ADUA E LE CAMPAGNE

CINEVOX RECORDS PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE GREAT ITALIAN COMPOSER PIERO PICCIONI BY RELEASING THE PREMIERE RECORDING OF THE COMPLETE SOUNDTRACK OF THE FILM DIRECTED BY ANTONIO PIETRANGELI IN 1960, 'ADUA E LE COMPAGNE', STARRING SIMONE SIGNORET, MARCELLO MASTROIANNI, SANDRA MILO, EMMANUELLE RIVA. THE FILM IS ABOUT A GROUP OF EX-PROSTITUTES WHO DECIDE TO CHANGE THEIR LIFESTYLE BY OPENING A RESTAURANT BUT IN THE END THEY ARE PUSHED BACK TO THEIR PAST LIFE ON THE STREETS. PIERO PICCIONI WROTE AND CONDUCTED AN AMERICAN JAZZ SCORE FOR THE FILM WITH A SAD AND ROMANTIC LEITMOTIF PLAYED BY THE STRING AND RHYTHM SECTION TO ACCOMPANY THE CHARACTER OF ADUA, A STRONG REBELLIOUS WOMAN WITH A FRAGILE SOUL. THE CD USES A SERIES OF RECENTLY DISCOVERED STEREOPHONIC TAPES CONTAINING VARIOUS MONO SELECTIONS FROM THE FILM WHICH WE HAVE EDITED INTO A SUITE (WITH THE ORIGINAL FILM MIX) AS A BONUS TRACK.