Colla Parte | |
Type: | Studio album |
Artist: | Ernst Reijseger |
Cover: | Colla Parte.jpg |
Released: | 1997 |
Recorded: | February 26–28 & March 1, 1997 Villa Medici-Giulini, Briosco, Italy |
Genre: | Improvised music, contemporary classical music |
Length: | 60:25 |
Label: | Winter & Winter 910 012 |
Producer: | Stefan Winter |
Chronology: | Ernst Reijseger |
Prev Title: | Et on ne Parle pas du Temps |
Prev Year: | 1995 |
Next Title: | Colla Voche |
Next Year: | 1999 |
Colla Parte (subtitled Versioni per Violoncello Solo) is a solo album by the cellist Ernst Reijseger, recorded in 1997 and released on the Winter & Winter label.[1] [2]
In her review for AllMusic, Joslyn Layne wrote: "Calm, meditative, and gorgeous, Colla Parte is a solo cello recording from Ernst Reijseger, a musician internationally recognized not only for technique, but for unmatched creativity and improvisatory skills. Warm, intimate sound and an informal atmosphere... Filled with beauty, this Winter & Winter release is highly recommended for all fans of string music in general, as well as for Reijseger fans specifically".
In JazzTimes, Bill Shoemaker observed: "On this often sumptuous and occasionally wry solo program, Reijseger combines prodigious classical training, a dash of subversive wit, and an open-hearted, if idiosyncratic brio, to make Colla Parte a thoroughly engaging album from beginning to end. Reijseger creates a seamless, cloistered calm from not just space-soaking pieces built upon devices perfected in previous centuries, but also borderline dadaist techniques and a wide range of materials".[3]
All compositions by Ernst Reijseger except as indicated