In this section you can listen to the tunes of ’The Dream of Albertazzi’. Actually it is another of the genial ideas of the Master (Albertazzi) and his particular vision of Shakespeare’s ’Midsummer Night’s Dream’, whose real title is ’Midsummer Night Dream, Redreamt by Puck the Malicious’, by Giorgio Albertazzi & William Shakespeare.

All the songs are compositions and arrangements of mine, but the peculiarity is that the only ’real’ sound is the voice. The rest has been realized at the computer, using ’samples’ of real instruments. For about three months (dear me...) the computer keyboard took the place of the beloved piano keyboard.

Since it was a dream, I decided to write music of the widest possible range of genres and group types, because I feel that the soundtrack of a dream does not have a univocal rational connotation.

So besides the big eighteenth-century symphonic orchestra, we have a string quartet aria, a little jazzy tune, a pop one, a rock blues, children’s music, a tango, a bolero, a mozartian string orchestra, a funk big band, a marching band and tribal and humorous music, etc.

... So it fell upon me to ’play’ many kinds of instruments, ancient or modern: different types of chromatic and diatonic accordions;
classical strings: violins, violas, cellos, contrabasses (bowed and plucked);
brass: French horns, tubas, trumpets and trombones;
reeds: oboes, saxes, clarinets;
many kinds of percussion: timpani, tubular bells, marching band bass drum, shaker, blocks, bongos, congas, tablas, cowbells, glockenspiels; cymbals of every dimension: italian, triccheballacche, putip, cajon and many others of which I know the sound but not the name;
jazz, rock, funk, blues drums;
electric and acoustic basses;
vibes and xylophones (even analogous instruments coming from Asia or Africa);
many kinds of flutes, piccolos, recorders, Malaysian and more widely oriental flutes;
various electronic sounds (generally the so-called ’pads’) and effects;
various string instruments, ouds, sitars, mandolins, eastern guitars;
pianos (electric and acoustic), fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer electric piano.

I thank and embrace as always the Master, my close friend the incommensurable Giorgio Albertazzi, who unperturbed continues to entrust me with the task of composing music for his works - it’s always a great honor to set his words to music, especially when they are written in collaboration with his long time friend William Shakespeare (which I salute!)

Great thanks to Marica Stocchi, Alessandra Limentani, Roby Albertazzi, Ercole Palmieri, Michele Montemagno, Tania Corsaro, Gloria Pomardi, Roberto Colavalle, Mario Capacchioli, and all the actors and actresses of the company.

Thanks also to the extraordinary Giampiero Ingrassia and Enrico Brignano, who I had the honor to work with for the first time.
A special kiss to my really close friend with whom I constantly work -- the great Serena Autieri, who has always loved and set off my compositions, giving infinite proof of huge vocal and acting talent.

Last but not least, a special thanks to Mr. Carlo Ventura, who realized the whole mixing process. His extraordinary competence got me acquainted with the equipment, and enabled me to carry out this huge computer project. Without him, nothing would have been possible.

Happy listening!
[ITALIANO]