Enzo Favata: Ritornare (ECM 2883)

Enzo FavataRitornare Enzo Favata soprano saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinetDaniele di Bonaventura bandoneónMarcello Peghin ten-string guitarSalvatore Maltana double bassU.T. Gandhi drumsRecorded January 2026Bavaria Musikstudios, MunichEngineer: Stefano AmerioCover photo: Jan KrickeProduced by Manfred EicherRelease date: September 18, 2026 Every return contains a betrayal. The place may remain where it was, yet the person approaching has been revised by distance, while memory has moved the streets. On Ritornare, Enzo Favata treats return as imaginative recovery that transforms whatever it retrieves. Music carries landscape within experience, with literature serving as a compass across waters whose histories mingle beneath imposed names. The title points backward, though the album keeps opening forward. Home survives as an activity of attention and belonging that has quietly learned a foreign language in one’s absence. Favata has long listened for submerged connections. Born in Alghero,…