REVIEWS
Jean-Luc
Matte - "Trad magazine", July-August 2003 - Review pag 102
“But, their rendering doesn’t lean toward a simple performance,
as attested by the use of the cello or the nyckelharp in addition to more traditional
instruments: baghèt, popular shawn, diatonic organ, ocarina,
clarinet. No, their rendering, always toned down, never excessive, mainly
brings out these melodic lines with choices always well thinked out...”
(translation from French by Fabio Bonvicini)
Paolo
Zara - "Folk Bullettin", June 2003
“An
album worth listening, of great interest and good level, with an exhaustive
booklet with all the lyrics, a lot of informative notes and a careful
report for every track.”
Claudia
Paparella - "La Gazzetta di Modena" - March 25, 2003
“Before
the fire burns out under the music ashes, the songs and the dances of
the Modena zone, three Pìvaris of our times light it again with
the best cares, philology and qualified dedication....
The three, taking turns at flutes, diatonic organ, baghèt, popular
shawn, hurdy-gurdy, have realized arrangements that double the voices,
revitalize beats and colours without threating the accuracy of the reproposal.
So, it’s delightful to listen to the Mazurka and the original
piece of Rusinot, the voices of the aged with the land in their hearts;
relive the rite of the “May of the girl” and the “monferrine”
that accompany them or the several dances collected in a suite with
that bright, rather than hagiografical, capability to reappropriate
the past through the lens of their artistic experiences and listning
tastes."
Ciro De Rosa - World Music Magazine n. 61 (2003)
"Leit-motif of this refined and delicious first work of Pìvari Trio made up by seventeen tracks, is the recovery of the sound experiences of the Apennines around Modena, founded on the instrumental and vocal repertoires of the Frignano area, and particularly a manifest fondness for the songs that tell about dark and bloody histories. Even if they respect the sources, they exceed the mere calligraphic reproposal and embrace with passion the freedom of tones, that you can hear in the entry of the rustic flute, the baghèt and the nickelharp that join the wide range of instruments – flutes, accordions, ocarina, cello, hurdy-gurdy, mandocello, clarinet. The Trio takes the liberty on the arrangements, with a planned dialogue among the instruments, result of the encounter between the popular verve and the long experience of ancient and classical music."
Giorgio
Pacchioni
"I’ve listened to the CD “Passa ripassa”, produced
by Pìvari Trio, with great care and interest. The first impression
has been of charm and immediate communicativeness. These sensations
have been filled with ancient feelings hidden in my depth, restored
to life because of empathy, that have tugged at mine hidden and never
soothed heartstrings. The tradition lives in them, not in an old-fashioned
way but full of real life, new experiences and unforeseen colourings,
gaining an historical value that goes beyond a philological remake,
becaming a tradition projected and enjoyed in our world, thirst for
truth and depicted with false myths."
Giorgio Pacchioni
Pino
Salamone
“Congratulations again for the great work.”
Silvio
Trotta, Musicanti del piccolo borgo
“I received and listened to your CD several times. Congratulations
both for the performaces and the field recording, very interesting and
always exciting.”
Aurelio
Citelli, Barabàn
“I’ve listned to your CD too and I‘ve much appreciated
the songs, the atmospheres and the good combination research-reproposal.
I hope that, in the future, we’ll find some kind of collaboration
or exchange of experiences.”
All the best
Aurelio
Karsten
Rube da Folk World cd Reviews (Germania)
" I think it’s a noble action to recover the musical treasures
of a region to preserve them, so we can only congratulate with the “Pìvari
Trio” from the Frignano area, because their first CD “Passa
Ripassa” is a successful and beneficial regional documentation
that, pleasantly, lacks every kind of ballyhoo." |
