Fantasia

Il carpentiere Sergio e l'ex cantante Sabrina sono una coppia di amanti molto innamorati ma impossibilitati a lasciare i rispettivi compagni a causa delle ristrettezze economiche in cui si trovano a vivere. Tutto sembra cambiare quando i colleghi di Sergio si vendicano dei suoi scherzi, facendogli credere di avere vinto 3 milioni di euro alla lotteria. Convinto di essere diventato ricco, Sergio decide di abbandonare la sua vecchia vita portando con sé non solo Sabrina, ma anche…

FANTASIA is Fretwork’s eleventh release with Signum Classics, and explores the court music of tudor Eng- land through the works of Thomas Lupo. A very large quantity of Lupo’s private and intimate viol consort music has survived, and we can marvel at its variety and quality. He wrote for unique combinations of viols in his three-part Fantasies, however the five- and six-part fantasies are his most impressive work, seri- ous and compelling pieces showing a fabulous command of counterpoint.

Sir John Barbirolli CH (né Giovanni Battista Barbirolli; 2 December 1899 – 29 July 1970) was a British conductor and cellist. He is remembered above all as conductor of the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester, which he helped save from dissolution in 1943 and conducted for the rest of his life.

Telemann, the power of imagination: The cycle of the Twelve fantasias for flute solo, though surrounded by hundreds of oratorios, dozens of passions or operas, holds a singular place in Telemann’s huge work. First of all, it is one of the few rare opuses were engraving and publication was carried out by Telemann himself, in Hamburg, in 1732.

Manuel de Falla was one of the 20th century's most original and distinctive composers. His music was firmly rooted in the folk music of Spain. Here his vivid scores are interpreted by the foremost exponent of this repertoire, the late, great Alicia de Larrocha.

Vaughan Williams withdrew or destroyed many works from his earliest period, but he considered The Solent, with its haunting opening and luminous polyphonic textures, as among his ‘most important works’. The Fantasia is his earliest known piece for solo instrument with orchestra and contains some of his most bravura writing, contrasting with the graceful geniality of the Suite. Depicting a sublimely pastoral scene and now one of the best loved pieces ever written, Vaughan Williams called The Lark Ascending a ‘romance’, a term reserved for his most profoundly lyrical works.