il ballo della lepre
il ballo della lepre
表演者: Riccardo Tesi
出版者: Music & Words
条形码: 0789620011206
专辑简介
The melodeon, forerunner of the modern accordion, has become one of the most prolific and widespread instruments used in traditional Italian music. It has gained its greatest popularity in central and southern parts of the country, where it has taken over the part traditionally assigned to far more ancient instruments like bagpipes and ‘launeddas'.
Riccardo Tesi is one of Italy's most talented melodeon players. Over the years he has become quite a celebrity in other countries as well. In the late seventies he took to making fieldrecordings. He would seek out traditional musicians with the purpose of acquiring various styles and techniques from them. In this way Tesi soon mastered such very different styles as the ‘saltarello' from central Italy, the ‘tarantella' from the south and the ‘ballu tundi' from Sardinia. Tesi subsequently broadened his outlook by studying the repertoire of the ‘Tosco-Emiliana' Apennine region. Folk music from this part of Italy is traditionally played in fiddle and accordion ensembles. This not only opened up a whole new repertoire for Tesi, but also suggested new techniques for playing the melodeon. For the same reasons he took up playing Renaissance music as well as compositions of his own.
Riccardo Tesi's various exploits all converged on this album, ‘Il Ballo Della Lepre, which was originally released in 1983. On the one hand the music on this album is firmly rooted in traditional repertoire for the ‘little organ' or ‘organetto', as the melodeon is often called in Italy. On the other hand Riccardo Tesi's personal touch is very evident in his playing and in his arrangements. Alberto Balia and Daniele Craighead, two very talented musicians, were instrumental in helping to lay the foundations for this album.