Name: Angelo Naso: The Cloud is Blue
Brand: Willowhayne Records
SKU: WHR094CD
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Angelo Naso: The Cloud is Blue

Jacopo Di Forte (clarinet)
Angelo Naso (piano)

The pieces presented in this album mark the first steps in a new compositional phase of composer Angelo Naso's artistic production. Almost all the music he wrote previously was anchored to the model of a formal structure consisting of a beginning, development, and end. Events succeeded one another through various degrees of intensity, culminating in the main climax, followed by a more or less extended decay. The harmonic, melodic, and rhythmic language was often identifiable as neo-Romantic. This characteristic is still present in the music offered on this album, but what has radically changed is the formal approach. The works presented here are rather non-teleological, lacking a marked directionality that might provide clues about where we are and what is about to happen. Narrative references are abandoned in favour of an incessant flow within a confined space. Instead of materials serving the form, it is the arrangement of materials that shapes the latter. The choice of materials (deliberately reduced to a few essential elements) becomes the starting point of the compositional activity.

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Track Listing

Angelo Naso: A Glass of Water

I. Part 1

II. Part 2

III. Part 3

IV. Part 4

Angelo Naso: The Cloud is Blue

I. Part 1

II. Part 2

III. Part 3

IV. Part 4

Angelo Naso: Reflection

Recording Details

Recorded in Goodwaverecordings Studio, Italy on 18th January 2023 to 20th January 2023
Recording Engineering & Production: Raoul Terzi
Total Duration: 55:47
Release Date: December 2024

Jacopo Di Forte (clarinet)

Jacopo Di Forte completed his academic studies in 2017, receiving a Master’s Degree with full marks from the Antonio Vivaldi Conservatory in Alessandria, Italy, under the guidance of Maestro Rocco Parisi. His training was further enriched by studying with internationally renowned musicians from both Italy and Spain.

He has always been dedicated to music, primarily serving as a clarinet tutor. Currently, he mainly teaches in Spain, working at numerous music academies in the province of Granada. Simultaneously, he pursues a career as a performer, participating in various chamber music projects, as well as professional orchestras and wind bands. This work has allowed him to perform in many European theatres in Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Bulgaria and Belgium. Throughout his career, he has had the opportunity to work with internationally acclaimed conductors and composers including Enrique García Asencio, Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez, and Jacob de Haan.

Angelo Naso (piano)

Angelo Naso’s musical journey began at the age of eight with piano studies under the careful guidance of his mother, Laura Di Paolo. After graduating from the F.A. Bonporti Conservatory in Trento, Italy, he dedicated himself fully to composition, pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree at the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música Victoria Eugenia in Granada, where he had the opportunity to study with Francisco González Pastor.

His orchestral, chamber, choral, and solo works have been performed in various theatres and concert halls in Austria, Spain, and Portugal, interpreted by conductors such as Andreas Stoehr, Christian Radner, Andrej Skorobogatko, and Bartolomé Pérez Botello.

In his artistic output, the synergy with other artistic disciplines such as theatre, dance, and contemporary circus plays a significant role. Since 2020, he has also been active as a composer of music for media, thanks to the expertise gained through his Master’s Degree in Music for Video Games at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome.