Soft melody for classical guitar by Sergio Sorrentino

Poetry

POETRY | Sergio Sorrentino

This is a segment of my work in progress opera "Echoes from the Darkness." The libretto is derived from the diaries and other writings of Petr and Eva Ginz - and other writings which Eva created later in life as Chava Pressburger. In this piece, the community and, Ginz family express their fear and shock over the enactment of the Nuremberg Laws. 

The performance here features members of the Bulgarian Radio Orchestra - and is conducted by Derek Gleeson. The cast members are: Elise Albian (Eva Ginz), Daniel Rosenberg (Petr Ginz), Larissa Zens (Maria Ginz), Jannik Horlitz (Otto Ginz), Hao Jian (tenor - in choir) and, Theodora Siegel (soprano - in choir). The vocalists were directed by Kelly Lam who also, conducted a live performance on Nov 9 at the Center for Jewish History in NYC, and, will conduct a second performance on Holocaust Remembrance Day (Jan 27, '22)at the Czech Consulate in NYC.

"Darkness Falls" (part 3 from my opera -"Echoes from the Darkness") - rough mix

Fountain Of An Ancient Sanctuary (By Nature)

Electric Guitar Homage for the Centenary of the Birth of Pier Paolo Pasolini. Commissioned by Radio Start / Clock and Clouds / Stefano Taglietti.

Sergio Sorrentino, electric guitar
Composed by Sergio Sorrentino

Nuvola Pasolini

Composed by Andrea Vanzo
Electric guitar version by Sergio Sorrentino

One Rainy Morning

One Rainy Morning | Andrea Vanzo | Sergio Sorrentino, electric guitar

Aidan Baker, electric guitar and electronics
Sergio Sorrentino, electric guitar and electronics

Slivers Of Aurora

Sergio Sorrentino, electric guitar
Luca Sigurtà, drone

Sill to Nowhere

Sill to Nowhere | Sorrentino | Sigurtà

Friday: Episode 23

Friday. Episode 30

SYLVANO BUSSOTTI COMPLETE MUSIC FOR SOLO GUITAR

SERGIO SORRENTINO, GUITAR (AND VOICE)

CREATIVE SOURCES RECORDINGS | cs375

1) ULTIMA RARA (for guitar and voice - 1969) 8:19 
2) POPOLARESCA (for guitar solo – unedited manuscript from the Opera “Bozzetto Siciliano” 1989) 2:09 
3) ERMAFRODITO (for guitar and voice - 1999) 19:05 
4) NUVOLA BAROCCA (for guitar solo - 2011) 7:15 
5) RARA (eco sierologico) for guitar solo – 1964/1967 9:30

6) Bonus track: TORU TAKEMITSU (1930-1996): A PIECE FOR GUITAR FOR THE 60th BIRTHDAY OF SYLVANO BUSSOTTI (for guitar solo – 1991) 1:54

Recorded at Sound Sistemi (Santhià – Vercelli, Italy) – January 10, 2016. Recording, Editing by Paolo Guercio, Aldo Mella. Mixing, Mastering by Edoardo Gennaro. Guitar by Gioachino Giussani 2007 – Hannabach Strings . Total Duration: 50 minutes.
Cover photo by Emiliano Cammardella
Graphic Design by Carlos Santos. Production by Ernesto Rodrigues.
Thanks to Sylvano Bussotti, Rocco Quaglia, Paolo Guercio, Aldo Mella, Edoardo Gennaro, Italo Graziana, Leonardo De Marchi, Veronica Arlenghi, Ernesto Rodrigues, Carlos Santos, to my beloved family: Barbara and Gabriele.

