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Sollima

Andrei Pricope | Park Ridge, IL | 10/15/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Sollima is an extremely imaginative, cutting-edge creator, going well beyond just music or the cello (although he is, beyond doubt, a terrific instrumentalist and musician). Mystifying why his CDs are so hard to find... His "Aquilarco" is indispensable and simply amazing..."

Breathtaking from the first note...

Human Reed | N. Calif. | 03/06/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Sollima combines inexhaustible inventiveness with a lapidary sense of composition. The fusion of sometimes exhilarating rhythmic brio, exquisite tonal depth and thematic beauty in many of these pieces makes for a genuinely stunning first listen. Two or three of the tracks are perhaps a bit too 'experimental' or weird, but the rest are just wonderful. The tracks Hell I and Trio alone justify the album- it's hard to imagine anyone being unmoved by them. But there is so much more. My favorite is the thrillingly poignant La Spera Ottava- at ten minutes the longest track on this great album.



If you haven't heard Sollima before, you can sample him on youtube (search on 'giovanni sollima'.) Watch the 'Daydream Part 1' video, which uses Terra Aria, or scroll down to find Trio or Hell I, all pieces on this cd.

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