Emanuele Torquati – L’anima e la danza (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

“L’Ame et la Danse” (1921) is the title of a fictitious dialogue where the French poet Paul Valéry portrays Life as a dancing woman. Valéry, through an ethereal mixture of sound and sense, creates Music for a body in continuous vital transformation. The musical path presented in my latest recording aims at exploring a kaleidoscope of sounds that belongs to extremely diverse musical and poetic worlds. Some of the pieces interpreted do not have a close thematic connection with dance instead they have a relationship with the soul. After all, this essential component of the human being has an inner and silent rhythm, an inextinguishable movement. The Dialogue between Couperin’s musical personifications and their twofold essence at times is ironic and stylised as in Castiglioni, Benjamin, Filidei and Pesson and at times is oneiric, as in Chopin, Busoni and Faurè. This imaginary journey is framed by Ravel’s sublime reinterpretations of the Pavane and Waltz genres, summarized by Henri de Régnier’s epigraph: “Le plaisir délicieux et toujours nouveau d’une occupation inutile”.

Tracklist:
1-01. Emanuele Torquati – Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19 (07:25)
1-02. Emanuele Torquati – In principio era la danza (01:49)
1-03. Emanuele Torquati – Pieces de clavecin, Ordre No. 21: No. 3, La Couperin (04:14)
1-04. Emanuele Torquati – Piano Figures: No. 1, Spell (00:51)
1-05. Emanuele Torquati – Piano Figures: No. 2, Knots (00:48)
1-06. Emanuele Torquati – Piano Figures: No. 3, In the Mirror (00:51)
1-07. Emanuele Torquati – Piano Figures: No. 4, Interruptions (01:24)
1-08. Emanuele Torquati – Piano Figures: No. 5, Song (01:55)
1-09. Emanuele Torquati – Piano Figures: No. 6, Hammers (01:20)
1-10. Emanuele Torquati – Piano Figures: No. 7, Alone (01:17)
1-11. Emanuele Torquati – Piano Figures: No. 8, Mosaic (01:28)
1-12. Emanuele Torquati – Piano Figures: No. 9, Around the Corner (02:08)
1-13. Emanuele Torquati – Piano Figures: No. 10, Whirling (00:55)
1-14. Emanuele Torquati – Pieces de clavecin, Ordre No. 6: No. 5, Les baricades mistérieuses (01:58)
1-15. Emanuele Torquati – Berceuse in D-Flat Major, Op. 57, B. 154 (04:34)
1-16. Emanuele Torquati – Berceuse for Piano (06:52)
1-17. Emanuele Torquati – Elegien, BV 249: No. 7, Berceuse, BV 252 (05:02)
1-18. Emanuele Torquati – Pieces de clavecin, Ordre No. 25: No. 5, Les ombres-errantes (04:02)
1-19. Emanuele Torquati – Nocturne No. 13 in B Minor, Op. 119 (07:24)
1-20. Emanuele Torquati – 3 Petites études mélancoliques: No. 1, — (01:19)
1-21. Emanuele Torquati – 3 Petites études mélancoliques: No. 2, — (01:52)
1-22. Emanuele Torquati – 3 Petites études mélancoliques: No. 3, — (01:49)
1-23. Emanuele Torquati – Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61: No. 1, Modéré, très franc (01:34)
1-24. Emanuele Torquati – Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61: No. 2, Assez lent, avec une expression intense (02:11)
1-25. Emanuele Torquati – Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61: No. 3, Modéré (01:33)
1-26. Emanuele Torquati – Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61: No. 4, Assez animé (01:17)
1-27. Emanuele Torquati – Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61: No. 5, Presque lent, dans un sentiment intime (01:20)
1-28. Emanuele Torquati – Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61: No. 6, Vif (00:43)
1-29. Emanuele Torquati – Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61: No. 7, Moins vif (03:15)
1-30. Emanuele Torquati – Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61: No. 8, Épilogue. Lent (04:08)