STEFANO BATTAGLIA — Il Cerchio Interno (1999) Symphonia Odyssey Series | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Tracklist :
1.    Il Cerchio Interno    6:50
2.    Danza Settima    4:21
3.    Lacrima    7:23
4.    Maggio    4:54
5.    Lapsit Exillis    7:02
6.    Prima Luce    6:10
7.    Requiem Et Danse Pour Nusrat Fateh Ali Kahn    10:44
8.    Novecentonovantanove    4:56
9.    Musica Dell'Abside    3:44
Credits :
Piano, Composed By – Stefano Battaglia

MIRCO MARIOTTINI · STEFANO BATTAGLIA — Music for Clarinets and Piano (2019) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Tracklist :
1.    Improvisation I    3:36
dedicated to Hildegard of Bingen
2.    Improvisation II    3:13
dedicated to Jimmy Giuffre
3.    Improvisation III    4:19
dedicated to Paul Bley
4.    Improvisation IV    6:34
dedicated to Igor Stravinsky
5.    Improvisation V    3:04
dedicated to Charles Aznavour
6.    Improvisation VI    3:17
dedicated to Bruno Maderna
7.    Improvisation VII    5:39
dedicated to Valentin Silvestrov
8.    Improvisation VIII    6:01
dedicated to Krzysztof Komeda
9.    Improvisation IX    4:25
dedicated to Camarón de la Isla
10.    Improvisation X    2:16
dedicated to Sainkho Namtchylak
11.    Improvisation XI    2:53
dedicated to Elliot Carter
12.    Improvisation XII    3:11
dedicated to Rosa Balistreri
Credits :
Clarinet, Bass Clarinet – Mirco Mariottini
All Compositions By – Mirco Mariottini, Stefano Battaglia
Piano – Stefano Battaglia 

STEFANO BATTAGLIA · MICHELE RABBIA — Stravagario (2002) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Tracklist :
1.    Millenaria    4:13
2.     Fluxus  7:13
Theremin – Michele Rabbia
3.    Quem Te Alumia Me Da' Luz    5:30
4.    Body Music    4:25
5.    Elogio Dell'Assenza    2:25
6.    Altalena    8:22
7.    Invocazione    3:10
8.    Cantus Firmus    2:59
9.    Oltre Frontiera    3:15
10.    Passaggi Improvvisi, Improvvisi Paesaggi    3:05
11.    Giada E Alabastro    1:42
12.    Baco Da Seta    4:23
13.    La Boîte De Jeux  1:24
Toy Piano, Performer [Woods] – Stefano Battaglia
14.    Vano Preambolo    2:20
15.    Exilio    3:43
16.    Di Un'Ombra    4:46
17.    Afghana    4:23
18.    Madre Delle Stelle    2:38
Credits :
Percussion – Michele Rabbia
Piano – Stefano Battaglia

STEFANO BATTAGLIA — Sulphur (1995) FLAC (tracks), lossless

This is Italian free jazz from a two-thirds Italian trio. While pianist Stefano Battaglia and bassist Paolino Dalla Porta may not be well known to many outside of the hardcore improv audience, drummer Tony Oxley better well be. His presence on the disc suggests one thing: that his collaborators are more than capable. The ten pieces here, as engaged with free improv as they are, are compositions nonetheless authored by various members of the group. The engagement between Oxley and Dalla Porta is nearly telepathic. Given Oxley's extremely busy style, it's no wonder that Dalla Porta chooses to play from the hip, offering short staccato bursts to highlight Oxley's high-hat runs, and longer, deeper octave tones to his snare and tom-tom flurries, and bowed ostinatos when bass drum and ride cymbal are employed exclusively. Above all this rides Battaglia's skittering skeins of tonal clusters and outrageously lengthy single note runs. The basis for this piano/bass/drum trio's communication seems to lie in the roots of augmented minor pitches introduced by Battaglia in each of the works found here, no matter the author's signature. Does it swing? Nope. This is internal music that explores the interior working of the trio as it tries to examine its own harmonic identity between individuals. It's head music to be sure, but ominous, fascinating stuff nonetheless. The brilliant sonorities with which Battaglia and Dalla Porta express themselves individually and in counterpoint to one another are worth the price of admission alone. But then, so is Oxley's mysterious, ever-moving drumming. 
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Tracklist :
1.    Stanza #1  4:46
Composed By – T. Oxley
2.    Lifebeat  7:16
Composed By – S. Battaglia
3.    Mercurial  6:21
Composed By – S. Battaglia
4.    Stanza #2  5:06
Composed By – T. Oxley
5.    Science Of The Heart  6:01
Composed By – S. Battaglia
6.    Game #1  7:10
Composed By – P. Dalla Porta
7.    Picasso  3:07
Composed By – P. Dalla Porta
8.    Duchamp
Composed By – P. Dalla Porta
9.    Klee  3:54
Composed By – P. Dalla Porta
10.    Game #6  3:37 
Composed By – P. Dalla Porta
Credits :
Acoustic Bass – Paolino Dalla Porta
Drums – Tony Oxley
Piano – Stefano Battaglia 

