In 1983, I conducted Mitteleuropa at the international festival "Ravenna Jazz" in a performance of Doctor Faustus, a suite which has remained unpublished for 25 years, written in honor of trombonist-Albert Mangellsdorf, who was a soloist with the orchestra for the performance. Here finally you have the chance to listen to some music from that historical night. Mitteleuropa Orchestra was born from my interest in expanding my composing experiences: so I got together a group of talented young musicians together with several big-name soloists for an orchestral project that I decided to call Mitteleuropa in homage to what for me was, at that time, the ideal center of my own cultural background.
From that point on the Orchestra became an established group and for five years, participated in the major international festivals and recorded a LP featuring my works composed specifically for the group. During those years a number of important soloists, both European and American, from a wide variety of musical backgrounds were guests of the Orchestra. Among many others, they included Radu Malfatti and Albert Mangelsdorf (whom you can hear on tracks #6 and #7), Mark Dresser, Martyn Mayes, Paolo Fresu and others, not to mention the great steady soloists, core of the orchestra. (Andrea Centazzo)
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