booklet - American Initiative for Italian Culture

TWO COUNTRIES
ONE HEART
TWO COUNTRIES
ONE HEART
Velut Luna, an independent record label
company, was created on September 6, 1995.
From the outset, its main pillar and driving
force has been the promotion of young talent,
with the support of professionals and great
maestros to help them produce a high-level of
music without boundaries.
Velut Luna has consistently produced a wide
variety of first-rate music, ranging from the
more traditional classical music, jazz, singersongwriter and crossover. The record label
has produced over 260 titles and the unique
and elusive crossover genre has perhaps the
most significant role in the exciting search for
the new, but never separate from the beautiful,
and without compromising the aesthetics that
characterize its content.
Marco Lincetto is the founder of Velut Luna.
Since the beginning, he has worn many hats:
music producer, art director and photographer.
Even though passionately devoted to his Italian
cultural identity, he has developed and cultivated
a deep love for the United States. He identifies
completely with the great values of the world’s
largest and oldest democracy. He has come to
love the spacious horizons of the United States
and he has come to love its people.
Since 1987, he has taken extended and carefully
planned trips to the USA and has visited over
40 states. He does this for the love of the great
country and its way of life and also to foster
the passion that is inherent in his work. Marco
Lincetto considers many Americans his closest
friends, with whom he has had the good fortune
to collaborate first on a professional level and
then to cultivate long-lasting friendships.
So then, it seemed natural to regard this project
as the perfect way to celebrate twenty years
of deep involvement in the music industry
and to build a cultural bridge for the younger
generations of Italian and American music, who
together will transmit and sustain the musical
tradition of the two countries.
We’re talking about a wide-ranging CD that
combines the promotion of young talent with
the support of successful artists in solo roles,
bringing about an ideal pairing of the USA
and Italy. It is an authentic project with a
uniquely designed concept. This is apparent
in the selection of 5 well-known American
songs and 5 well-known Italian songs,
interpreted respectively by a talented American
singer and a celebrated Italian singer. They
are accompanied by a symphony orchestra
composed of extraordinary young musicians.
Two instrumental pieces complete the program:
one that is distinctly American – an Overture,
and one that is unquestionably Italian – an
Intermezzo. We are also treated to a final
bonus, in which the two singers perform a duet
of one of the most famous Italian songs of all
time: Italian for certain, but the song is infused
with the influence of American culture, which
is palpable by a portion of the song’s lyrics in
English.
Marco Lincetto
Many thanks for the collaboration in this huge
project to Michele Sartor, Simone Tonin, Giuliano
Medeossi, Leopoldo Armellini, Rosella Caporale,
Cheryl Porter,
Massimiliano Magri, Aldo Zaninello,
Fabrizio Baretta
A very special “Thank You!” to Elisabetta Savigni
Ullmann, Maria Gliozzi and all the staff of AIFIC American Initiative For Italian Culture, who made
this project possible
Many thanks to Michele Sartor
and Mattia Zanatta, the Velut Luna Next Generation
Many thanks to the staff of Ludomentis,
the “Velut Luna Digital Pioneers”:
Emanuela Dalla Valle, Cristiana Dalla Valle,
Moreno Danieli and Francesco Pesavento.
Many thanks to Maurizio Ciato and all the staff of
L’Image for twenty years of wonderful covers and
for the... endurance!
Many thanks to Andrea Valfrè for ten years
and more at the Magister Recording Area
Many thanks to Matteo Costa and Fabio Framba, for
the technical collaboration during the early years of
Velut Luna.
Many thanks to all the Artists who have shared, share
and will share the Art of Music
with Velut Luna.
...And Last But Not Least, many thanks to my family:
my mom Paola, my wife Patrizia,
my brother Francesco, my grandbaby Adriano,
my sister-in-law Tetiana, my father-in-law
Sergio and... all my relatives.
