Mauro Mezzini

Very popular artist in Italy, both as a solo artist and as session musician, Mauro Pagani had a good solo career after leaving Premiata Forneria Marconi in 1976, tired of the long hard work on the road. In his early days as a musician, Pagani had played with Gli Araldi, JB Club, I Dalton. His love for the world music strongly emerged in his 1978 first album, simply entitled Mauro Pagani, featuring many of the best Italian musicians of that time, among which Area's members Demetrio Stratos, Patrizio Fariselli, Giulio Capiozzo and Ares Tavolazzi, PFM's old cohorts Franco Mussida, Patrick Djivas and Franz Di Cioccio, singer Teresa De Sio. The album is very far from his old band's works, with strong oriental folklore influences, but definitely a very good one.

It was a matter of coincidence that the Italian cellist Mauro Valli discovered the collection of pieces he has recorded on this disc. In 2007 he received a phone call by the then mayor that he was chosen to be a honorary citizen of Sant'Agata Feltria. He was also advised to have a look at a composer from that city who lived in the 17th century and was called Angelo Berardi. Valli had never heard of him before. He then did some research and found the six Canzoni which were printed as the Sinfonie a violino solo op. 7 in Bologna in 1670. He was immediately struck by the quality of the music and enthused some of his colleagues to play them. This has resulted in the present recording of the complete set.

Mauro walks through the city buying stuff. Anything, it doesn’t matter what. Because Mauro is a passador, as in the streets they call a man who trade fake bills. Marcela and Luis live together. Marcela is a few months pregnant. Luis and Mauro decide to set up a little printing house to produce counterfeit money. Mauro trade the money by night, in bars and discotheques. He moves discreetly, always alone; until he meets Paula.

It was a matter of coincidence that the Italian cellist Mauro Valli discovered the collection of pieces he has recorded on this disc. In 2007 he received a phone call by the then mayor that he was chosen to be a honorary citizen of Sant'Agata Feltria. He was also advised to have a look at a composer from that city who lived in the 17th century and was called Angelo Berardi. Valli had never heard of him before. He then did some research and found the six Canzoni which were printed as the Sinfonie a violino solo op. 7 in Bologna in 1670. He was immediately struck by the quality of the music and enthused some of his colleagues to play them. This has resulted in the present recording of the complete set.