Gianni Ventola Danese (diatonic accordion) has just released his latest recording entitled “Classico” on the Academy Records label.

“The Album explores the cultural field of classical music from two perspectives: the historical one and that of the performance ensembles. The pieces performed in fact make up a small chronicle of classical music, its stylistic features and its evolution, from the seventeenth century to the twentieth century. In addition, there are five ensembles present in this project, in addition to the solo: duo, trio, quartet, sextet and octet.

For the realization of this project, the author has developed and perfected some new accordion techniques specific for the performance of classical music on the Diatonic Accordion contributing once again to expand the instruments available for the musical practice of this instrument.

An album that from all points of view, as mentioned, represents an absolute premiere, the first time of Bach on the Diatonic Accordion and his famous Goldberg Variations, as well as Pachelbel, Rameau, Mozart, Pergolesi, Handel, Puccini, Bruckner, Satie, Shostakovich, authors whose compositions had never before been tackled and performed philologically on the Diatonic Accordion.

A long work of study and musical analysis whose result is an hour and a quarter of music, 23 pieces, for a listening that can only delight all lovers of this instrument and the immortal repertoire that is reinterpreted here.

Available in Digital Album and Compact Disc Limited Edition.”