Reviews, interviews and musicological studies

Gramophone

Richard Whitehouse · April 2023

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Diapason

Pierre Rigaudière · May 2023

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The Strad

David Kettle · May 2023

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Klassik Heute

Christoph Schlüren · 2023

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Classic Voice

Paolo Petazzi · 2023

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Musica

Gabriele Moroni · April 2023

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Classical Source

David Truslove · July 2023

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Records International

· January 2023

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“The 31-minute Violin Concerto is more recent than any of these, and explores a wide range of timbral and textural novelty within the context of a large-scale virtuoso vehicle (and the violin part is very virtuosic indeed, not least in its requirement to meet the large orchestra on equal terms; the orchestra makes no concessions to this, with massive, overwhelming structures interspersed with sections of stasis while the violin responds in kind, energetic and impetuous in the climaxes, melodic when reacting to the orchestra's calm, iridescent textures).”

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American Record Guide

FARO · May/June 2023

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“The violin concerto (2015) is a formidable beast, cast in several episodes across a single, 30-minute movement. It is often dissonant and violent, contrasted with lyrical lines from the solo violin. Chaconne, except for the soloist, is made up entirely of heightened, pre-recorded, layered violin parts, inspired by Renaissance contrapuntal polyphony. The intensity blew me away...”

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CD Choice

Barry Forshaw · April 2023

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Anaclase

Laurent Bergnach · June 2023

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Chimeo

Andrew Palmer · May 2023

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Opus Klassiek

Aart van der Wal · June 2023

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Music Voice

Andrea Bedetti · June 2023

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Fanfare

James H. North · July/August 2023

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“It's been a long time since I've heard such solid new music from Italy.”

MusicWeb International

Rob Barnett · June 2023

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MusicPaper

Gianluigi Mattietti · August 2023

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Scherzo

Ismael G. Cabral · September 2023

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AIM — Adventures in Music

Jari Kallio · October 2023

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Colin’s Column

· June 2023

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Ensemble intercontemporain

Grains de lumière — entretien avec Vito Palumbo

15 Questions

Fifteen Questions interview with Vito Palumbo

Finnegans

Woven Lights e il suono di Vito Palumbo

Percorsi Musicali

Vito Palumbo e il ciclo Skin

TG Music

L’estetica emotiva — intervista al compositore Vito Palumbo

Strumenti & Musica

Quelle potenzialità della fisarmonica che rasentano l’infinito