The album is the result of live performances, during the 'first national' eponymous show, the singer Cremona Elena Ravelli masterfully accompanied by piano, Francesco Lazzari. A growing love of music and wants to tell his stories. Loved apparently very different from each other, but with their texts, their suggestions in the listener know envisage a true love story who live in the show is supported by images and words from the same cleverly mixed Elena Ravelli and external narrator who becomes not only singing voice. The show of 14 December 2010 at the IMAX Tognazzi Cremona was undoubtedly a success and gave the audience strong and different emotions that, fortunately, were expressed in these recordings and a live video that has already been aired on TV7. Only those who know what love can savor the taste and passion. Elena Ravelli and Francesco Lazzari are two champions that year and collaborate with their notes, their dynamics, their understanding of music, always know how to get to the heart. The disc can be inferred the acting talents of two young Cremonese, especially in the poignant 'I'll live without you', or in the notes of the classic and always wonderful 'you are 'na big thing' with a special applause for solo piano. A vibrant 'still' and the latest songs, however, that go well with the rest of the album as a strong 'love hate'. All that remains is to discover the rest of the CD 'Love Stories' and fall in love ... of this duo.
In the album you can listen to both live versions, the versions in the studio that the 'contaminated' gave their audience, paying homage to the great Mina in his fiftieth anniversary of his career. The versions that lets us hear the band are far from trivial. No emulation of the original, no monkey, but simply new arrangements created 'ad hoc' from this quartet of Ardoli Massimo (guitar), Alan Zeli (Drums), Francesco Lazzari (piano) and Elena Ravelli (vocals). To tell the truth in the studio versions, there are other cameos, for example in the extraordinary 'Grande grande grande' that offer us in contaminated Waltz version, we can hear the accordion Sergio Franchi. The arrangement of ' E penso a te' a subtle reference to 'Because' by Beatles memory: Elena opens the piece with the mixture of various items arranged and sung by herself. Worthy of note are 'D'amore non scrivo più,' which is among the songs played Mina in the album 'Veleno' and particularly likes to Elena, a 'E se domani,' piano and voice, a 'Lui, Lui, Lui'has always received considerable acclaim. We also live in an extraordinary 'Volami nel cuore' that enhances the technical quality of Ravelli, unforgettable 'Amor mio', a beautiful 'Insieme' in more modern version in which Elena change the colors of her voice with great naturalness, a particular 'Se telefonando' who wants to be more frivolous and youthful. And finally a new song 'contaminated' which includes a kind of poetry, lulled by the melody of the piano, one hundred and two titles of songs that Mina, in his long and distinguished career, he sang. This is the true gift that Ravelli is his most famous fellow citizen: the Tiger of Cremona. In short, this album Elena and contaMINAti large have put my heart, without wanting to compare with Mina, but remembering his most important successes and do it with respect and love for music: high-quality results.
The CD starts with the intention to enclose disney songs and Christmas songs in the classical tradition. The duo that performs consists of vocalist Elena Ravelli and piano teacher Francesco Lazzari with the participation of drummer Alan Zeli. A versatile pair that gives new life to classic songs and songs of famous Disney movie soundtracks. A marriage without a doubt exciting and magical product that takes us into the dreamy atmosphere of the animated film and then it warms my heart with the melodies of Christmas. The lyrics are stained, they fade, then come on, they whisper and then scream their beauty through exceptional from mixing two instruments: the voice of Helen and Frank's plan. Rich colors and feelings is "Colors of the Wind" soundtrack of Pocahontas, the extraordinary rendition of "Part of Your World" sung by the Little Mermaid song, voice and sweetness explode in "Oh Holy Night", also magic in the song "Cinderella" , insistent rhythm and the famous "Cruella De Vil." Proposed again in the songs on this album we also find some gems: "War is over, happy christmas" that always excites, and was chosen for symbol of Christmas "Studio a" private TV. the Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen (contained in the soundtrack of the animated film Shrek) and closing the famous Brahms Lullaby of Christmas with a text (written by the same Ravelli) that gently whispers "sweet dreams". And you know that then, after all, the "dreams are wishes! Like what Christmas is always to listen to these songs and this voice that is able to pass and move. Among the other tracks, waiting to be discovered, you can also find some backing tracks to compete in a singing, winking to the wonderful voice of Elena Ravelli.