O vere beata nox, for voice, narrator & string quartet: O mira
O vere beata nox, for voice, narrator & string quartet: O certe necessarium
O vere beata nox, for voice, narrator & string quartet: Haec nox
O vere beata nox, for voice, narrator & string quartet: La luce del crepuscolo
O vere beata nox, for voice, narrator & string quartet: Huius igitue sanctificatio
O vere beata nox, for voice, narrator & string quartet: In huius igitur noctis gratia
O vere beata nox, for voice, narrator & string quartet: Sed iam columnae
O vere beata nox, for voice, narrator & string quartet: Qui licet
O vere beata nox, for voice, narrator & string quartet: Oramus ergo te
O vere beata nox, for voice, narrator & string quartet: Flammas eius
O vere beata nox, for voice, narrator & string quartet: Et vivit
The present recording of works by Alessandro Solbiati and Massimo Botter is dedicated to the "unquiet spirits." This music throws open the door onto visions that are as boldly grandiose as they are, perhaps, out of step... more » with the present time: the gothic, luminous sense of space present at sacred sites and the forgotten immensities of nature. Each in his own way, Solbiati and Botter avoids writing music that merely consoles and tempers the soul. Be it sacred or secular, the unquiet is not something to get rid of in the name of fulfillment, but is the principle that generates life.« less
The present recording of works by Alessandro Solbiati and Massimo Botter is dedicated to the "unquiet spirits." This music throws open the door onto visions that are as boldly grandiose as they are, perhaps, out of step with the present time: the gothic, luminous sense of space present at sacred sites and the forgotten immensities of nature. Each in his own way, Solbiati and Botter avoids writing music that merely consoles and tempers the soul. Be it sacred or secular, the unquiet is not something to get rid of in the name of fulfillment, but is the principle that generates life.