Quadro Nuevo – Luna Rossa

Description

30 Years around the World

Double Vinyl Edition / remastered 180 g / rosé-apricot colored vinyl
Plus 7 Bonus Songs from the early years.

Quadro Nuevo was founded in 1996. On a gray January day that year, four young men met for the first time in a parking lot near the Austrian city of Salzburg, famous for Mozart. The four hardly knew each other beforehand and were supposed to record film music for ORF television. The fee for this was subsequently squandered at the local casino, and the film was never broadcast.
On that day, however, one thing was clear:
A new quartet with an unmistakable sound was born. From then on, there would only be one thing – Quadro Nuevo, a love of nostalgic acoustic music, and traveling together from evening to evening, from stage to stage. A dream came true, and the exuberance of happi-ness can be heard in every note. Since then, these spirited, passionate musicians have toured countries around the world and given around 4,500 concerts.
Their music draws on the magic of extensive travels – from the alleys of Italian Bari to the mountain ranges of the Balkans, to the colors of Bangalore and the nights of Buenos Aires.
The venues where they perform are as diverse as the roots of their music. Whether at renowned festivals or in halls such as Carnegie Hall, Quadro Nuevo treats its audience with the same dedication, becoming one of Europe’s most successful world music ensembles.
Tango and French valse musette, Aegean mythical melodies, daring road songs along a sun-drenched coastal road, oriental grooves, Brazilian flavor, and Neapolitan canzone tunes flow playfully into one another with Quadro Nuevo.
The ensemble has twice received the ECHO award for “Best Live Act of the Year,” the German Record Critics’ Award, several Jazz Awards, and a Gold Record.
“Luna Rossa” was the band’s debut album. It was recorded in the early stages of their collaboration and released on CD in February 1998. After just a few weeks, it won the German Jazz Award and the European Phono Award IMPALA. In the following years, it became one of the best-selling albums on the European jazz and world music scene. For its 30th anniversary, Quadro Nuevo dug out the old studio tapes from the basement. Viennese sound engineer Christoph Stickel remastered them for vinyl, and now they are being relea-sed as a double LP together with seven other tracks from the ensemble’s early days. All of the songs feature the band’s legendary guitarist Robert Wolf, who was involved in a tragic traffic accident during a tour of southern Germany in November 2008, as a result of which he died far too young.
Side A
1. Luna Rossa Vincenzo De Crescenzo / Antonio Vian 3:10
2. Nature Boy Iben Ahbez 2:10
3. Kommissar Maigret Ernst August Quelle 3: 08
4. Te Reto A Ser Mi Amante Mulo Francel 4:03
5. Für Pauline Mulo Francel 4:50
6. Our Spanish Love Song Charlie Haden 4:11

Side B
Impressions d´un Rêve:
1. Tango Paul Barentsen / Mulo Francel 4:23
2. Valse Lento Peter Ludwig / Mulo Francel 3:27
3. Valse Vivace Mulo Francel 1:57

4. Bei dir war es immer so schön Theo Mackeben 3:56
5. El Paño Moruno Manuel de Falla 2:33
6. Il Sorriso D´Amor Pietro Frosini 3:58

Side C
1. Bonsoir Juliette Mulo Francel 3:11
2. Flor De La Noche Robert Wolf 4:04
3. Susannata Mulo Francel 1:54
4. Gracias A La Vida Violeta Parra 3:13
5. Allez, Glissez! Joe Privat 3:35
6. La Palummella traditional Canzone Napoletana, Arr. Francel 2:28
7. Torna a Surriento Ernesto de Curtis / arr: Mulo Francel 2:07

Side D
1. Dimme ´na vota si traditional Canzone Napoletana / arr. Francel 2:40
2. Affaccete Nunziata traditional Canzone Romana / arr. Francel 2:58
3. El Choclo Angel Villoldo / arr. Mulo Francel 3:26
– special version with Jaime Liemann (vocal)
4. Quiereme Mulo Francel 4:18 – special version with Jaime Liemann (vocal)
5. Chitarra Romana Eldo di Lazzaro & Bruno Cherubini 6:51 – live version

Guitar, Octave Guitar: Robert Wolf
Tenor Sax, Soprano Sax, C-Melody Sax, Clarinets, Mandolin: Mulo Francel
Accordion: Heinz-Ludger Jeromin
Acoustic Bass, Fretless Bass, Udu Drum: Didi Lowka
Accordion, Vibrandoneon on side C6, C7 & side D: Andreas Hinterseher
Special guest on vocal on El Choclo & Quiereme: Jaime Liemann
Special guest on harmonica on Our Spanish Love Song
& Allez, Glissez! William Gallison

All arrangements by Quadro Nuevo
produced by Andreas Hinterseher, Mulo Francel & Didi Lowka
Recorded in August 1997 at Tonstudio Schlag by Wolfgang Lohmeier

D1 & D2 recorded and mixed by Philipp Winter in Istanbul during a Black Sea circumnavigation in October 2008. The last recordings with guitarrist Robert Wolf before he was involved in a dramatic car accident and passed away a few years later.
D3 & D4 recorded and mixed by Wolfgang Lohmeier in 2002. A rare recording with the Colombian singer Jaime Liemann, who sang at some Quadro Nuevo concerts and unfortunately died all too soon.
D5 recorded live and mixed by Philipp Winter and Dieter Pimiskern at Schloss Amerang on July 2004.
Remastered for vinyl by Christof Stickel.