Francesco Bottigliero's numerous interests, creative energy and talent could fill more than one artistic biography. The artist pursued his passions while studying piano interpretation, composition and music education at the same time and then conducting and philosophy. On this album, we present this versatile artist in a triple role: As a composer, conductor, pianist, and chamber musician, presenting pieces inspired by known and important to him figures from the world of art. Bottigliero's musical language is based on playing with sound and sonoristics, formed on already culturally coded associations. Although by definition it is tonal, the composer often uses very revealing and innovative means. The inspiration for this music is poetry, painting, architecture. It is the instrumentation that is unusual in the Portraits project, in which the main role is played by chamber string ensembles constructed in such a way as to leave room for genuine virtuosity, inherent in chamber music, in their sound palette, eagerly extended beyond classical combinations.

Tracklist:

Ritratti Di Donne: No. 1, Marilena
Ritratti Di Donne: No. 2, Giulia
4 Retratos Españoles: No. 1, Señor Pablo
4 Retratos Españoles: No. 2, Don Salvador
4 Retratos Españoles: No. 3, Gaudí
4 Retratos Españoles: No. 4, Federico García
Clarinet Portraits: No. 1, Hommage À Poulenc
Clarinet Portraits: No. 2, Hommage À Copland
My Vincent: I. Paysanne Près De L'âtre
My Vincent: II. Petite Folie
My Vincent: III. Les Mangeurs De Pommes De Terre
My Vincent: IV. Une Merde!
My Vincent: V. Deuxième Petite Folie
My Vincent: VI. La Salle De Danse À Arles
My Vincent: VII. La Chambre De Van Gogh À Arles
My Vincent: VIII. Vue D'arles Et Iris Au Premier Plan
My Vincent: IX. La Ronde Des Prisonniers
My Vincent: X. La Nuit Étoilée

UPC: 5902547014470
Label: Dux Recording Prod.
Release Date: 1.3.20
Format: CD

Bottigliero / Punzi / Polish Soloists Ensemble - Portraits (CD)