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{{Infobox album
| name         = Chiaroscuro
| type         = Album
| artist       = [[Ralph Towner]]
| cover        = Chiaroscuro (Ralph Towner album).jpg
| alt          =
| released     = 2009
| recorded     = October 2008
| venue        =
| studio       = Rainbow Studio<br>[[Oslo, Norway]]
| genre        = [[Jazz]]
| length       = 46:35
| label        = [[ECM Records|ECM]]<br>{{small|ECM 2085}}
| producer     = [[Manfred Eicher]]
| chronology   = [[Ralph Towner]]
| prev_title   = From a Dream
| prev_year    = 2007
| next_title   = [[Travel Guide]]
| next_year    = 2013
}}
'''''Chiaroscuro''''' is an album by American guitarist [[Ralph Towner]] and Italian trumpeter [[Paolo Fresu]] recorded in October 2008 and released on [[ECM Records|ECM]] the following year.<ref name="ECM discography">{{cite web|title=ECM 2085:  Chiaroscuro|url=https://www.ecmrecords.com/catalogue/143038751897/chiaroscuro-ralph-towner-paolo-fresu|website=ECM Records|accessdate=13 January 2018}}</ref>
==Reception==
The [[AllMusic]] review by Jeff Tamarkin awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "''Chiaroscuro'', naturally, boasts virtuosic musicianship, but it's never about that; it's about two artists coming together by chance and allowing their mutual respect to show them the way to something great."<ref name="Allmusic">Tamarkin, J. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/chiaroscuro-r1692741/review Allmusic Review] accessed November 18, 2011</ref>
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = ''[[Allmusic]]''
| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/>}}
==Track listing==
:''All compositions by Ralph Towner except as indicated''
{{Track listing
| total_length    = 46:42
| title1          = Wistful Thinking
| length1         = 4:19
| title2          = Punta Giara
| length2         = 6:21
| title3          = Chiaroscuro
| length3         = 6:31
| title4          = Sacred Place
| length4         = 4:13
| title5          = [[Blue in Green]]
| note5           = [[Miles Davis]], [[Bill Evans]]
| length5         = 5:45
| title6          = Doubled Up
| length6         = 4:56
| title7          = Zephyr
| length7         = 7:29
| title8          = The Sacred Place (Reprise)
| length8         = 1:59
| title9          = Two Miniatures
| note9           = Paulo Fresu, Ralph Towner
| length9         = 2:38
| title10         = Postlude
| note10          = Fresu, Towner
| length10        = 2:31
}}
==Personnel==
* [[Ralph Towner]] – [[classical guitar]], [[12 string guitar]], [[baritone guitar]]
*[[Paolo Fresu]] – [[trumpet]], [[flugelhorn]]
==References==
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{{Ralph Towner}}
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[[Category:ECM Records albums]]
[[Category:Ralph Towner albums]]
[[Category:2009 collaborative albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Manfred Eicher]]