Reviews
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CRITIC OF THE CD “AMAZING GRACE” – The American Organist August 2023
Villasanta is a municipality a few miles northeast of Milan. Its church of St. Anastasia, which fronts the Pope John XXIII Plaza, was built in the late 18th century. The organ is new, dating to 2013, and was constructed by Diego Bonato. It has electronic action, 91 ranks, 65 speaking stops, four 61-note manuals, and […]
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Italian organ sounds in Gräfenhain
Giorgio Parolini from Milan inspires the audience with powerful music in the Holy Trinity Church For the fifth time, organist Giorgio Parolini was a guest at the Gräfenhain Music Summer. In his programme, he brought along works by Italian composers that were surprising in their clarity. From Giuseppe Burocco (1672-1728), called Frà Narciso da Milano, […]
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Amazing Grace – Opere per Organo di Grimoaldo Macchia
Organist: Giorgio Parolini Organ: Chiesa di S.Anastasia di Villasanta Motette – CD – DDD – MOT15040 – 2021 For a few years now (four, to be exact) we have been waiting for a new production entirely dedicated to the works of Grimoaldo Macchia, and after the previous three (which appeared in 2011, 2013 and 2017) […]
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From Milan to Gräfenhain
Giorgio Parolini fascinates once again during his guest performance on the Thielemann organ of the Trinity church The Milan organist Giorgio Parolini returned once again to the Thielemann organ in the Dreifaltigkeitskirche in Gräfenhain built between 1728 and 1731. Much to our pleasure, he also included representatives of the Italian organ school in his program, […]
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The art of transition
Giorgio Parolini elicited gentle and frenzied sounds from the queen of instruments at the Meiningen Organ Summer concert in the city church. And not just with “classic”. The Adagio from Charles Marie Widors (1844–1937) Symphony No. 6 (op. 42/2) comes to an end in a calm and playful manner, the carefree melody is carried by […]
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