ALESSIO PIANELLI

cellist & composer

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Ivan Hewett, Daily Telegraph, 30 March 2021

“To record these songs Pianelli first of all re-arranged them for solo cello and the Rome based Avos string orchestra. It’s an immense labour of love which Pianelli has carried out with great tact as well as musical imagination. The deep tragedy of the Armenian songs, the lighter charm of the Georgian melodies, and the eccentric, tangy quality of the Greek pieces all shine through, thanks to Pianelli’s playing which is changeable as quicksilver and mournful as a folk balladeer. At the end Pianelli returns home, playing his own witty variations on a Sicilian melody. It’s a fine end to a disc that glows with Mediterranean and Near Eastern heat, and if we really can’t get away to the sun this summer it will bring some comfort.”

Pedro Obiera, Achener Zeitung, 27 March 2021

“… the interpretations and arrangements are captivating, supported by the strings of the Avos Chamber Orchestra, with a fine feeling for the specific colours belonging to the origins of the different works. The album offers a pleasant and varied introduction to spring.”

Remy Franck, Pizzicato, 26 March 2021

“When the Cello Sings and Dances
…a pleasing and entertaining program that blossoms in the lively and virtuosic interpretations of Pianelli and the musicians of the Avos Chamber Orchestra, placing lightheartedness alongside melancholy and nostalgic melodies. In so doing, Pianelli certainly goes his own way with individual phrasing, exquisite rubato and finely nuanced colours. He lets his cello and his orchestra sing and dance. This is suggestive music-making on a high technical level, which is all the more evident because the sound recording is also of excellent quality… very present, full and rich, but at the same time of captivating transparency. The CD concludes with the distinctive and exquisite, originally and imaginatively realised Variations on a Sicilian Theme by Alessio Pianelli himself”

Michael Church, The Independent, 4 March 2021

“…Alessio Pianelli is a cellist with a vision – of a magical mosaic of all the musical influences which have infused the culture of his native Sicily… His taste is impeccable: every track on this CD reflects a love of music rippling with convivial pleasure.”

La Stampa

“…fantasia, musicalità, espressione, energia, capacità di trasmettere l’emozione della musica, ricreata così come viva”

BZ Langenthaler Tagblatt

“…Alessio Pianelli in seiner Doppelfunktion als Cellist wie auch als Komponist boten, war phanomenal”

Il Sole 24 Ore

“Alessio Pianelli, di facilità impressionante e splendido suono”

Badisches Tagblatt

“…Er transportierte die ausdrucksstarken Klange mit Inbrunst ubd voller Leidenschaft, schuf Stimmungen von einer Dichte und Intensitat, uber denen ein melancholischer Zauber der besonderen Art im Kurhaus an Diesem Abend zu schweben schien”

Giornale di Brescia

“Fin dalle prime note mette in mostra una vigorosa cantabilità italiana, impeto e passione contagiosi, precisione di incastri ritmici, pulizia e vigore.”

BZ Basel

“Exzellenter Solist”

L’Eco di Bergamo

“Non solo un eccellente violonellista, ma una personalità di solista solida e sicura. Il violoncellista ha messo in evidenza uno stile incline al lirismo ampio ed accentuato, un’espressività che potremmo dire “romantica”, generosa e intensa.”

Management MaMusic: dario@mamusic.it

Artist: alessiopianellicellist@gmail.com

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