The Italian composer Sylvano Bussotti (Florence, 1931) is one of the most important composers and artist of the international avant-garde scene, great friend of John Cage, Luciano Berio, Cathy Berberian, Peggy Guggenheim, Carmelo Bene. He wrote for solo guitar some of his masterpieces. Bussotti also included the guitar in a lot of Ensemble pieces, operas and ballets (among others The Rara Requiem, Mobile Stabile, Manifesto per Kalinowski, Lorenzaccio, Bozzetto Siciliano, Pater Doloroso, Phedre, Autotono, Le Bal Mirò, Circo Minore, Se Dodici Una Mano).
SERGIO SORRENTINO
guitar (and voice)
ULTIMA RARA (for guitar and voice - 1969) 8:19
POPOLARESCA (for guitar solo – unedited manuscript from the Opera “Bozzetto Siciliano” 1989)* 2:09
In this CD you can listen to all the Bussotti’s guitar solo compositions, from the well known masterpiece Ultima Rara (for one reciting guitarist) to the avant-garde piece Rara (eco sierologico). For the first time on CD you can listen to the “fable” Ermafrodito (for one reciting guitarist), to Nuvola Barocca and in World Premiere Recording to Popolaresca, an unedited manuscript (originally wrote for the Opera Bozzetto Siciliano) that Sylvano Bussotti gave to Sergio Sorrentino in 2015 especially for this recording project, Sorrentino worked a lot together with Bussotti, studying the pieces and talking about art, literature, theater. Sorrentino performed for the first time Popolaresca during his concert at the International Guitar Festival of Lagonegro (December 12, 2015 - Palazzo Corrado, Lagonegro, Italy).

5) Rara (eco Sierologico) by Sylvano Bussotti (Sergio Sorrentino, guitar)

Some tracks from the album:

Sergio Sorrentino

"Behind the Window -
electric guitar improvisations about the rain"

Behind the Window (from Sergio Sorrentino: "Behind the Window", CD, label Setola di Maiale, 2011)

https://open.spotify.com/artist/2hV0tEHHlVNNr8qxpBr1qN?si=7i4-8sIFTe6kcsGvNcwrKw
Sergio Sorrentino - "A Superb Musician"(The Wire) As a performer he promotes the classical guitar and electric guitar contemporary repertory. As a composer and improviser his music is based on sonic research and combines elements of contemporary classical music, minimalism, avant-garde, ambient, experimental. His CD Dream -
American Music for Electric
Guitar (Mode Records) was reviewed and highlighted in the New York Times by Seth Colter Walls as one of the "Week’s Best Classical Music Moments”.
Philip Glass published on December 2020 Sergio Sorrentino's video performance of "Orphée's Bedroom" on his official channels for the #glassminutes series. Orange Mountain Music released "Orphée's Bedroom" Single on all digital platforms on January 2021; the Single is earning a lot of success.
Sergio plays with the great Gavin Bryars ("Sergio Sorrentino has performed many of my works for guitar, and also
my ensemble pieces that include the guitar and I have the greatest admiration for his work in this respect") as a member of the Gavin Bryars Italian Ensemble and he plays live and in studio with Elliott Sharp and John King. He has worked with important composers and musicians like Alvin Curran, John Russell, Machinefabriek, David Lang, Steven Mackey, Usui Yasuhiro, Scott Fields, Tim Brady, Paul Lansky and many others. As a soloist, Sergio Sorrentino started
his international concert career very early and has held solo concerts and master classes in many important festivals and venues (like Yale University, Sprague Hall in New Haven, Spectrum in New York, Festival de Música Contemporánea de La Habana in Casa de Las Américas, Cuba, Italian Cultural Institute of Paris, Sala Biala of the Wilanow Museum (Warsaw, Poland), International Guitar Research Conference/University of Surrey (UK), Vortex in London, Performance Room
of Luxembourg, Filharmonia Gorzowska Concert Hall, ON Cologne Neue Musik Festival, In Situ Art Society in Bonn, Spectrum in Berlin, Nuova
Consonanza Festival in Rome, Cantiere Internazionale d’Arte di Montepulciano, AngelicA Festival of Bologna, etc.).
https://www.sergiosorrentinoguitarist.com

5) Rara (eco Sierologico) by Sylvano Bussotti (Sergio Sorrentino, guitar)

Sergio Sorrentino

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