Alan Lomax non è morto, vive in esilio a Ravenna; come un Dante musicologo Christian Ravaglioli gira il mondo raccogliendo tradizioni e vibrazioni da Parigi fino a Tucson. “il giovane Valzer” parte dal folklore italiano amplificandosi in un disco worldmusic ante-litteram, corde e incanti, suoni ricicloelaborati e illusori silenzi della lontananza .
Come un Goethe invaghito di Wagner il valzer postromantico trasforma i suoi dolori in seducenti armonie.

01 IN SELLA // 02 FONDRE [BOL AD SAVO] // 03 L’ULTIMO TRAMONTO // 04 MARGO’S HOUSE // 05 VESTITO D’INCANTO // 06 CORDE RUSSIANE // 07 LE JOUR DE L’ANNIVERSAIRE // 08 BOLGHERI TI AMO // 09 BORN TO LOSE // 10 MANIERA DIGNITOSA // 11 SEI UN INCUBO // 12 ILLUSORY SILENCE OF REMOTENESS // 13 THE LAST WOOD CHILD [TROUBLE IN TOYLAND] // 14 SCENICA // 15 IL GIOVANE VALZER

All songs are written and arranged by Christian Ravaglioli, except Born to Lose written by Jon Jost

Luca Gaviani: words on "Vestito d’incanto", "Sei un incubo", "In Sella", "il giovane Valzer"
Marianne Dissard: words on "Le jour de l’anniversaire", "The Last Wood Child", "Fondre (Bol ad Savo)"
Nicoletta Noè & Francesca Romana Perrotta: words on "L’utimo tramonto"

Musicians:
Christian Ravaglioli: Pianoforte, Pianoforte a Cristallo, Accordion, English Horn, Duduk, Bass Clarinet, Clarinet,
Wurlitzer electronic Piano, Yamaha dx7, Prophet 08, Hammond, Galanti Organ, Whistle, Choirs, Lap Steel,
Farfisa Syntorchestra, Mellotron, Toypiano, Zither, singing saw, Celesta
Francesco Cimatti: guitars & acoustic bass on "Vestito d’incanto", "Fondre (Bol ad Savo)", "Margo’s House"
Marco La Manna: basson on "Bolgheri ti amo", "Vestito d’incanto", "In Sella"
Michele Carnevali: ocarina on "Bolgheri ti amo"
Marco Pierini: bass on "Fondre (Bol ad Savo)"
Mirco Mariani: noise guitars on "In Sella"
Fabio Buzzi: dobro on "Fondre (Bol ad Savo)"
Vicki Brown, Marianne Dissard, Mattia Dulcani: backing vocals

Solo Voices:
Patrizia Ceccarelli on "Fondre (Bol ad Savo)"
Nicoletta Noè on "L’ultimo tramonto"
Marianne Dissard on "Le jour de l’anniversaire", "The Last Wood Child"
Mirco Mariani on "Vestito d’incanto", "in Sella"
Jon Jost on "Born to Lose"

Backing vocalist on “il giovane Valzer”
Daniela Peroni, Fabio Simoni (Psico) , Casadio Ivan (Giamuga), Christian Ravaglioli

Featuring & Special Guest:
White Voices (Piccoli Cantori) by Pieve Cesato directed by Daniela Peroni
Corale San Pier Damiani directed by Daniela Peroni
Massimiliano (Massi. CS) Branchetti Guitar Solo on "Sei un incubo"
Vittorio Dalmonte director White Voices on "In Sella"
Rosa Segurini intro voice on "Maniera dignitosa"

Band on track 7: Thøger T. Lund (Bass) Marcello Monduzzi (Guitar), Antonio Gramentieri (Guitar) , Craig Schumacher (Drum), Christian Ravaglioli (Piano and Organ)

Track 6 "Corde Russiane"
Synthesizer: Christian Ravaglioli
(Russiano, arrangement Ruffillo Casadei/Ravaglioli)
accordion: Ruffillo Casadei, from Emilia-Romagna [recordings during 1954 by Alan Lomax and Diego Carpitella]
Alan Lomax Collection at the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
Used by Permission from Odyssey Productions, Inc. (o/b/o THE ESTATE OF ALAN LOMAX
450 W. 41st St. Rm 606, New York, NY 1003)

Mixed and recorded by:
Christian Ravaglioli at “Minghet Studio” Piangipane (Ra) Italy, assistant Engineer Dulcamara
Tracks 7,12 Recorded at WaveLab recording studio (Tucson, Arizona) by Craig Schumacher
Some overdubs recorded at the Church of Pieve Cesato

Mastered by Giovanni Versari

Cover Art Dulcamara, photo by Silvia Bigi

Eternal thanks to Luca Gaviani
Special Thanks to all the boys and children of the choir, Jon Jost, Daniela Peroni, Francesco Cimatti and for the hidden track the boys of Villa San Martino, SLP (Sweet Life Project), music lab “Villa d’incanto” Lugo (Ra)

More details, Lyrics and thanks at: www.christianravaglioli.com

"Vestito d’incanto" is dedicated to my friend Germano Vaienti

“Rumagnul seza dulur, a se ned in cisa la cisa de popul,
le avez la corda de cor e la vita d’amor, cui dulur in testa
amor tra’l’ghèmb, Rumagnul seza dulur,
Brindè a e vè de geval”
by Luca Gaviani " il giovane Valzer"