TWO COUNTRIES - ONE HEART
Rosella Caporale, voice §
Cheryl Porter, voice *
Orchestra Cesare Pollini del Conservatorio di Padova,
Giuliano Medeossi, conductor
01 - Fanfare For The Common Man (A.Copland) 3:26
02 - God Bless America (I. Berlin) * 3:28
03 - Luna Saracena (F. Caporale) § 4:06
04 - Il Chiodo (A. Lincetto, R. Caporale, S. Tonin) § 3:17
05 - I Look To You (R. Kelly) * 4:32
06 - America Is (H. David - J. Raposo) * 3:52
07 - I’ Te Vurria Vasà (V. Russo, E. Di Capua) § 5:44
08 - Era De Maggio (M. Costa, S. Di Giacomo) § 5:28
09 - Consequence (Lisa Marie Simmons, Marco Cremaschini) * 5:13
10 - Voce ‘e Notte (E. Nicolardi, E. De Curtis) § 4:58
11 - God Bless The USA (Lee Greewood) * 3:44
12 - Intermezzo da “Cavalleria Rusticana” (P. Mascagni) 3:22
Bonus Track
13 - Con te partirò (Time To Say Goodbye) (F. Sartori, L. Quarantotto) § * 3:25
Especially dedicated in memory of Mrs. Renza Ravagnan Pagiaro (1939-2012)
Total Time: 54:42
All arrangements by Simone Tonin
Luna Saracena, Il Chiodo and Consequence are original and unpublished. First world recording
24bit / 88.2kHz original recording made at Auditorium Pollini, Padova, Italy, on May 25th, 26th,
27th, 28th, 29th, 30th 2015
Production: Velut Luna
Executive Producer: Marco Lincetto
Musical Producer: Simone Tonin
Recording, Mix & Mastering: Marco Lincetto
Editing: Michele Sartor
Layout: L’Image
Cover and inside photos: Marco Lincetto
Sales manager: Patrizia Pagiaro
Orchestra “Cesare Pollini”
del Conservatorio di Padova
Giuliano Medeossi, conductor
Violins
Anderlini Matteo*, Macrì Laura*,
Mazzarotto Sara*,
Atencio Mendez Angel Alberto, Bax Pietro,
Cardin Elena, Carniel Giulia, Casotto Ludovica,
Cimento Pietro Benedetto, Convento Sarah,
Forese Edoardo, Levorato Elisabetta,
Loreggian Leonardo, Masutti Diego,
Rizzato Giacomo, Scimemi Tommaso,
Scudeller Elisa, Sorgato Roberto,
Stevanato Giacobbe, Stocco Maria,
Turatello Nicolò, Vallone Emanuele,
Zonzin Alessandro
Violas
Gordini Giovanna*, Jelveh Leonardo*,
Baldon Elena, Bottin Stefania,
Lepore Pasquale, Scalabrin Fabrizio,
Vallone Francesca
Cellos
Nava Puerto Veronica Andrea*,
Armellini Ludovico*, Beraldo Bruno,
Cecchinato Claudia, Montemitro Laura,
Praticelli Emmanuele, Saller Gioia
Doublebasses
Andrisani Filippo*, Zabadneh Matteo*
Flutes
Bonomo Davide, Novarini Federico,
Sozio Luca
Oboe
Dalla Libera Silvia, Dotti Nicolò,
Van Der Galien Emma
Clarinets
Agrati Andrea, Piranda Marco
Horns
Chillemi Thomas, Pallaver Claudia,
Ruggeri Nicola, Sartori Cristian
Bassoons
Fernandez Lucrecia, Minotto Matteo,
Savino Emanuele, Zappalà Guglielmo
Trumpets
Cimbaro Elisa, Cal Diego, Del Ben Luca,
Resini Emanuele, Vettore Giovanni
Trombones
Maniero Federico, Piron Tommaso,
Savio Alessio, Tullio Giulio
Tuba
Grammatico Giovanni
Percussions
Axia Arrigo, Buffetti Marco, Tosato Carlo
Harp
Zanon Irene
Organ
Nardo Alice
*First parts
Cheryl
Rosella
Giuliano
Simone
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