Stefano Guzzetti ~ Alone (night music for solo piano)

Everything one needs to know about Alone can be found in the video for “Home”, directed by Fiorella Sanna and starring Daniela Saragat.  The din of the outside world threatens to overwhelm the protagonist, who lies on a bed taking it all in.

Stefano Guzzetti ~ Escape (music for a ballet)

With Escape (music for a ballet), composer/pianist Stefano Guzzetti completes the hat trick of having three releases reviewed at ACL in one year, a rarity for our site.  His music continues to be engaging, and the handmade packaging from Stella Recordings continues to entice.

Stefano Guzzetti ~ Leaf

Mere months after the review of Stefano Guzzetti‘s last album comes the review of another, this one more springlike in nature but no less lovely.  As the birds precede the piano, and the piano precedes the strings, so do the strings

Seas Inside and Out ~ Stefano Guzzetti and David Cordero

Home Normal’s latest albums ~ one released on the last day of 2015, the other released this week ~ each serve as soundtracks to the sea.  The first of these works, Stefano Guzzetti‘s Ensemble, suggests the sea through its cover image and sound,