Edmondo Romano
Sonno Eliso

1. Sonno Eliso (Elysium Sleep)  06.34

2. Canto di lei (Theme of her)  02.44
3. Preghiera (Prayer)  05.28
4. Corpo (Body)  03.55

5. Fiato (Breath)  04.06

6. Intercessione (Intercession)  02.10
7. Rilucente (Shining)  05.14
8. Canto di lui (Theme of him)  02.44

9. Nadi  05.03

10. Trasfigurazione (Trasfiguration)  01.27
11. Risucchio (Spiral)  03.23

12. Intelletto (Mind)  01.57
13. Risonanza (Resonance)  07.19


Liner notes by Paolo Fresu

Music and arrangements by Edmondo Romano

 

Edmondo Romano: soprano sax, clarinet, duduk, low whistle, santur

Mario Arcari: oboe    Alessio Pisani: bassoon, contrabassoon

Ares Tavolazzi: double bass    Riccardo Barbera: double bass

Marco Fadda: tabla, bendir, duff, zarb, darabouka, riqq, cangira, zils

Fabio Vernizzi: piano    Roberto Piga: violin, viola     Kim Schiffo: cello

Elias Nardi: oud    Daniele Bicego: horn    Luca Montagliani: accordion   


 

Sonno Eliso is the first part of the Trilogy dedicated to Communication among different realities: it is all about the duality between male and female.

The work shows then two specular parts: the first one is dedicated to the female, the second one to the male. In the final track, the two realities co-exhist, but with odd rithms (the female) and even rithms (the male), like two melodic and rytmical cells which are never the same and evolve themselves to the thin equilibrium reached during the final armonical meeting.

The leit-motiv is the collision Man versus Woman, who have always been looking for a balance between being together and being separated on the search for an inner harmony.

Sonno is intended like an weakening of life,  Eliso is the repression or paradise…

The compositions are instrumental and combine the contemporary musical world with ethnical music, experimental music and minimalism, by merging the sounds of different instruments such as sax,  Iranian zarb, classical bassoon, Arabic lute to reach a strong emotional fusion.

The CD produced in collaboration with Pivio ed Aldo De Scalzi, includes a video made and directed by Edmondo Romano with Compagnia Teatro Nudo.

“The first thing that struck me in listening to the CD by Edmondo Romano was the sound.

Not only that very tune his instrument, but the general one that shows the maturity of an artist who sews a patchwork of genres and music without the limitations of geography…

…Given the new geo-political scenarios in the Mediterranean "Sleep Elysium" could not be more timely.
With great passion and surprising results.”

Paolo Fresu

Edmondo Romano - Sonno Eliso
I dischi dell’espleta ESP 030
Production by Eden Production and Creuza s.r.l.

 

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