Dream, Piano Concerto, Ryoanji, etc : Scodanibbio / Nextime Ensemble, Svoboda, etc

John Cage:
Concert for Piano and Orchestra
Freeman Etudes Nos. 1-5, transcribed from the original for violin by Stefano Scodanibbio
Dream, Version for piano and contrabass by Stefano Scodanibbio
Ryoanji for contrabass and tape
Radio Music for 5 radio performers

Stefano Scodanibbio: contrabass
Fabrizio Ottaviucci: piano
Mike Svoboda: trombone
Manuel Zurria: flute
Aldo Campanari: violin
Giorgio Casati: violoncello
Dario Calderone: contrabass
Nextime Ensemble (Biagio Zoli, Paolo Pasqualin, Paolo Murena): percussion
Fausto Bongelli / Manuel Zurria / Giovanni Damiani / conductor

recorded 1995-2008

John Cage (1912-1992) had a particular predilection for poetry. "Poetry," he wrote, "is not poetry by reason of its content or ambiguity, but by reason of its allowing musical elements (time, sound) to be introduced into the world of words." And about Stefano Scodanibbio who transcribed the "Freeman Etudes" and "Dream" for contrabass and in this recording also serves as the conductor of "Concert for Piano and Orchestra" and "Radio Music": "Scodanibbio. I thought he played beautifully. He played 'Ryoanji' absolutely better, than anyone I ever heard. - I haven't heard better double bass playing than Scodanibbio's. He's really extraordinary. His performance was absolutely magic." ( Wergo )