| "Chris Acquavella delivers powerfully emotive solo performances that pay homage to their historical origins through his own uniquely personal mandolin voice." |
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- David Grisman, Composer and Mandolinist |
| "The artistic musician, Chris Acquavella, releases a brilliant solo Classical CD, "Praeludium," featuring his marvelous talents on the mandolin." |
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- Diane at RadioIndy.com, Nov 2011 |
| "I don't know much about classical music, however, I do know a virtuoso when I hear one, and Mr. Acquavella is a virtuoso of the highest order." |
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- Robert Bush, San Diego Reader, Nov 2011 |
| "This recording has SO many things to like that I must cherry-pick a couple of them....
My heart was warmed by the performance from Bach's Partita BWV 1004. Chris' playing is uniformly excellent and, somewhere "backstage",
I could hear Ali humming along...In this, and in ALL works performed on this CD, there is artistry of the highest caliber, and mandolin-playing of the highest order." |
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- Victor Kioulaphides, Composer, Oct 2011 |
| "Chris Acquavella's technique is breathtaking…..It sounds like he has unconditional love for the material.
He is lifting this repertoire to an exciting level….This masterpiece is great listening." |
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- Reidar Falch, Mandolin Moments, Oct. 2011 |
| "Classical teaching artist, Chris Acquavella, was an outstanding new addition this year (2011 Mandolin Symposium). He has a diverse background,
great skill and musicality, and a unique ability to connect to students in the classroom situation." |
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- Amy Burcham, Mandolin Moments Magazine 2011 |
| "Imardin is Acquavella's tour de force and starts like a clock, ticking away before giving way to complex
arpeggios and scales that build, climb, and dissolve only to tick away again. The solo mandolin tune showcases Acquavella's classical side, and sounds like
several musicians playing together well." |
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- Frank Kocher, San Diego Troubadour, Jan 2011 |
| "Acquavella plays mandolin and is one of the most accomplished musicians to play the instrument that you may find." |
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- Paul Hormick, San Diego Troubadour, May 2010 |
| "Massive technique - but also great stress therapy. Highly recommended." |
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- Sue & Nigel Hope, Mandolin.org.uk, Oct 2009 |
| "Acquavella is really something else. He is proving once and for all that the mandolin is the equal of any member of the string-instrument family." |
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- Robert Bush, San Diego Reader, December 2011 |
