The idea for this album came about during the recording of its predecessor Cinema Suites (BBC Music Magazine’s “Screen Choice”, Album of the Week on WDR3 etc.), when the Morricone family sent Marco Serino a number of rarities that they hoped could also be recorded, particularly “Dedicated to Maria” (from the film The Sleeping Wife ) that the composer had dedicated to his wife.

German composer Hans Werner Henze’s (1926–2012) admiration for the great masters of the Baroque and musical Classicism manifested in compositions born from a desire to transcribe, rework and transform 17th- and 18th-century masterpieces into new orchestral textures. The project Travestimenti (Disguises), managed by conductor Marco Angius and the Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, from which this CD was created, makes reference to Henze’s ‘reinventions’ of masterpieces by Mozart, C.P.E. Bach and Vitali, clothed in new, modern fashion.

Delve into the captivating world of contemporary classical music with Giacomo Manzoni's Parole da Beckett. This mesmerizing programme, brought to life by the exquisite soprano Livia Rado alongside the Coro Polifonico Castelbarco, Ensemble Vocale Continuum, and the Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, a testament to the innovative spirit of composer Giacomo Manzoni. Released by MILANO DISCHI, the album focuses on the title piece, which takes inspiration from the words of Samuel Beckett, weaving a sonic tapestry that blurs the lines between music and literature.

Richard Wagner began composing his Wesendonck Lieder during a stay in Zurich between November and December 1857. Originally conceived for female voice and piano alone, the five songs were later orchestrated, first by the Austrian conductor and composer Felix Mottl in 1893, and then later in 1976 by the German composer Hans Werner Henze, in a chamber setting.