STEFANO BATTAGLIA — Racolto (2006) 2CD | Two Version | APE + FLAC (image+.tracks+.cue), lossless

Milanese pianist and composer Stefano Battaglia has walked on both sides of the classical and jazz street with ease and comfort. Whether performing Bill Evans or Pierre Boulez, he plays with integrity and authority. The double-disc Raccolto is his ECM debut, and he performs in two different settings to illustrate his tremendous gifts as both an improviser and a composer. His romantic leanings and sometimes pointillistic playing reveal his influences, from Evans to Paul Bley to Keith Jarrett. He carries his mentors with ease inside his gig bag. Disc one showcases Battaglia in a jazz trio setting with bassist Giovanni Maier and percussionist Michele Rabbia (who plays on both discs). Here, lush lyricism folds into free improvisation as the dreamy movement between the opening title cut gives way to the long, abstract "Triangolazioni." And though the latter track is completely outside, it has no edges, no burrs, no dissonances that are not enveloped inside the whole. Likewise, the skeletal space of "Triosonic" provides breathing room in contrast to the dense, more fluid post-bop improvisation in "All Is Language," where Battaglia dazzles with his multivalent ostinati. The second disc in this collection features Rabbia and Battaglia with violinist Dominique Pifarély, a member of Louis Sclavis' group. These 12 tunes are full of bracing improvisations and textural tension. The edgy "Porquoi?" and the hissing string introduction to "Il Circo Ungherese" are enough to send most jazz fans screaming for the hills. Those new music fans who haven't heard Pifarély or Battaglia before will be delighted at their structured approach to the outside. There is no self-indulgence here, only disciplined listening and authoritative execution. These 12 pieces are without reservation explorations into unknown sounds and combinations of sounds. The two discs together are all but irresistible to fans of the new European music. 
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Tracklist 1 :
1.    Raccolto    5:43
2.    Triangolazioni    14:42
3.    Triosonic I    3:47
4.    All Is Language    11:01
5.    Our Circular Song    4:25
6.    Coro    4:24
7.    Triosonic II    1:22
8.    In Front Of The Fourth Door    4:33
9.    L'osservanza    4:21
Tracklist 2 :
1.    Lys    5:02
2.    Canto I (Dell'agonia Della Terra)    4:11
3.    Riconoscenza    4:05
4.    Réminiscence Pour Violon Et Piano    4:09
5.    Pourquoi?    3:47
6.    Il Circo Ungherese    3:27
7.    Veritas    1:55
8.    Velario De Marzo    5:04
9.    Recitativo In Memoria Di Luciano Berio    5:40
10.    Canto II (Dell'agonia Dei Cieli)    3:01
11.    Trois Brouillons    6:02
12.    ... Dulci Declinant Lumina Somno ...    3:53
Credits :
Design – Sascha Kleis
Double Bass – Giovanni Maier (tracks: 1-1 to 1-9)
Music By – Dominique Pifarély (tracks: 2-1 to 2-12), Giovanni Maier (tracks: 1-3 to 1-5, 1-7, 1-8), Michele Rabbia (tracks: 1-3 to 1-5, 1-7, 1-8, 2-1 to 2-3, 2-5 to 2-7, 2-9 to 2-12), Stefano Battaglia
Percussion – Michele Rabbia
Piano – Stefano Battaglia
Violin – Dominique Pifarély (tracks: 2-1 to 2-12)