FROM ALBUM NOTES BY STEFANO CORRADI:
Don Quixote was my childhood hero. (Of that character), I loved his folly, determination, sense of justice, loyalty and being immune to everyone else’s opinion, free to be himself, free to be insane (forse eccentric in inglese descrive meglio il personaggio oppure “insanely eccentric”).
Once I reached adulthood, per the calendar at least, I could not resist the temptation of dedicating him a musical play. This creation had to be free in all aspects and outside all expected structures, the same way the character to which it is dedicated is also free.
I looked for a sound that is not conventional, and which could fully convey the same sensations that the book gave me. It’s a program music not a descriptive one. It does not recount the book, but rather what emotions some parts of the book inspired in me.
The sound of the harp, classic and ethereal, melts with the wind instruments, balancing on the edge between tradition and modernity, adding to the power of the drums with the contrabassoon.
The musical genre is itself free from restraints where classical sounds are added to those of jazz, with composed pieces alternating with collective improvisation to create a soundtrack that convey the emotions (of the book).