Stephen Goss | Cocktail list (2022) | Aniello Desiderio & Zoran Dukic

Cocktail List by Stephen Goss (2022)
Aniello Desiderio and Zoran Dukić, guitars
Sponsored by Guitar Coop and D’Addario

0:00 Intro
0:23 Caipirinha Choro
1:29 Mojito Son
2:17 Boulevardier Hot
3:12 Piña Colada Cha cha cha
4:17 The Last Word Fast Funk
5:00 Negroni Aria nostalgica
8:20 Alabama Slammer Song
9:43 Bloody Mary Hungover
11:31 Iron Lady Nobilmente
13:49 Vieux Carré Blues
15:51 Vodka Martini Agitato, non mescolato
16:15 Manhattan Stomp

Cocktail List is a collection of twelve miniatures for two guitars commissioned by Zoran Dukić and Aniello Desiderio. The cocktails vary in length from just a few seconds to around three minutes. They take in a broad range of musical styles from Italian opera to Brazilian choro, from Berlin cabaret to Detroit funk.

Many of the cocktails parody or pay homage to specific musical genres, while others are adaptations or distortions of existing music. For instance, Iron Lady draws on the style of Elgar's 'Pomp and Circumstance' marches, while Negroni evokes the film scores of Ennio Morricone. Alabama Slammer is an arrangement of Kurt Weill's 'Alabama Song', whereas Caipirinha and Vieux Carré rework pieces by Nazareth and Gershwin respectively. Manhattan, written in collaboration with pianist Graham Caskie, draws on several sources, including music by Rachmaninoff, Chopin, and Gershwin (again).

Zoran Dukić and Aniello Desiderio gave the first performance of Cocktail List at the Kurfürstliches Schloss, Koblenz, Germany, on 2nd June 2022, as part of the 30th Koblenz International Guitar Festival. The piece was funded by invited individuals who each chose a cocktail to be characterized in music, either for themselves or as a gift for someone else.

Video: Giuseppe Iadonisi
Sound enginnering: Mauro Tamburrini
Executive producer: Lucio Matarazzo

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