Amedeo Minghi
La Breccia

LA RECENSIONE

The context chosen could only be used as a backdrop by Gaio Chiocchio: September 20, 1870. The bersaglieri conquer Rome, there's tension! French, Italians, Romans, and then the Pope, Cavour, Cadorna.
"From the piece: YOU STAND WITH ME LIKE THE DARK NIGHT AGAINST THE WALLS OF OUR CITY. PALE FROM IMPRISONMENT I WROTE MY NOSTALGIA AND ON SLEEPLESS EYES FOR ROME CHAINED I WROTE MY NOSTALGIA. ON SLEEPLESS EYES, FOR ROME CHAINED BY TYRANNY."
Gen. Cadorna with his men enter Rome through a breach opened in the city walls, at the height of Porta Pia.
It is 10 o'clock and despite a vigorous resistance, Cadorna's columns enter with momentum, costing the army 49 dead and 141 wounded.
The reunification of Rome with Italy is done, and the Risorgimento complete.
"From the piece: YOU STAND WITH ME LIKE A RIFLE AIMED AT PORTA PIA, THE REVOLUTION TO PHILOSOPHY. YOU STAND WITH ME LIKE A STREET SHE-WOLF, MY LOVE."
Who better than the Chiocchio/Minghi duo could do more.
To invent, to tell, to romanticize in music a love at a specific moment and historical context.
I call this type of track "romance track" because when you finish listening you feel as if you've devoured a novel all at once, absorbed everything in a single action.
"From the piece: GIVE ME YOUR DAGGER AND TELL ME YOUR FAITH IN WHAT I WILL DO FOR YOU. TONIGHT I'M LEAVING BUT TOMORROW FOR SURE, I WILL RETURN TO YOU, ALONG WITH THE ITALIANS THROUGH THE BREACH AT PORTA PIA.
I WILL OPEN A BREACH IN YOUR HEART, I WILL TELL YOU HOLD ME DEAR, WE ARE FREE WITH HAIR TO THE WIND, YOUR DAGGER AT MY SIDE YOU WILL SEE ME HIDDEN AMONG THE FLOWERS, AMONG THE LOVING GLANCES OF BOYS AND GIRLS WHO SMILE AND SAY TO EACH OTHER WE ARE ONLY FREE.
An important text, made of many things: marches, feelings, weapons, factions, an entire population, the nation, love, fear, violence, occupation, strength, the army, a book in music, in a single song.
"From the piece: HOLD ME MY LOVE! WE ARE FREE, AMONG THE ITALIANS SEATED AT THE TAVERNS.