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Reviews

Amit Peled:

“Amit Peled is one of the most gifted cellist of the new generation. He is destined for a major career”

Bernard Greenhouse

“Then came someone onto the stage who stole the conductor’s show. Amit Peled (29), Israeli Cello professor in Baltimore, snatched the women’s hearts away from Frantz. The cellist was able to do something unusual: he translated Brahms Double Concerto into an ultra-modern language…”

Hamburger Abendblatt, August 5, 2003 (Schleswig –Holstein Music Festival)

Gatto Marte:
“Gatto Marte provided musical accompaniment that was every bit as interesting as the film. This score matched every twist and turn of the action happening on the screen and finally became something that we heard as a separate entire virtual component of the film itself. Seeing Faust in this cinematic silent version turned out to be a very moving experience, for this film is every bit the dramatic masterpiece it is reputed to be.”
Lyn Bronson (Gatto Marte’s USA debut of Faust January 22, 2005, Monterey State Theatre)

Annalisa Raspagliosi:

…it was Annalisa Raspagliosi's (Nedda) show. On her recording, even Maria Callas has a hard time making the syrupy bird song ,"Oh! Che volo d'augeli" convincing, but Raspagliosi lived and breathed it: A wish to fly over the rainbow. Her uniformly wonderful vocal tone was magnificently managed to distinguish between the dual parts of her personality….

David Gregson Opera West (LA Opera’s Pagliacci October 23, 2005)