Little Wonder Petra Magoni & Ferruccio Spinetti

• 1 IS THIS LOVE 03:01
• 2 ATN’T NO SUNSHTNE 03:10
• 3 PRACTICAL ARRANGEMENT 03:23
• 4 QUAND IL EST MORT LE POÈTE 03:19
• 5 TOUT S’ARRANGE QUAND ON S’AIME 02:36
• 6 AL FREDDO AL FREDDO 04:10
• 7 UN VECCHIO ERRORE 03:51
• 8 IO SONO METÀ 03:27
• 9 SEI FORTE PAPÀ 04:16
• 10 FAR NIENTE 03:55
• 11 LA VIE EN ROSE 01:45
• Total Runtime 36:53

Info for Little Wonder

Musica Nuda is a project that encompasses two special souls, those of Petra Magoni and Ferruccio Spinetti. A sublime voice and a magical and versatile double bass have been united for twelve years in the name of a boundless love for music. Last 31 March, the two artists released ‘Little Wonder’, an album made up of reinterpretations of more and less famous songs, a tangible demonstration that despite the passage of time, the records released and thousands of concerts, curiosity and passion can lead them to want to get back into the game without limits. On the eve of the tour that will take them around Europe far and wide, Petra and Ferruccio spoke to each other with an open heart.

"This album artistically retraces what has happened over the course of twelve years: 7-8 records, more than a thousand concerts around the world and many beautiful experiences. After having made two albums of unreleased tracks, which were ‘Banda Larga’ and ‘Complici’, we decided to make a record of covers again to see with twelve years of experience and, hopefully, some more artistic maturity, what would come out of it. Keeping freedom and instinct intact, and in this I am referring to the choice of tracks, we chose songs that we liked, that moved us and we turned them into Musica Nuda." (Ferruccio Spinetti)

"If duets pairing double bass and female jazz vocals have become more widely accepted since the days when Sheila Jordan struggled to find work with that lineup, that may be because more people have realized how lovely bass and voice can sound together. Helping the cause is Musica Nuda, whose eponymous 2004 debut album quickly found an audience; since then Petra Magoni (vocals) and Ferrucio Spinetti (bass) have been a steady concert draw. (..)"

Petra Magoni, vocals
Ferruccio Spinetti, double bass, guitar

Petra Magoni & Ferruccio Spinetti
This Italian duo's mission is as simple as it is bold: To make music with the bare necessities -- a stunning voice and a double bass -- free to trace any music back to its core. The repertoire for singer Petra Magoni and double bassist Ferruccio Spinetti has no boundaries, fusing bits of jazz, rock, punk, songwriting, and classical music. Their artistic power flows from an instinct about the quality of a song, finding its story, the meaning of its lyric, whether dramatic, sarcastic, melancholic, or romantic. ​

They are two different but perfectly complementary artistic personalities: a voice that becomes the interpreter of emotions, a double bass that becomes an orchestra. Fearless in the art of silence as well as sound, good humored as well as intelligent, their work can only be fully grasped in live performance where the drama of the stage is at one with the music. From song to song, Magoni brings forth tone colors so prodigious as to create the illusion of many singers. She twists her voice and body like a puppet as Spinetti punctuates space with teeming, cliff-hanging notes. Brilliance bursts forth -- fascinating, captivating, moving. ​

Their newest album, Verso Sud (To the South), is a journey into the musical south of Italy and southern regions elsewhere in the world. Recorded in concert at Musica Delle Tradizioni (Music of Traditions Festival) in Vincenza, Italy, it reflects the duo's freewheeling instinct, both in repertoire and interpretation.

A few weeks ago, they performed in Naples in a festival conceived by classical pianist Michele Campanella and designed to merge the history and art of the city's oldest neighborhood with the beauty of 300 years of music. Named Spinacorona, 140 musicians performed twenty-two concerts over four days at fourteen sites within walking distance, places often not open to the public, and limited to forty minutes to allow audiences to walk from one to another. Musica Nuda performed in a church built in the 16th century connected to a 10th century monastery.

The duo's association with l'Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio continues to flourish with Magoni playing the role of Don Giovanni in the Orchestra's interpretation of the Mozart work. In 2020, they will present an interpretation of Turandot, a comic play written by Carlo Gozzi that Giacomo Puccini made into an opera. Marta Dalla Via is directing Musica Nuda's version, entitled Turandò, with Spinetti in the role of Pulcinella and Magoni playing all of the other characters. Music will include Puccini's arias, contemporary songs, and newly composed works.

Booklet for Little Wonder