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LA RECENSIONE
This will not be a great review from me because I am not a great reviewer and because tonight I was surprised by the Tg5 news of the death in a car accident of this, in my opinion, great Italian artist, Valentina Giovagnini, who had released this only CD, "Creatura Nuda".
A single CD promoted by the single "Il passo silenzioso della neve", presented at Sanremo in the new proposals in 2002, and undeservedly came second in the final (beaten by a horrible Anna Tatangelo) because she deserved to win and to be more artistically promoted to make her singing and artistic talents known to a wider audience, a bit outside the classic Sanremo Italian pop song.
"Creatura Nuda" is a sweet and profound journey into Celtic and medieval music with French, Galician, and Irish bagpipes, but combined with modern and electronic sounds with keyboards, guitars, and drums, with Valentina Giovagnini who gives us a highly evocative fairy-tale voice with very high tones, and the result of the entire CD is an unusual product for the classic Italian song, but of high artistic value...
Dedicated to all those who want to believe that in Italian pop music, alternative pop music can exist, and a beautiful alternative... to lovers, why not, of the music of Loreena McKennitt, Clannad, Moya Brennan: listen to "Il passo silenzioso della neve", "Senza origine", "Madrigale", "Accarezzando a piedi nudi l'erba delle colline del Donegal"...
The CD is composed of 12 tracks.
Thank you Valentina for what you managed to give with your beautiful music, and I conclude (because I am a bit saddened by the news of her death) with a line from one of your songs "Mi vesto come un angelo che sa, che nelle ali ha nuove liberta’..."
Ps: I am not interested in positive or negative criticisms of my comment for this CD... I just wanted to somehow give my personal tribute to this great "Creatura" who was too unjustly underrated.
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This heartfelt review honors Valentina Giovagnini and her only album, Creatura Nuda, which creatively fuses Celtic and medieval instruments with modern sounds. The reviewer highlights her unique voice and the album’s artistic value, lamenting her untimely death and underappreciation. Key tracks like "Il passo silenzioso della neve" showcase her talent beyond traditional Italian pop. The review is a personal tribute urging appreciation for alternative Italian music.Tracklist Videos
Valentina Giovagnini
Valentina Giovagnini (1980–2009) was an Italian singer who placed second at Sanremo 2002 with Il passo silenzioso della neve. Her debut Creatura nuda (2002) fused Celtic/folk colors with electronic pop. A posthumous album, L’amore non ha fine, was released in 2009. She died following a car accident.06 Reviews
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By Metallus
‘Creatura Nuda’ is a very intimate, personal work...a work of considerably higher quality.
With her death, we lost a person who perhaps, with today’s music world, had very little to do.
By babymurdoc
The album in question is an excellent collection of songs that mix the traditional pop sound with Celtic influences.
Mystery, I was saying. Why has this talented singer been so ignored all these years?
By federico"benny"
The strength of this debut is indeed the ability to skillfully blend her two sides, the more pop one... and the one that draws from Celtic folklore, without one overshadowing the other.
Getting lost among the bucolic landscapes of 'Creatura Nuda' certainly won’t be bad.
