Francesco Zappa

Tracks

OPUS I

• No. 1 1st Movement ANDANTE
• 2nd Movement ALLEGRO CON BRIO
• No. 2 1st Movement ANDANTINO
• 2nd Movement MINUETTO GRAZIOSO
• No. 3 1st Movement ANDANTINO
• 2nd Movement PRESTO
• No. 4 1st Movement ANDANTE
• 2nd Movement ALLEGRO
• No. 5 2nd Movement MINUETTO GRAZIOSO
• No. 6 1st Movement LARGO
• 2nd Movement MINUET

OPUS IV

• No. 1 1st Movement ANDANTINO
• 2nd Movement ALLEGRO ASSAI
• No. 2 2nd Movement ALLEGRO ASSAI
• No. 3 1st Movement ANDANTE
• 2nd Movement TEMPO DI MINUETTO
• No. 4 1st Movement MENUETTO

Players

• Performed by The Barking Pumpkin Digital Gratification Consort (Frank Zappa, conductor).
• Synclavier document encryption by David Ocker
• Engineered by Bob Stone and Mark Pinske
• Second engineer: Tom Ehle

Background

The album's subtitle reads: "The Music Of Francesco Zappa (fl. 1763-1788). His First Digital Recording In Over 2300 Years". Francesco Zappa was an obscure composer living in Milan.

Cover art for the album was done by Donald Roller Wilson.