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	L'anacoretaNot Rated Released: 2005

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Andrea Giuffredi is back w/ an amazing display of trumpet wizardryâ€¦ phenomenally mixed w/ his many trumpets ... one of the most well-known and appreciated trumpeters in Italy. His plan for this recording, as was with his first Summit release (forme dâ€™arte, SMT 315), originates from the desire of finding acoustics, colours and expressions through a solo trumpet ensemble. For this reason, Andrea Giuffredi continued his search for new music prevalently characterised both by originality and by the extraordinary versatility and capacity of yielding to acoustic experimentation and, naturally, also to his sensitivity as a composerâ€¦..this time: With Special Guest and Trumpet â€œiconâ€, Randy Brecker. On these foundations, Andrea started his fervent collaboration with Daniele Di Gregorio, who presented him with a series of extremely "open" pieces that could leave sufficient space for creativity, allowing him to use different kinds of mutes and instruments, to compose various solos and extemporary improvisations. A variety of trumpets, flugelhorns, mutes, and voices make this a phenomenal recording! Despite its length and complexity and the amount of energy needed, the project once again gave him the opportunity to challenge himself and his capacity, and of thoroughly examining the endless expressive potentials of the instrument. This record, which represents the practical conclusion of a long route, reflects Andrea's love for music, experimentation and, above all, the magnificent instrument we call the trumpet. Born in Parma (Italy) in 1965, he started studying the trumpet at the age of nine, simultaneously playing in a small orchestra of folk music. Driven by his passion for this instrument, he perfected his studies in the conservatories of Parma and Piacenza. He then started collaborating as first trumpet player in some of the most important Italian music institutions like the Symphonic Orchestra of the Italian television broadcasting corporation (RAI) of Milan and Turin, the Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala of Milan, the Orchestra of Teatro Comunale of Florence, the Symphonic Orchestra "A. Toscanini" of Parma, the Orchestra of the Swiss television broadcasting corporation and the Royal Theatre of Turin. He has also participated in tours in Italy, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Austria, Finland, Turkey, Czechoslovakia, Tunisia, Israel, Iraq, United States and Japan collaborating with famous orchestra directors like Z. Mehta, W. Sawallisch, S. Ozawa, G. Pretre and R. Muti. While playing in orchestras, he has always played as a solo trumpet player. His most significant experience in this sense is his collaboration with "I Solisti Veneti" with whom he has performed in Turkey, Greece, Germany and United States. Eclectic musician, always open to new experiences, over the last years he has also participated to television shows in Italy, establishing significant recording collaborations with pop singers. He has recorded jingles for several television commercials and sound tracks for films. He also plays an active role in didactics and works as professor for the "Civica scuola di Musica" of Milan. This recording took Andrea a whole year to prepare (from October 1998 to October 1999). The process involved him matching the number of tracks to that of the trumpets needed for the pieces (that is 8 trumpets, 8 tracks, etc.). He always started recording with the "First Trumpet", adding secondary voices at a later stage. After completing the recording with all the trumpets, Andrea removed all the background noise from all the tracks and performed an overall mix. Then, he inserted the solo trumpets and finally the recitative. He repeated the mixing, then inserted the reverberating. To be able to do so, Andrea listened to the work hundreds of times, calibrating the volumes of trumpets, checking the intonation, the efficiency of the solos, the balance between the recitative and the trumpets and between the trumpets and percussion. A huge processâ€¦the recording is simply amazing when one understands what went into it.