Oh how we love the echoing, haunting beauty of Italian cellist Vito Paternoster's Inzaffirio,a distillation of the preludes from Bach's Cello Suites. Following each prelude is an arrangement for solo cello, voice, and string orchestra. Soprano Patrizia Pace's voice is both pristine and incredibly powerful, and its straightforward purity nicely counterbalances the detail and complexity of the arrangements. An imaginative and deeply gorgeous album.
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[hifilofi] 01-Preludio I (2:56)
[hifilofi] 02-Ave Maria (3:40)
[hifilofi] 03-Preludio II (3:52)
[hifilofi] 04-Madre sublime (4:35)
[hifilofi] 05-Preludio III (2:22)
[hifilofi] 06-Regina dei Cieli (5:28)
[hifilofi] 07-Preludio IV (3:53)
[hifilofi] 08-Ave Regina (4:48)
[hifilofi] 09-Preludio V (6:13)
[hifilofi] 10-Io sono Amore (8:20)
[hifilofi] 11-Preludio VI (4:32)
[hifilofi] 12-Ave Virgo (7:43)