Sans Dire, Guitar Music – Francesco Palmieri

Francesco Palmieri has gathered in this album pieces that are special to him, with which he has sustained an intimate, lasting relationship – one might even say, of friendship. This is testified also by his fruitful collaboration with some of the composers presented here.

The collection’s title, Sans dire, taken from one of the works, evokes the familiarity that sometimes arises between friends; or, at times, between a performer and, through their instrument, a piece of music. As the composer himself notes: “Sans dire is a confidential, wordless conversation between intertwined souls, taking place around the body of the guitar – the instrument that, more than any other, reminds me of the tone of friendship and of those intimate connections that render words effective even when only hinted at.”

The program presents works for guitar or e-guitar, in some cases with added electronics. Composers include Luciano Berio (the famous Sequenzia), Salvatore Sciarrino, Marco Momi, Fausto Romitelli, and Pierluigi Billone. A fascinating journey through a sometimes hallucinating soundscape of unheard-of colours, timbres, and soundscapes.