As many around the world have at least a couple of days off in the next week or so, here’s something to enjoy during the break: Maurizio Furlani and Stefano Torossi’s entire 2011 album Romantic Piano & Strings: Classical Sentimental Soundtrack on YouTube and a full-length movie featuring a soundtrack composed by Torossi in which he also appears, Italiani! È severamente proibito servirsi della toilette durante le fermate (Italian! It is Strictly Forbidden To Use The Toilet During The Stops!) (1969).

Maurizio Furlani and Stefano Torossi’s “Lonely Melody,” the title track from Romantic Piano & Strings, is on YouTube:

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Maurizio Furlani and Stefano Torossi – Romantic Piano & Strings: Classical Sentimental Soundtrack (2011) LP

featuring Maurizio Furlani and Stefano Torossi’s

• Lonely Melody
• Romantic Piano
• Romantic Piano (Strings Version)
• Empty Eyes
• Portrait Of A Lady
• Eleanor’s Diary
• Nostalgic Past
• Teardrops
• Devotion
• Ginevra’s Theme
• Dancing Butterfly
• Passion Flame
• Keyboard Reflections

Listen to the full album by Maurizio Furlani and Stefano Torossi online:

Alternatively, click the album cover above to hear in MP3 or WAV format at UBM Media.

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Omicidio per vocazione aka l’Assassino ha le mani pulite (Deadly Inheritance) (1968)

Director Vittorio Sindoni, with Tom Drake, Femi Benussi, Ivo Garrani, Valeria Ciangottini, Jeanette Len (Giovanna Lenzi), Virgilio Gazzolo, Ernesto Colli, Isarco Ravaiolo, and Andrea Fantasia, written by Aldo Bruno, Romano Migliorini, and Vittorio Sindoni

Five tracks from Stefano Torossi’s soundtrack, plus two trailers, are online:

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Italiani! È severamente proibito servirsi della toilette durante le fermate (Italian! It is Strictly Forbidden To Use The Toilet During The Stops!) (1969)

Director Vittorio Sindoni, with Silvia Dionisio, Franco Acampora, Sandro Dori, Maria Rosa Sclauzero, Stefano Torossi, and Patrizia De Clara, written by Aldo Bruno, Romano Migliorini, Gianbattista Mussetto, and Sindoni

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Coming Soon: An Interview with Vocalist-Composer Valeria Nicoletta

Stay tuned for an exclusive interview with composer-vocalist Valeria Nicoletta. In 2011, she, Luca Proietti, and Stefano Torossi appeared on Deneb Records’ Vocal Emotions (DNB 704).

In 2001, Nicoletta joined Claudio Passavanti and Stefano Torossi to compose and perform Spiritual Experience on Italy’s RAI Trade label (CD RT2076). Here’s “Miracolo Lourdes (The Miracle of Lourdes),” a selection of songs from that album:

and a second video that also seems appropriate at this time of year, Valeria Nicoletta’s stirring interpretation of “La Passione di Cristo,” which includes a number of Nicoletta original compositions: