Guido Morini

Marco Beasley, Guido Morini, Accordone – Morini: Solve et coagula (2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · June 16, 2023 · Comments off

This new recording pays tribute to an ill-known, mysterious figure of 18th-century Naples: Prince Raimondo di Sangro. A soldier, scientist, poet, alchemist and freemason, he bequeathed us a palace and a magnificent chapel, the site of a tragedy that was at the origin of the murder committed by the great composer Gesualdo.

This chapel still houses artistic and scientific works both beautiful and mysterious, which serve as an initiatory itinerary for the visitor. The intuition of Guido Morini and Marco Beasley was to use this itinerary and make it the dramatic framework for a singular, innovative work that they have entitled Solve et Coagula, an alchemist maxim meaning ‘Dissolve and congeal’. A veritable dramma per musica, this work calls on different ‘historical’ creative processes in order to let us discover a unique story, featuring the rhythm of tarantellas, ostinati and mysterious fugues…

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Marco Beasley, Guido Morini & Accordone – Cantate Deo: A voce sola, in dialogo (2013) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Marco Beasley offers us an original way to discover the Italian religious repertoire for two tenors of the nascent Baroque. In fact, his fantastic experience as a singer allowed him to record these ‘sacred concerts for two voices’ alone, thanks to the technique of re-recording. A new dimension opens up to the listener thanks to the astonishing artistic coherence offered by this technique. And beyond technique, this disc attests to the emotion, both double and unique, guiding the musical gesture.

In addition, this recording will allow to discover numerous unjustly forgotten composers such as Donati, Caprioli, Giamberti, Sances et al., whose qualities of writing are comparable to those of the great Monteverdi (represented here by the Salve Regina and Jubilet tota civitas).

The programme is judiciously rounded off by three magnificent sonate da chiesa by Castello, Marini and Fontana. On no account should this blockbuster disc be missed!

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Guido Morini – Storie Di Napoli (2013) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · February 23, 2023 · Comments off

This programme of Neapolitan music, covering a vast historical span (from the Renaissance to the 20th century) is a ‘manifesto’ of the musical influences that have nurtured Marco Beasley. Guido Morini’s arrangements, written especially for him, make the programme particularly appealing.

In addition, it offers an original coherence by setting up ‘bridges’ between genres that are sometimes opposed from a musicological point of view but which have continued to provide food each other.

For the first time, the musician explores the paths of crossover in the broadest sense and without complex: here, Marco Beasley confirms his nickname of ‘the Baroque crooner’ con brio. He also opens up new ways, proposing original orchestrations and making his a part of the colossal heritage that has influenced the modern cultures of the western world.

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