Georg Friedrich Haendel (1685-1759)
Eternal source of Light Divine

Carlo Forlivesi (1971-)
Paradisi Via

Giraut de Bornelh (?1140-?1200)
Reis glorios

Extrait du Livre vermeil de Montserrat (Espagne, 1399)
Stella Splendens in Monte

Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179)
O Quam Mirabilis Est

Extrait du Codex de Montecassino (Italie, fin du 15e)
Ut Queant Laxis

Adriano Banchieri (1568-1634)
La Battaglia

Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)
Toccata
Kyrie-Christe-Kyrie

Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Salve Regina

Giulio Caccini (1551-1618)
Ave Maria

Saira Frank, soprano
Andreina Zatti, alto (voix)
Luigi Zardi, trompette, bugle
Miloro Vagnini, trompette
Joshua Whitman, trombone
Carlo Forlivesi, orgue

Though this album may appear to deviate from the main themes and styles of my work, in reality it complements and enriches them. A familiar statement comes to mind: “Music first!”. It may sound simplistic, but it is not: music, specifically the composition of music, involves implementing a wealth of knowledge and skills including technique, craftsmanship, mathematics, auditory analysis and representation, historical awareness, abstraction from the present and intuition about the future… and much more.