"Whispering oneself what’s essential " (A.Baricco)

Rivers of ink have already been spilled to speak in detail about the various works of Ludwig Van Beethoven, although these early ones of his are among the least known, and for this reason I would like in these notes to remain more personal, to recount the feelings and moods felt upon my return to the recording studio after more than a decade since my last record. For a pianist with a "double life" like mine, by trade a chemical entrepreneur , it was not at all easy to reconcile the various commitments and at the same time to find the strength and especially the emotional energy to carry out a project of this kind with , in addition, the constant nagging , hammering of the :" But why do you do it? Who makes you do it ? " etc etc
I would definitely start from the will to get out of the comfort zone : it is often talked about , I talk about it daily to my children , it seemed to me a good , right and beautiful thing to demonstrate it directly , without filters , and at the same time to chase one's demons and master them . Work ethic and absolute determination to pursue one's goals are undoubtedly two other elements that inspired and sustained the project.
In addition to this, along with the customary thanks to family members and colleagues, I must particularly thank two figures who , albeit unknowingly, were instrumental in the success of the project: Paul Barton and Raffaele Cacciola.
The former, a British pianist/painter and youtuber who has moved to Bangkok from where he regularly records mostly piano videos and publishes them on YouTube, helped me overcome a bad tendinitis contracted, alas,while playing water polo.
The latter, host as well as author of this CD, who was able to grasp and release my tensions with professionalism and infinite and deep sensitivity: without Raffaele this record I would never, ever have recorded it!
I conclude by returning to the title of these brief notes, which answers the frequent questions as to why one does things that , with no economic value, actually with negative economic value, involve a resounding commitment in terms of time and application:
the answer is that not doing them would leave an unbridgeable void , an unbearable sense of incompleteness , a failure to manifest what is deepest and most important we feel and know we have…