique Pifarély and Michele Rabbia except as indicated

1. "Lys" – 5:02
2. "Canto I (Dell'agonia Della Terra)" – 4:11
3. "Riconoscenza" – 4:05
4. "Réminiscence pour Violon et Piano" (Battaglia, Pifarély) – 4:09
5. "Pourquoi?" – 3:47
6. "Il Circo Ungherese" – 3:27
7. "Veritas" – 1:55
8. "Velario de Marzo" (Battaglia, Pifarély) – 5:04
9. "Recitativo in Memoria di Luciano Berio" – 5:40
10. "Canto II (Dell'agonia Dei Cieli)" – 3:01
11. "Trois Brouillons" – 6:02
12. "...Dulci Declinant Lumina Somno..." – 3:53
    • Recorded at Artesuono Recording Studio in Udine, Italy in September and December 2003

Personnel

• Stefano Battaglia
  Stefano Battaglia
  Stefano Battaglia is an Italian classical and jazz pianist.He has played extensively on the international circuit, performing as a soloist with the European Youth Orchestra in Barcelona , and winning the "J.S...
  
   — piano
  Piano
  The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
  
  
• Dominique Pifarély
  Dominique Pifarély
  Dominique Pifarély is a French jazz violinist. Born in Bègles, he is known as a modernizer who works in avant-garde jazz, but he has also worked in post-bop and other contexts....
  
   — violin
  Violin
  The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
  
   (Disc Two)
• Giovanni Maier — double bass
  Double bass
  The double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...
  
   (Disc One)
• Michele Rabbia — percussion