In Pop: Coro Di Voci Bianche Dell'Arcum Diretto Da Paolo Lucci (Various Artists)

The ARCUM treble voices choir, founded by Maestro Paolo Lucci in 1973, is one of the great performers of Italian cinema music and beyond. Over the span of its long life it has collaborated with many Italian and International composers, among them Maestro Ennio Morricone who more than once made use of this element by giving it a central role in his soundtracks (Chi l'ha vista morire, Il sorriso del grande tentatore, Assassinio sul ponte, L'eredità Ferramonti, Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma, Per amore, Stato Interessante, Holocaust 2000, The Mission…).

Many other artists of this and last century, including Annecchino, Banchieri, Ceccarelli, Chillemi, Churchill, de Masi, Eidelman, Falconieri, Jarre, Minghi, Murzi, Paer, Piccioni and Trovajoli, have collaborated with this wonderful choir. Artistically directed by Paolo Lucci, a living icon in choral music, the institution has offered an amazing lineup of programs and concerts featuring names of first rank in the international music landscape, sometimes conducted by musicians of almost mythical status such as Bernstein, Muti, Sinopoli, Frisina, Domingo and many others, not to mention the concerts featured on the TV show on which the choir worked; to list them all we'd need a small book.

IN POP was born through the will of Maestro Lucci to demonstrate that sometimes commercial music can have a great artistic quality—fighting prejudice, unwilling to die—that makes a distinction between classical music, pop and soundtracks.

A nice tribute by a great supporter of Italian film music, this album offers a surprising selection that takes us on a pleasant excursion, outside our discographic canon, in the company of a voice that is friendlier than we might expect.

The CD comes in a jewel case with a booklet designed by Alessio Iannuzzi, liner notes by Paolo Lucci and mastering by Enrico De Gemini.


- Beat Records