Piero Piccioni A Modern Gentleman - The Refined and Bittersweet Sound of an Italian Maestro (CD)

Piero Piccioni undoubtedly was the most “dandy” of Italian film music composers. The most stylish one, in art as in life. On the centenary of the composer’s birth, CAM Sugar celebrates his art with a compilation that draws from both his well-know and lesser-known works, alongside a precious handful of tracks that, surprisingly, have remained fully unreleased until today. The result is a journey of rediscovery of the unique, dazzling and unmistakable sound of the Turin-born composer. The silky, sensual and emotional “Piccioni's touch” can be detected in every single composition he happened to work on during his long career which spanned jazz, bossa nova, funk, disco, and orchestral music. It is a touch that gives harmony and coherence to a corpus of soundtracks that stands out as one of the most prestigious and important discographies in the world: eternal music destined to last forever, without ever sounding out of place, just like the timeless elegance of Italy and Piccioni.

TRACK LIST

1. Pop’s Lolly | 3 NOTTI D’AMORE - 2:19 - 1964
2. Dior Dance | IL MONDO DI NOTTE N. 2 - 3:22 – 1961
3. Mani in alto – M16 | MANI IN ALTO - 1961 – 2:31
4. L’assassino (Titoli) | L’ASSASSINO - 2:45 – 1961
5. Autoradio | UNA VITA VIOLENTA - 2:03 - 1962
6. Tre per una rapina (Titoli) | TRE PER UNA RAPINA - 1:59 - 1963
7. I dolci inganni - M11 | I DOLCI INGANNI - 1960 – 2:20 – 1960
8. Dea di un sogno | UN TENTATIVO SENTIMENTALE - 4:24 - 1964
9. La notte brava (Atmosfera romantica) | LA NOTTE BRAVA - 1:19 – 1959
10. Danza selvaggia | IL FIGLIO DI SPARTACUS - 2:05 – 1962
11. Tema di Donì | NIENTE ROSE PER OSS 177 - 2:41 – 1968
12. Tema di Titina | TOH è MORTA LA NONNA - 1:26 – 1969
13. Chorus in FA | L’ITALIA VISTA DAL CIELO - EMILIA ROMAGNA - MARCHE - 1:21 – 1969
14. Tema Favola | FRATELLO MARE - 1:42 – 1975
15. Le Altre – M10 | LE ALTRE - 1:56 - 1969
16. Significa amore | TRAVOLTI DA UN INSOLITO DESTINO NELL’AZZURRO MARE D’AGOSTO / SWEPT AWAY - 2:08 - 1974
17. Per questa notte - M20 | PER QUESTA NOTTE - 1:12 - 1977
18. Addio Alexandra - M6 | ADDIO ALEXANDRA - 3:21 – 1969
19. Città e campagna (Finale) – CITTA’ E CAMPAGNA - 2:35 – 1976
20. Magic of New York | LUCKY LUCIANO - 3:03 - 1974
21. Stampe erotiche | IL COMUNE SENSO DEL PUDORE - 4:46 – 1976
22. Riavanti... Marsch! - M25 | RIAVANTI… MARSCH! - 4:00 – 1979
23. Papà Funky | IN VIAGGIO CON PAPA’ - 2:36 – 1982
24. What Is There to See? | IO E CATERINA - 4:18 – 1980
25. Io so che tu sai che io so (Titoli) | IO SO CHE TU SAI CHE IO SO - 3:24 - 1982
26. Rag. Arturo De Fanti, bancario precario (Tema Valzer – Piano Elettrico) – RAG. ARTURO DE FANTI, BANCARIO PRECARIO - 1980 – 2:32